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Vijay Singh
विजय सिंह
Vijay Singh.jpg
Personal information
Full name Vijay Singh
Nickname The Big Fijian
Born
(1963-02-22) 22 February 1963 (age 55)
Lautoka, Viti Levu, Colonial Fiji
Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight 208 lb (94 kg; 14.9 st)
Nationality
 Fiji
Residence
Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, U.S.
Spouse Ardena Seth (m. 1985)
Children Qass Seth
Career
Turned professional 1982
Current tour(s)
PGA Tour (joined 1993)
PGA Tour Champions
Former tour(s)
European Tour
Asian Tour
Professional wins 64
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 34
European Tour 13
Asian Tour 5
PGA Tour Champions 4
Other 14
Best results in major championships
(wins: 3)
Masters Tournament
Won: 2000
U.S. Open T3: 1999
The Open Championship T2: 2003
PGA Championship
Won: 1998, 2004
Achievements and awards
World Golf Hall of Fame 2005/2006[1][2](member page)
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year
1993
PGA Tour
leading money winner
2003, 2004, 2008
PGA Player of the Year 2004
PGA Tour
Player of the Year
2004
Vardon Trophy 2004
Byron Nelson Award 2004
European Tour
Player of the Year
2004
FedEx Cup Champion 2008

Vijay Singh, CF (Hindi: विजय सिंह), IPA: [ˈʋɪdʒəj sɪ̃ɦ]; born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is an Indo-Fijian professional golfer who was Number 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. Vijay was the 12th man to reach the world No. 1-ranking and was the only new world No. 1 in the 2000s decade. He has won three major championships (The Masters in 2000 and the PGA Championship in 1998 and 2004) and was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2005 (but deferred his induction until 2006).[2] He won the FedEx Cup in 2008.


An Indo-Fijian practicing Hinduism,[3][4] Singh was born in Lautoka, Fiji and grew up in Nadi. A resident of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, he is known for his meticulous preparation, often staying at the range hours before and after his tournament rounds, working on his game.




Contents






  • 1 Career history


    • 1.1 Early life and amateur career


    • 1.2 Professional career


      • 1.2.1 1984–1988


      • 1.2.2 1989–1997: First wins in Europe and America


      • 1.2.3 1998–2004: Major champion to world number 1


      • 1.2.4 2005–2008: Success over 40 and FedEx Cup victory


      • 1.2.5 2009–present: Decline




    • 1.3 PGA Tour Champions career




  • 2 Media relations


  • 3 Professional wins (64)


    • 3.1 PGA Tour wins (34)


    • 3.2 European Tour wins (13)


    • 3.3 Asian Tour wins (5)


    • 3.4 Other wins (14)


    • 3.5 PGA Tour Champions wins (4)




  • 4 Major championships


    • 4.1 Wins (3)


    • 4.2 Results timeline


    • 4.3 Summary




  • 5 World Golf Championships


    • 5.1 Wins (1)


    • 5.2 Results timeline




  • 6 Senior major championships


    • 6.1 Wins (1)


    • 6.2 Senior results timeline




  • 7 PGA Tour career summary


  • 8 Team appearances


  • 9 See also


  • 10 References


  • 11 External links





Career history



Early life and amateur career


Singh recollected to reporters about his childhood: "When we were kids we couldn't afford golf balls so we had to make do with coconuts. My father used to say, 'Little Vijay, golf balls don't fall off trees you know,' so I found some that did!"[5] Growing up, he played snooker, cricket, football, and the island's most popular sport, rugby. He is the son of Mohan Singh, an airplane technician who also taught golf. Growing up, he admired the swing of Tom Weiskopf, using it as an early model for his own.



Professional career



1984–1988


Two years after turning professional, Singh won the 1984 Malaysian PGA Championship. However, his career was plunged into crisis after he was suspended from the Asian Tour in 1985 over allegations he doctored his scorecard. It was alleged that he lowered his score from one over to one under in order to make the cut, but Singh denies this, saying that in any case, it should only have resulted in disqualification from the event rather than a ban. After investigation by the Tour of this and other alleged violations proved true, John Bender, Asian PGA Tour president, issued Singh a lifetime ban on Asian PGA Tour play.


