Tiger Woods celebrated his 31st birthday Saturday by sharing some of his biggest news of the year - his wife, Elin Nordegren, is expecting their first child this summer.

In November, Tiger Woods blew off the season-ending Tour Championship. Now comes word that he's skipping out the 2007 season opener in Maui. It'll mark the second straight year he's been a no-show at the Mercedes-Benz Championship.

Remember the whispers that Tiger Woods had passed his peak? Well, Tiger silenced his critics by having perhaps the most magnificent season of his illustrious career, highlighting a fine year in the world of golf. Check out the best images of 2006 right here.

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The last time golfers swept the AP male and female athlete awards, Babe Zaharias and Byron Nelson were given the hardware. But 61 years later, it's happened again as Lorena Ochoa and Tiger Woods have turned the trick.

It's hard to imagine after all he's accomplished that 2006 could be considered among Tiger Woods' best years on the PGA Tour. But it certainly was, and AP voters took notice, naming him their Male Athlete of the Year, edging out LaDainian Tomlinson and Roger Federer.

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The PGA launches a revamped tour schedule next month on picturesque Kapalua. But the more things change, the more they stay the same. And if the Tour's stars don't commit to its biggest events, this new era will look a lot like the old one.

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Nuggets land Allen Iverson, Boston College turns to a pro, Stanford hires Harbaugh, Wie will attend and much more news.

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Tiger Woods was voted player of the year for a record eighth time by the Golf Writers Association of America, which selected Lorena Ochoa the best female player. Jay Haas was chosen the top senior player. Woods became the first player in history to win multiple majors in consecutive years, capturing the British Open and the U.S. PGA Championship among his eight U.S. PGA Tour victories. He finished the season with six consecutive U.S. tour victories.

Teen phenom Michelle Wie has drawn many comparisons to Tiger Woods. So perhaps it's only fitting that she's going to his old school. Wie has been accepted to Stanford and will enroll in the fall, dispelling talk that she'd focus exclusively on golf once she finished high school.

At a time when mail boxes are stuffed with holiday cards, bills and the usual batch of junk mail, 17 players might want to be very careful about throwing away unopened letters the next few weeks. One of them could be an invitation to the Masters. The majority of the field for the 71st Masters was set on Monday when the final world ranking of the year was published.

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