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Vijay
Singh
Phil Mickelson
Ernie Els• Singh Wins CPI
• Els Wins 2004-QPI
• Singh & Mickelson Tie Majors Tiebreaker
• Singh Beats All in Total Wins Tiebreaker
   All Photos: File © GRI |
But make no mistake about it... the race was all but decided at least a month earlier as Singh was racking up wins in bunches.
The GRI Player of the Year is determined by a comparison of the leaders of the GRI Cumulative Performance Index (CPI) and the GRI Quality Performance Index (QPI) at seasons end. If one player leads both indices, that player automatically would become player of the year. If different players lead the two indices a series of tiebreakers come into play.
The key for Singh was to win either the CPI or QPI. By winning the CPI, Singh had the race locked up as he dominated the tiebreakers. The first tiebreaker is major championship wins in which Singh and Mickelson would tie. However, the 2nd tiebreaker is total wins for the season, which Singh dominates by a margin of 9-3 over his nearest competitor, Ernie Els.
Recap of the GRI Player of the Year criteria, and analysis of the top-5 players in the CPI and QPI.
Cumulative Performance Index (CPI)
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#1 - Vijay Singh - (2770.95) - Has 9 wins and racked up points in bunches late in the season. The reasons? Not only does he play a lot, but he plays well most of the time as well. A few of his wins were against lesser fields, but any doubt that Singh can overcome the best in the world was erased with his PGA win. By winning the CPI, and the tiebreakers… Singh is the GRI 2004 Player of the Year.
#2 - Phil Mickelson - (1813.80) - Two major opportunities for Mickelson to gain some ground when the race was still alive went awry as he failed to finish in the top-25 at the Bell Canadian then was forced to withdraw at Las Vegas.
#3 - Ernie Els - (1750.01) - Has accomplished a lot in only 16 events, but usually doesn't play in enough GRI rated events to be a contender for the CPI.
#4 - Tiger Woods - (1697.36) - Had only one win, the WGC Match Play, in an otherwise disappointing season... disappointing by his standards anyway.
#5 - Retief Goosen - (1280.37) - A great player as his US Open and Tour Championship wins demonstrate. His mid-season injury that kept him out of the PGA and WGC-NEC hurt him badly at a time he was mounting a serious challenge.
2004 Quality Performance Index (2004 QPI)
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#1 - Ernie Els - (109.38) - His quality play in fewer events shows up in his lofty QPI which is based on a points average per event instead of total points. But… even by winning the QPI, Els fell short in the GRI Player of the Year chase because he placed behind both Singh and Mickelson in the tiebreaker categories.
#2 - Vijay Singh - (95.55) - Certainly a contender week after week as his 9 wins prove. The few times he missed the top-25 earlier in the season and his relatively lackluster play in many of the season's other big events cost him in the average.
#3 - Tiger Woods - (89.33) - While not dominating like seasons past, he still maintained a respectable QPI average. He only notched the one win, but he continued to rack up top-10 finishes in bunches.
#4- Phil Mickelson - (82.45) - He had a chance going into the last month, but missing the cut at the Chrysler Championship put him out of contention. Phil was leading the QPI through the end of the majors, but hasn't done much since his much ballyhooed equipment change.
#5 - Retief Goosen - (80.02) - His U.S. Open win had him zooming up the QPI as well as the CPI ratings and he didn't hurt himself with his T7 at the British Open. But then he did hurt himself, literally speaking, in a jet-skiing accident, missing the PGA and NEC.
As Vijay Singh won the CPI and Ernie Els won the 2004-QPI a series of tiebreakers came into play.
It's only when different players lead the CPI and QPI that tiebreakers come into play. The first tiebreaker is which player has won the most of the 4 major championships. If both players were to win the same number of majors then the player with the most total wins in GRI rated events would prevail. If both players have the same amount of total wins, then a head-to-head points comparison of both players in common events would be used.
Tiebreaker #1 - Singh wins the "Major Championship" tiebreaker over Els 1-0 and ties Mickelson 1-1. Not having won a major eliminated Els chances at GRI Player of the Year. Even with winning the season ending QPI, Els loses the Majors tiebreaker to either Singh or Mickelson.
Tiebreaker #2 - Singh wins the "Total Wins" tiebreaker over every other player and thus wins GRI 2004 Player of the Year. Singh has 9 wins and his top rival in this category, Els, has only 3 wins.
Make no mistake about it… Vijay Singh is the 2004 GRI Player of the Year. Singh dominated the 2004 season as convincingly as any player since Tiger Woods in 1999 and 2000. Singh's 9 victories included a major at the PGA, he set the single season earnings record with over $10.9 million and he's taken the lead in the Official World Golf Rankings.
Despite leading the Tour money list and earning the most wins last year, Singh missed out on the player's vote for 2003 Player of the Year.
This year, Singh looked to be a man on a mission to let his dominating play speak for itself by removing any doubt about who should be the 2004 Player of the Year.
Mission accomplished Vijay… and well done!
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