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Originally Posted by BigSoonerFan
So, looking back to see who has won POY without winning a major:
2011: Luke Donald
2009: Tiger Woods
2003: Tiger Woods
1995: Greg Norman
1993: Nick Price
1991: Pavin/Couples
Lots more before that....
Not saying Tiger is a definite...
You forgot:
2010: Jim Furyk
so it's happened 3 times in the last 4 seasons.
In contrast, no one has ever won 5 tourneys in a year and failed to win Player Tour Player of the Year.
Those commentators really need to realize how rare 5 wins in a year is to people not named Tiger Woods. Since 1980, 5 wins has only happened twice to people not named Tiger Woods (Price's 1994 and Singh's 2004). Tiger has done it 10 times. In consecutive years, he had 8, 9, 5, 5, and 5. Then, after a 1 win year, he had 6, 8, 7, 4 (injury shortened year--he only entered 6 tourneys), and 6