Tiger Woods Wins GRI - 2003 GRI Player of the
Year
Over Vijay Singh By Narrow Margin
• Woods Tops Quality Season Index
•
Singh Tops Total Season Index
• Woods Wins in
Head-to-Head
(Monday, Nov. 10, 2003 -
Golf Rank Index)
GRI - Player of the Year Index
Final 2003
Standings |
| Rank |
Player |
Head-to-Head Points |
| 1 |
Tiger Woods |
1261 |
| 2 |
Vijay Singh |
942 |
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GRI - Cumulative Index
Final 2003
Standings |
| Rank |
Player |
Points |
| 1 |
Vijay Singh |
1954 |
| 2 |
Tiger Woods |
1739 |
| 3 |
Jim Furyk |
1515 |
| 4 |
Davis Love III |
1496 |
| 5 |
Mike Weir |
1450 |
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GRI - Event Average Index
Final Results for
2003 |
| Rank |
Player |
Events |
Pts.per Event |
| 1 |
Tiger Woods |
18 |
96.64 |
| 2 |
Vijay Singh |
27 |
72.38 |
| 3 |
Mike Weir |
21 |
69.03 |
| 4 |
Davis Love III |
23 |
65.05 |
| 5 |
Jim Furyk |
27 |
56.10 |
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 Tiger
Woods narrowly won the 2003 Golf Rank Index - Player of the Year, but it took a
head-to-head comparison with Vijay Singh to determine the winner.
Vijay
Singh finished on top of the GRI - Cumulative Performance index, outdistancing
Woods by 215 GRI ranking points. The Cumulative Index measures total
performance for the entire season.
Tiger Woods easily outdistanced Singh
on the GRI - Event Average Performance Index, which averages how well a player
performs in each event in which he participates.
Since neither player
won a Major Championship, to determine which player would be named the GRI -
Player of the Year a head-to-head comparison of how each performed in common
events was made. Due to injuries and schedule differences, it wasn't until the
11th week of the season until Woods and Singh squared off in the same event,
the Bay Hill Invitational. Despite the late start in their season long duel,
they still managed to participate in 15 common events.
Here is how they
compared in the 15 common events in which they played.
- Woods finished higher than Singh 7 times, while Singh prevailed
6 times, and they tied in the same position twice.
- Singh was better in the majors, (although neither player had a
win) but Woods was better in the WGC's and other events.
- Woods won 3 times with Singh in the field, and Singh won one
event with Woods in the field.
- Woods had 8 top-5 finishes to Singh's 6
- Woods and Singh tied with 9 top-10's each, and 13 top 25's
each.
But in the end... it comes down to the GRI ranking points
earned in common events. This is how they stacked up:
| Common Event Comparison - Woods vs
Singh |
| Event |
Tiger Woods |
|
Vijay Singh |
| |
Finish |
GRI Points |
Finish |
GRI Points |
| Bay Hill Invitational |
1 |
220.99 |
T-20 |
8.84 |
| The Players Championship |
T-11 |
37.50 |
Cut |
0.00 |
| The Masters |
T-15 |
34.00 |
T-6 |
78.00 |
| Memorial Tournament |
T-4 |
74.15 |
T-4 |
74.15 |
| U.S. Open |
T-20 |
10.50 |
T-20 |
10.50 |
| Buick Classic |
T-13 |
20.78 |
T-18 |
12.28 |
| Western Open |
1 |
192.69 |
11 |
28.90 |
| British Open |
T-4 |
140.00 |
T-20 |
220.00 |
| Buick Open |
T-20 |
74.25 |
T-8 |
27.22 |
| PGA Championship |
T-39 |
0.00 |
T-34 |
0.00 |
| WGC - NEC |
T-4 |
87.50 |
T-6 |
47.50 |
| Deutsche Bank Classic |
T-7 |
31.79 |
T-4 |
68.74 |
| WGC - AMEX |
1 |
246.99 |
T-20 |
123.49 |
| FUNAI Classic at WDWR |
2 |
89.76 |
1 |
179.52 |
| The Tour Championship |
26 |
0.00 |
T-5 |
62.50 |
| Total
GRI Ranking Points |
|
1260.90 |
|
941.64 |
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Criteria for Golf Rank Index - Player of the
Year
The Golf Rank Index (GRI) - Player of the Year Index is awarded
to the player who finishes the season #1 on the GRI - Cumulative Performance
and the GRI - Quality Index
Tie Breakers:
- If different players finish at the top of each index, the
player who wins the most Major Championships (Masters, U.S. Open, British, PGA)
is the GRI - Player of the Year.
- If the players win the same amount of majors, then the higher
ranked player on the GRI - Major Championship Index is the GRI - Player of the
year.
- If neither player wins a Major Championship, then a
head-to-head, GRI Ranking cummulative points comparison of both players
performance in COMMON EVENTS will determine the GRI - Player of the
Year.
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