Jordan Spieth voted PGA Tour Player of the Year

American world number one Spieth was named on Friday as the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year after a stellar 2014-15 campaign highlighted by two major victories among his five wins.

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Jordan Spieth of the US lifts the TOUR Championship trophy and the FedEx Cup. Photo: EPA

Published: 12:15am, 3 Oct 2015Updated: 12:49am, 3 Oct 2015

American world number one Jordan Spieth was named on Friday as the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year after a stellar 2014-15 campaign highlighted by two major victories among his five wins.

The 22-year-old landed the coveted honour after clinching the first two majors of the season -- the Masters and US Open -- before finishing one shot out of a British Open play-off in July and being runner-up at the PGA Championship in August.

American Jordan Spieth poses on the 18th green after winning both the Tour Championship and the FedEx Cup at East Lake Golf Club on September 27 in Atlanta, Georgia. Photo: AFP

Spieth ended his campaign in triumphant style with victory at the season-ending Tour Championship in Atlanta last week where he also clinched overall FedExCup play-off honours and the US$10 million jackpot.

Spieth made 21 of 25 cuts on the PGA Tour, including four runner-up spots, as his earnings for the season ballooned to US$22 million because of the FedExCup bonus - US$1 million for every birthday he has had.

Jason Day of Australia was in the running to be named Player of the Year. Photo: AP

He set a record for official earnings on the US circuit, his tally of US$12,030,465 eclipsing the previous mark of US$10,905,166 established by Indian player Vijay Singh in 2004.

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