Singh felt he had been more harshly treated because the marker was "the son of a VIP in the Indonesian PGA."[6] He then took a job at the Keningau Club in Sabah, Malaysia, before his move to the Miri Golf Club in Sarawak. While this was a period of hardship for him, he continued to gain experience.[7] He saved the money he needed to resurrect his career and began to re-enter tournaments. In 1988 he teamed up with a sponsor, Red Baron, which funded a trip to Africa to compete on the now defunct Safari Tour where he captured his first event, the 1988 Nigerian Open. Locals cheered him loudly, as a man of color had never won the tournament before. At the end of that year he entered the European Tour Qualifying school for the second consecutive year, and was successful on this occasion.



1989–1997: First wins in Europe and America


In 1989, Singh won his first European Tour title at the Volvo Open Championship in Italy and finished 24th on the European Tour Order of Merit, putting his early struggles firmly behind him. He won four times in 1989, at the Volvo Open di Firenze, Ivory Coast Open, Nigerian Open and Zimbabwe Open. He also finished tied for 23rd at The Open Championship. He won on the European Tour again in 1990 and did so twice in 1992. He also won several tournaments in Asia and Africa in this period.


Singh entered the PGA Tour in 1993, winning his first PGA Tour event, the Buick Classic in a playoff over Mark Wiebe. That victory led to his being named the 1993 PGA Tour Rookie of the Year. After being hampered with back and neck problems in 1994, he came back to win the Buick Classic again in 1995 as well as the Phoenix Open. After playing well in 1996 (but with no victories), he won both the Memorial Tournament and the Buick Open in 1997.



1998–2004: Major champion to world number 1


In 1998, Singh was victorious at the PGA Championship at Sahalee Country Club in Sammamish, Washington, playing a 70-66-67-68 over the four days (the 66 tied a course record) and earning him his first Major title. He followed this up by winning The Masters in 2000, with a three-stroke victory over Ernie Els.


Singh did not win on the PGA Tour in 2001, but finished the year with a Tour-best 14 top-10 finishes and was fourth on the money list with $3,440,829 for the year. In 2002, he won at the Shell Houston Open at TPC at The Woodlands, setting a new tournament 72-hole scoring record with a 266, and at the Tour Championship, winning by two strokes over Charles Howell III.


2003 proved to be a very successful year for Singh. He won four tournaments, had 18 top-10 finishes and was the PGA Tour's money leader (and had the second highest single-season total in PGA Tour history) with $7,573,907, beating Tiger Woods by $900,494, though Singh played 27 tournaments compared to Woods' 18 tournaments. Singh also tied a 9-hole scoring record at the U.S. Open with a 29 on the back nine of his second round.[8] His victories came at the Phoenix Open, the EDS Byron Nelson Championship, the John Deere Classic and the FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort. He narrowly lost the vote for the PGA of America's Player of the Year to Tiger Woods.


However, the 2003 season was also spotted with controversy involving Singh surrounding the year's event at the Bank of America Colonial. LPGA star Annika Sörenstam became the first woman to play at a PGA Tour event since Babe Zaharias at the 1945 Los Angeles Open. Surrounding this fervor, Singh was misquoted as having said that Sörenstam "didn't belong" on the men's tour and that he would not play if he were paired with her. What he actually said is that he would not be paired with her because his playing partner was being selected from the past champion's pool. Singh later clarified, "There are guys out there trying to make a living. It's not a ladies' tour. If she wants to play, she should—or any other woman for that matter—if they want to play the man's tour, they should qualify and play like everybody else."


Singh began 2004 by winning the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am at −16 and winning $954,000 in prize money. This was his first win on tour in 2004 and his 16th all-time on the PGA Tour. It was his 12th consecutive top-10 finish, which is two shy of Jack Nicklaus' all-time record.


Singh won the final major of 2004, winning the PGA Championship, his third major, in a three-hole aggregate playoff over Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco. Singh was the leader by one shot over Leonard going into the final round, but made no birdies in the final round, finishing regulation at 67-68-69-76=280. His final round of 76 was the highest winning score by a major champion since 1955. The playoff was a tense affair, and Singh's birdie on the first playoff hole, his first birdie of the day, proved to be the difference.


