Tiger Woods reacts during the British Open Golf Championship at the Turnberry Golf Club in Scotland, in this July 16, 2009 file photo. Woods said on December 11 he would take an "indefinite break" from professional golf, acknowledging the disappointment and hurt his "infidelity" had caused his family.(Xinhua/Reuters Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    NEW YORK, Dec. 17 (Xinhua) -- Tiger Woods has been voted male Golfer of the Year in the annual Golf Writers of American Awards, the PGA Tour said on Thursday.

    Woods received 84 percent of the vote (168 votes), while Steve Stricker and PGA Championship winner Yang Yong-eun only polled 10 percent and six percent respectively.

    The American was a runaway winner of the award for the 10th time in 13 seasons despite the recent tabloid revelations about his personal life.

    Woods has taken an "indefinite break" from the game after admitting his being unfaithful to his wife.

    South Korean Jiyai Shin, the LPGA's Rookie of the Year, won the female player award while Loren Roberts won the senior player of the year prize.

Tiger on verge of divorce: report

U.S. golfer Tiger Woods gets a hug from his wife Elin Nordegren on the 18th green at the Presidents Cup in Gainesville, Virginia, in this September 24, 2005 file photo. (Xinhua/Reuters File Photo) Photo Gallery>>>

    NEW YORK, Dec. 16 (Xinhua) -- Tiger Woods' marriage is on the brink of breakup as Elin Nordegren, Tiger's wife, will divorce the billionaire golf star following the series of sex scandal, according to local media reports on Wednesday.

    ABC News, NBC News and People magazine, all citing unnamed sources close to Nordegren, reported that she will split with Woods following his admission of infidelity and reports that at least 14 women had affairs with the golf icon. Full story

Tiger Wood's 14th mistress emerges

    BEIJING, Dec. 15 (Xinhuanet) -- Theresa Rodgers of Wellington, Florida, emerges as the fourteenth mistress to Tiger Woods, according to media reports Tuesday.

    It is claimed that this 40-something Rodgers might be the oldest alleged mistress, and the five-year affair she carried on with the 33 year-old golfer was the longest. Full story

Playgirl decides not to publish Tiger Woods nude photos

BEIJING, Dec. 14 (Xinhuanet) -- The online adult magazine Playgirl has received nude photos of Tiger Woods but decided not to publish them.

"Playgirl has decided to turn down the alleged Tiger Woods nude photos, reportedly taken by camera phone by Woods himself. They were impossible to one 100 percent verify, hence the unwillingness to go there," Daniel Nardicio, director of marketing for the magazine, told PEOPLE Sunday. Full story

Tiger Woods to take "indefinite" leave from professional golf

    WASHINGTON, Dec. 11 (Xinhua) -- The scandal-tainted golf superstar Tiger Woods said on Friday that he will take an "indefinite" leave from professional golf to spend more time to save his family.

    "I am deeply aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children. I want to say again to everyone that I am profoundly sorry and that I ask forgiveness. It may not be possible to repair the damage I've done, but I want to do my best to try," Woods said in a statement posted on his website.  Full story