GRI - January 2004 Player of the Month

January 2005 - Player of the Month

(January 30, 2005 - Golf Rank Index)

Tiger Woods Wins GRI January 2005
Player of the Month Race

• #2 Vijay Singh, #3 Ernie Els
• Final January 2005 Player of the Month Standings PDF Format

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Jan 2005 Player of the Month Final January 2005 Standings
Rank	Player	Total
1	Tiger Woods	300.66
2	Vijay Singh	276.30
3	Ernie Els	269.39
4	Stuart Appleby	216.90
5	Justin Leonard	206.70
6	Charles Howell III	202.96
7	Tom Lehman	136.46
8	Jonathan Kaye	136.06
9	Luke Donald	127.45
T10	Joe Ogilvie	113.69
T10	Tim Clark	113.69
12	Stewart Cink	108.30
13	Shigeki Maruyama	101.43
14	Peter Lonard	93.67
15	Loren Roberts	78.26
16	Brett Quigley	77.67
17	Andrew Magee	75.80
18	David Toms	63.88
19	Bernhard Langer	62.98
20	Jerry Kelly	62.53

Tiger Woods is back. While he might not have looked quite as impressive or quite as confident as years past, he got the job done, notching a 2-shot victory at the Buick Invitational and finishing T3 at the Mercedes Championship, his only other event of the month. The 300.66 points earned in those two events gives Woods is enough to win the GRI January 2005 Player of the Month.

Sony Open in Hawaii winner, Vijay Singh finished the month at #2 with a total of 276.30 points, followed by Ernie Els at #3 with 269.39 points. While Els did not win a January event, he did notch three top-6 finishes including an outright 2nd at the Sony and a tie for 3rd at the Mercedes.

Mercedes champion, Stuart Appleby finished in the #4 position with 216.90 points, while Bob Hope Chrysler Classic winner, Justin Leonard ends the month at #5 with 206.70 points.

Overview of January GRI rated events:

Week 1 -Mercedes Championship - Stuart Appleby rallied from a poor first round to take a one shot victory over Jonathan Kaye. Appleby earned 216.90 for the win, followed by Kaye with 130.15 points. Tiger Woods and Ernie Els earned 97.61 points apiece for their 3rd place tie.

Week 2 - Sony Open in Hawaii - Vijay Singh notches his first win of the season to earn 225.40 points and take the January Player of the Month Lead. Ernie Els earns 135.24 for a 2nd place finish while Shigeki Maruyama and Charles Howell III earn 101.43 points apiece for their 3rd place tie.

Week 3 - Buick Invitational - Tiger Woods takes the win and earns 203.05 points. Charles Howell III, Luke Donald and Tom Lehman earn 101.53 points each for their three-way tie for 2nd place.

Week 4 - Bob Hope Chrysler Classic - Justin Leonard takes the crown and earns 206.70 points for the victory. Joe Olgivie and Tim Clark earn 113.69 points apiece for their tie for 2nd place.

2005 Players of the Month

Jan • Tiger Woods		Jun • Sergio Garcia
Feb • Phil Mickelson		Jul • Tiger Woods
Mar • Fred Funk		Aug • Tiger Woods
Apr • Tiger Woods		Sep • Olin Browne
May • Vijay Singh		Oct • Carl Pettersson

Flag Reference:

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England	Fiji	France	Germany	Holland	India
Ireland	N. Ireland	Italy	Japan	S. Korea	Mexico
N.Zeland	Norway	Paraguay	Scotland	S. Africa	Spain
Sweden	Thailand	Trinidad	U.S.A.	Wales	Zimbabwe

Criteria for Golf Rank Index - Player of the Month

The Golf Rank Index (GRI) - Player of the Month is determined by totaling GRI ranking points earned in all GRI ranked professional golf events scheduled within a months time frame. Events that bridge a months end or beginning of another, are generally placed in the month in which they end, but may be shifted to the prior month to balance the number of events to be ranked in each month. In the event of a first place tie, co-winners will be named.

Eligibility - All players participating in GRI ranked events are eligible. They do not need to be a member of any professional golf tour.

Must Win - To be named a player of the month, the player MUST have a win in a GRI ranked event in the month. Should any player without a win earn the highest number of GRI ranking points for a given month, the player will be placed behind the highest ranked player with a win.

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