Tour player of the year: The case for Scott  Adam Scott
celebrates his first major last April at the Masters. Going by
the numbers, Scott could be named the PGA Tour player of the
year on Friday.  File  The PGA Tour released the five nominees
for player of the year on Monday: Matt Kuchar of St. Simons
Island, Ga., Phil Mickelson, Adam Scott, Henrik Stenson and
Tiger Woods.  The Tour membership will have until 5 p.m. on
Thursday to cast their ballots. The winner will be announced on
Friday.  If past history is any indication, the Tour players
will put more weight on major championships. That means Woods
with his five Tour victories this season (including The
Players), Stenson and his FedEx Cup title and Kuchar and his
World Golf Championship Accenture Match Play and Memorial
triumphs, may lag behind Masters champion Scott and Open
champion Mickelson.  Woods had a great year by anyone else's
standards, adding two World Golf Championships to his Players
victory, and winning the Tour money title and scoring title