ORLANDO, Fla. -- Tiger Woods has been named the recipient of the 2007 Mark H. McCormack Award for the 10th straight year, the Governing Board of the Official World Golf Ranking has announced.

Woods has won the award every year since its inception in 1998. The award is presented annually to the player who holds the No. 1 position on the Official World Golf Ranking for the greatest number of weeks in each calendar year.

Woods held the top position on the Official World Golf Ranking for the entire 2007 calendar year, and ended the 2007 campaign with 134 consecutive weeks at No. 1.

"Tiger has proven he is one of the all-time greats of the game," said PGA TOUR Commissioner Tim Finchem. "Winning the McCormack Award for the 10th consecutive year is a testament to his work ethic and competitiveness to stay at No. 1 for such an extended period of time."

Overall, Woods has held the No. 1 ranking 486 weeks.

The award was created in 1998 to honor Mark H. McCormack for his role in founding a world ranking system for professional golf. McCormack founded IMG, a premier worldwide sports and lifestyle management and marketing firm in the early 1960s. He passed away May 16, 2003.

The concept for a world ranking for men's professional golf began with McCormack in 1986. During the 1986 Masters, he launched the Sony Ranking, which was sanctioned by the Championship Committee of the Royal & Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews.

In July 1997, the five major international golf tours joined representatives from the four major championships, who had been members of the Governing Board since 1987. This marked the first time that the leaders of all the world's major golf organizations had joined together to serve in a governing capacity.

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