Woods won 64 times around the world and hoisted a trophy on every continent gold if played. He lost only once with the lead going into the final round.
Lance Armstrong finished second, followed by Roger Federer.
AP members said the vote was based on 10 years of nearly perfect performance, not less than one month of salacious headlines.
The award comes as an increasingly loud voice of protest of Woods treatment by the media continues to grow. Amid dropped sponsorships and alleged nude phone pictures, many are looking to his phenomenal athletic career, which seems to be diminished and truncated—Woods announced last week his indefinite leave of golf—by a private scandal much less significant than his contributions to the sports world.
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