Woods expecting to claim top award

TIGER WOODS would be stunned if he does not win his fifth consecutive US PGA Tour Player of the Year award when results of the voting by his golfing peers are announced December 8.

Top-ranked Woods captured a tour-best five titles, won the Vardon Trophy for low-stroke average for the fifth year in a row at 68.41, set a PGA record by making the cut in his 114th consecutive event and was second on the money list.

“I would be a little bit surprised considering the way I played this year, with (winning) two World Golf Championships in there, my stroke average being as low as it is and on top of that, never missing a cut,” Woods said.