Woods completes a decade of domination

Tiger Woods is the recipient of the 2006 Mark H. McCormack Award after dominating last year’s world rankings, Official World Golf Ranking’s governing board

Tiger Woods is the recipient of the 2006 Mark H. McCormack Award after dominating last year’s world rankings, Official World Golf Ranking’s governing board said on Wednesday. American Woods, who is seeking a fifth title in this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill, has claimed the honour nine times in a row since its inception in 1998.

The award is presented annually to the player who holds the number one position in the official world rankings for the greatest number of weeks in each calendar year.

“Tiger provided us with another exciting year of watching him battle to be the best,” PGA Tour commissioner Tim Finchem said in a statement.

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“We congratulate him on another great season and on the accomplishment of continuing to dominate as the top-ranked player in the world.”

Woods, whose haul of eight PGA Tour titles in 2006 included the British Open and the PGA Championship, was the game’s leading player throughout last year.

The 12-time major winner has occupied top spot for a total of 434 weeks since becoming world number one for the first time on June 15, 1997.

The award was established by the governing board of the Official World Golf Ranking to honour the late Mark McCormack for the significant role he played in creating a world ranking system for professional golf.

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Once dubbed the most powerful man in sport, McCormack was a pioneer and founder of the sports marketing industry.

His International Management Group is widely known as the world’s largest representative of sportsmen and sportswomen. McCormack died on May 16, 2003 after failing to recover from a heart attack.

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