From the night the world’s number one golfer Tiger Woods crashed his vehicle into a tree outside his house, to the outing of his maritial infidelities, his public confession and subsequent divorce, and his struggles with his game upon his return the professional golfing arena – taylormade burner 2.0 irons, Woods kept the news wires ticking over with alarming regularity.
The car accident that started it all took place in late 2009, and in the year that followed Woods was seldom out of the headlines, though they were rarely about the quality of his golf.
It was a year that saw his carefully constructed public image unravel in the most dramatic of fashion, with seemingly one salacious headline after the other, and the very public scandal was enough to gain the most number of votes from the various U.S. news organisations that make up the AP’s membership.
Woods’ saga received 1,316 points, with the New Orleans Saints’ historic first Superbowl title getting 1,215 and the NBA free-agency frenzy that resulted in dramatic player movements coming in third with 1,085.
176 ballots were submitted, and voters were asked to rank the top sports stories of the year, with the first-place story getting 10 points, the second-place story receiving nine points, and so on.
The car accident that started it all took place in late 2009, and in the year that followed Woods was seldom out of the headlines, though they were rarely about the quality of his golf.
It was a year that saw his carefully constructed public image unravel in the most dramatic of fashion, with seemingly one salacious headline after the other, and the very public scandal was enough to gain the most number of votes from the various U.S. news organisations that make up the AP’s membership.
Woods’ saga received 1,316 points, with the New Orleans Saints’ historic first Superbowl title getting 1,215 and the NBA free-agency frenzy that resulted in dramatic player movements coming in third with 1,085.
176 ballots were submitted, and voters were asked to rank the top sports stories of the year, with the first-place story getting 10 points, the second-place story receiving nine points, and so on.
