PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods was voted the PGA Tour player of the year by the players on Friday, the 10th time in his 13 years on tour that he has won the award.

The PGA Tour does not disclose vote totals.

Woods started and finished the season the same way - with questions when he would return. He was coming off knee surgery at the beginning of the year, and last week announced an indefinite leave to work on his marriage after admitting to infidelity.

In between, he won six PGA Tour events, captured the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus, won the money title for the ninth time in his career with over $10.5 million, and had the lowest scoring average for the ninth time.

No one else won more than three times on the PGA Tour. It was only the second time that Woods was voted player of the year when he did not win a major. In a peculiar twist, Woods won in his final start before each of the four majors.

Marc Leishman of Australia was voted PGA Tour rookie of the year, becoming the first since Charles Howell III in 2001 to win the award without having won a tournament. Leishman was the only rookie to reach the FedEx Cup finale at the Tour Championship.

Players voted on the awards over the last month, with balloting ending Friday.

It was the eighth time that Woods has swept all the major PGA Tour honors - Byron Nelson Award for the lowest adjusted scoring average (68.05), Arnold Palmer Award for the money title and Jack Nicklaus Award for player of the year

I would bet he won it in a landslide,because the players competing against him know how good he is.He has earned that respect with his play.

Although he didn't win a major this year,it was a great year golf wise for him...and his knee held up.

Quite the player off the course too

Will be interesting to see what Santa brings him in stockings......uhhhhhh......leaves in his stocking.......yeah that the right one!

He has lots of stockings to fill

A really good year.....but no majors . I think 2009 reinforces the fact that Woody is playing in an era with only one great player................Tiger Woods.

Golf needs a young player to come along and win a major championship or two and contend in the others. Woody has no rivals. Maybe Phil ; if he can win a major in 2010 and contend in the others. If that does not happen , who is Tiger beating ? He really has no Tom Watsons ...or even a Lee Trevino. He wins over guys like Rocco and a host of other journeymen who had a couple of hot rounds in majors. The better players are often on the second or third page of the leaderboard in the big tournaments , whether Tiger wins , or does not win.

Who will be considered a truly GREAT player from the Tiger Era ? Right now................Phil Mickelson is the only player who might put that kind of resume together. The youngsters ??? We shall see in the next ten years. Golf needs at least one other player who shows the ability to win big tournaments.

HO....HO....HO....

Not quite sure I would agree there JJ,,, IMO there are some pretty good golfers out there they just "Fail" to get the job done when playing with Woods. I have always thought his "Mental" play was second to none,,,,, Just my .02 cents,,,,,