Jordan Spieth earns PGA Tour player of year award

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. – Jordan Spieth was voted PGA Tour player of the year Friday, giving him a sweep of all the significant awards.

The PGA Tour does not disclose how many votes Spieth received from the players, although the 22-year-old Texan removed any suspense last week with his four-shot victory in the Tour Championship to win the Fed Ex Cup.

Spieth had five wins this year, including the Masters and U.S. Open. He is the youngest player since Tiger Woods (21) to win the Jack Nicklaus Award as player of the year. Spieth also won the Arnold Palmer Award by topping the money list with a record $12 million, and the Vardon Trophy for having the lowest adjusted scoring average.

“You don’t recognize it, I guess, as the year goes on, and when you kind of look at it and review you can see exactly what we’ve done,” Spieth said. “It’s an honor … because it was our MVP of our league. And it’s voted on by the players.”

Daniel Berger, the only rookie to qualify for the Tour Championship, was voted rookie of the year.

Since the FedEx Cup began in 2007, Woods is the only other player to sweep the awards, win a major and capture the FedEx Cup and its $10 million bonus.

Two years ago, Woods received the Jack Nicklaus Award for a record 11th time. He was presented the trophy at Torrey Pines to start the 2014 season, and he shared the stage that day with Spieth who was the 2013 rookie of the year.

Spieth looked over at Woods’ trophy and said, “Now it’s time to chase this other award.”