On 6 September 2004 (Labor Day), Singh won the Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts. With the win, he overtook Tiger Woods at the top of the Official World Golf Ranking, ending Woods' streak of 264 weeks at the top of the golf world.


Singh finished the 2004 season with a career-best nine victories, 18 top-10s, and a record $10,905,166 in earnings and was named the PGA Tour's and PGA of America's Player of the Year. The former award is decided by a vote of active PGA Tour players.



2005–2008: Success over 40 and FedEx Cup victory


Despite picking up a win early in 2005, Singh lost his world number 1 ranking when Tiger Woods won the Ford Championship at Doral on 6 March, but just two weeks later he took it back again after notching up top three finishes in three consecutive weeks. Followings Woods' win at the 2005 Masters, Singh once again lost his place as World No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking and finished tied for fifth place. In April, he became the youngest living person elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame, garnering 56% of the ballot. Thirty-year-old Karrie Webb was inducted into the Hall of Fame in October 2005, but Singh remained the youngest living electee, as Webb qualified for the Hall without an election process. (The 19th century great Tom Morris, Jr., who was elected in 1975, died at age 24.) Singh deferred his induction for a year, and it took place in October 2006.


In 2006, Singh played enough European Tour events to be listed on the European Tour Order of Merit title for the first time since 1995.


At the start of the 2007 season, Singh won the Mercedes-Benz Championship which was the first FedEx Cup event in PGA Tour history. This win got Singh his 18th tour win over the age of 40, surpassing Sam Snead as most over 40 wins, and making all-time over 40 tour winner. He won again at The Arnold Palmer Invitational in March, but did not win for the rest of the year which turned into a disappointing year for Singh. He did not finish in a top ten of a major for the first time in ten years and finished 10th in the FedEx Cup race. He went through swing changes during the end of 2007 which resulted in weeks of missed cuts and staying outside the top ten through the Presidents Cup.


A new swing brought big changes for Singh in 2008, although he had good opportunities at Pebble Beach and Bay Hill, he was not competing at a high level for the first half of the year. His game was plagued by poor putting for the better part of two years, but his season started to turn around with a tie for fifth at the Travelers Championship. After missing the cut at The Open Championship, Singh won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational in early August for his first win of the year and first World Golf Championship. His win had been a relief after missing short putts throughout the week. He missed the cut the following two weeks including at Oakland Hills for the PGA Championship and entered the PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffs ranked 7th in the standings. At the first playoff event, Singh prevailed for his first FedEx Cup win defeating Sergio García and Kevin Sutherland in a playoff. On the first playoff hole García and Singh matched long birdie putts before Singh won with birdie on the second playoff hole. Singh was propelled into first place in the FedEx Cup race with three events remaining. At the second event of the playoffs, he triumphed once again, this time at the Deutsche Bank Championship bewildering the field with a five strokes victory and a final round 63. He had won three times in his last five starts and created an almost insurmountable lead in the points race. He would not contend in the remaining two events, but by playing in both the 2008 FedEx Cup title belonged to Singh. His season which looked to be a major disappointment in July turned into an historic year for Singh: he won the PGA Tour money list for the third time in his career and he surpassed Harry Cooper for most PGA Tour wins of all time for a non-American.


Singh has won 22 times on the PGA Tour since turning 40 – beating the record previously set by Sam Snead. He is the second man to reach $60 million in PGA Tour career earnings, after Tiger Woods. His 34 career victories are the most on the PGA Tour by a non-American player and place him 14th on the all-time list. He has spent over 540 weeks ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Ranking.[9][10] Singh's longevity on the PGA Tour and his number of wins earn him a lifetime exemption on the PGA Tour.


Kenny Perry, another player who found success at a late age is good friends with Singh, who calls him "Biggie". Of Singh, Perry said "Vijay has always been good to me. We talk a lot. He wants to know how my family is doing. I think the world of him."[11]



2009–present: Decline


After the 2008 playoffs, Singh announced his withdrawal from a couple of Asian Tour events because of a nagging back injury and was advised by doctors to rest.[12] He missed two and a half months, returning to win Tiger Woods's tournament, the Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club in California in December. It was his first victory in the event. During the start of the 2009 season Singh announced that he would miss three weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.[13] Singh had a mediocre 2009 season, with no top 5 finishes and ended the year with his lowest ever ranking on the PGA Tour money list in 68th.


