Woods received 84 percent of the vote (168 votes), while Steve Stricker and PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun only polled 10 percent and six percent respectively.
The American was a runaway winner of the award for the 10th time in 13 seasons despite the recent tabloid revelations about his personal life.
Woods has taken an "indefinite break" from the game after admitting his being unfaithful to his wife.
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Tiger Woods reacts during the British Open Golf Championship at the Turnberry Golf Club in Scotland, in this July 16, 2009 file photo. Woods said on December 11 he would take an "indefinite break" from professional golf, acknowledging the disappointment and hurt his "infidelity" had caused his family |
South Korean Jiyai Shin, the LPGA's Rookie of the Year, won the female player award while Loren Roberts won the senior player of the year prize.
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