With seven victories and another major championship, Woods won the award on Tuesday for the third straight season and the ninth time in his 11 years since he turned pro.

The only questions now are whether he's playing his best golf, and how much better he can get.

"Is he spoiling everyone?" Brad Faxon asked after a pro-am round at the Target World Challenge.

"I don't see anyone close. I don't see who the next guy is."

Phil Mickelson was the only other player on the tour ballot with three victories, including The Players Championship.

Woods won the money title by more than USD 5 million (euro3.4 million) over Mickelson, and Woods' stroke average was 1.4 shots per round lower than Ernie Els.

This was the seventh time that Woods swept the three biggest awards on tour -- the Jack Nicklaus Trophy for player of the year, the Arnold Palmer Award for leading the money list (USD 10.8 million, euro7.4 million) and the Byron Nelson Award for lowest scoring average (67.79).

But when asked to review his year, Woods spent a lot of time looking at lost shots.

He was tied for the lead at some point in the final round of the Masters and U.S.

Open and was a runner-up in both of them by a combined three shots.

And the only tournament he failed to win during the tour playoffs was at the Deutsche Bank Championship, where he took nine more putts than Mickelson in the final round and finished two back. - DDNEWS