Vijay Euro Player of the Year???

[el tigre]

Okay, the fish are jumpin' so its time to open another can of worms!

While the "Vijay or Tiger" thread gradually degenerated into yet another "Tiger Etiquette" debate, the European Tour named Vijay Singh as the "European Tour Player of the Year":

http://www.europeantour.com/news/ful...D=1&id=1116906

Okay, Vijay certainly deserved PGA Player of the Year. Maybe deserved it last year too. But Europe? He only played 4 events in Europe and his highest finish was T9 at HSBC Match Play! WTF???

Yeah, I know all the majors count towards the European Order of Merit. But geez, when you hand out the top award for your tour surely you gotta give it to someone who actually plays there!

[NoBack]

Nope
I disagree with his selection. It should be awarded to someone who plays on the tour more than that. There should be a minimum number he should play to win POY. :shake

Apparently he is only an "honourary" member of the european tour??

[EDSGOLF]

I agree with Steve, 4 events should not make you eligible to be POY....but good for VJ.

[NoBack]

Has anyone ever held both POY on PGA and Euro tour at the same time??

[EDSGOLF]

I'm sure Tiger must have

[el tigre]

I'm sure Tiger must have

Nope. Here are the past winners as quoted in the article:

Singh is the ninth player to win The European Tour Golfer of the Year Award following Langer (1985 and 1993); Seve Ballesteros (1986, 1988, 1991), Ian Woosnam (1987), Nick Faldo (1989, 1990, 1992), Ernie Els (1994, 2002, 2003), Colin Montgomerie (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999), Lee Westwood (1998, 2000) and Retief Goosen (2001).

As you can see, all of these guys are regulars on the European Tour.

[el tigre]

Has anyone ever held both POY on PGA and Euro tour at the same time??

Nick Faldo in 1990...well, sort of. Here's the link:

http://golf.about.com/cs/historyofgo...ayerofyear.htm

[Andru]

To the European Tour Officials and Media who made this selection

In the words of Red Forman, "You DUMB-A-S-S!!"

[EDSGOLF]

Nope. Here are the past winners as quoted in the article:

Singh is the ninth player to win The European Tour Golfer of the Year Award following Langer (1985 and 1993); Seve Ballesteros (1986, 1988, 1991), Ian Woosnam (1987), Nick Faldo (1989, 1990, 1992), Ernie Els (1994, 2002, 2003), Colin Montgomerie (1995, 1996, 1997, 1999), Lee Westwood (1998, 2000) and Retief Goosen (2001).

As you can see, all of these guys are regulars on the European Tour.

I must have misunderstood the question then, because most the players mentioned above did not win POY on the PGA Tour (ie: Montgomerie).

[Kilroy]

Giving this to Vijay is nuts. I bet the real European players are not impressed.

[Colby]

It certainly doesn't show any loyalty to their players.

[broken27]

...and Sports Illustrated's "Man of the Year", Annika Sorenstam!!!

Silliness.

Dan

[Andru]

Silliness or fact ???? Hmmmmm.