His poor form continued into 2010, resulting 66th in the PGA Tour money list. He dropped out of the top 50 in the world rankings for the first time since the early 90s.


After returning from knee surgery, Singh started the 2011 season making five out of his first five cuts. In February, Singh was in contention to win his first PGA Tour Title since 2008 at the Waste Management Phoenix Open in Scottsdale, Arizona. Despite shooting a final round 66, Singh finished two shots behind Jason Dufner and eventual winner Mark Wilson. A couple weeks later, Singh was in contention again, this time at the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. However he came up short again, not helped by back-to-back bogeys on holes 12 and 13. He would eventually finish two shots back of the winner Aaron Baddeley, although he did secure second spot on his own. This early season form however was not enough to secure a spot at the opening World Golf Championship of the year, the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship the following week. However, at number 10 in the 2011 FedEx Cup standings, it was just enough to secure a spot at the WGC-Cadillac Championship in March.


On 6 June 2011, Singh missed his tee-time for the U.S. Open qualifying in Columbus, Ohio. At the time, this ended the longest active streak of consecutive majors played by a professional golfer, at 67.[14]


On 30 January 2013, Singh admitted to using deer-antler spray while not knowing that it is a banned substance.[15] The PGA Tour later dropped its case against him.[16] On 8 May 2013, Singh sued the PGA Tour for exposing him to public humiliation and ridicule during a 12-week investigation into his use of deer-antler spray.


In 2016, he finished second at the Quicken Loans National, three strokes behind winner Billy Hurley III.



PGA Tour Champions career


Singh played his first PGA Tour Champions event in 2013, finishing T6 at the Pacific Links Hawai'i Championship.


On 23 April 2017, Singh won the Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf with Carlos Franco.


On 11 March 2018, Singh won the Toshiba Classic.


On 15 July 2018, Singh won one of the PGA Tour Champions' major tournaments, the Constellation Senior Players Championship in a playoff over Jeff Maggert.


On 11 November 2018, Singh won the season-ending Charles Schwab Cup Championship in Phoenix, Arizona. The victory was worth $440,000.[17] By winning the tournament, he also finished fourth in the season-long Charles Schwab Cup, winning an additional $200,000.[18]



Media relations


Controversy surrounded Singh in 2003 before the Bank of America Colonial. Annika Sörenstam was scheduled to play the event, and Singh was quoted as saying, "I hope she misses the cut ... because she doesn't belong out here." He later said that the substance of his interview to an Associated Press reporter was that she would be displacing some other struggling male player, for whom he had his sympathies. However, the media focused on this statement. Golf Digest wrote that Singh had become "pro golf's bad guy".


After Singh's win at the Masters, Ernie Els took issue with some of the negative press his friend received. He wrote an article in Sports Illustrated to defend him, saying, "Golf should be proud of Vijay Singh." Later Els said of Singh "He's a wonderful guy. I've known him for the better part of 10 years now. He's a great competitor. I think people have a misconception of Vijay. He's a really good guy."[19]


In May 2005, Singh was appointed a goodwill ambassador for Fiji. He said that he did not expect anything in return from the Fijian government for representing his country. At a press conference on 18 May 2005, Singh commented on what he said was a deterioration in race relations in Fiji, saying that for such a small country, people of all races should live together, put their differences aside, and get on with life. Relations between Indo-Fijians and indigenous Fijians had been more harmonious when he was younger, he said.[20]



Professional wins (64)



PGA Tour wins (34)









Legend
Major championships (3)
World Golf Championships (1)
Tour Champ / FedEx Cup Events (3)
Other PGA Tour (27)


























































































































































































































































































No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1
13 Jun 1993

Buick Classic
−4 (72-68-74-66=280)
Playoff

United States Mark Wiebe
2
29 Jan 1995

Phoenix Open
−15 (70-67-66-66=269)
Playoff

United States Billy Mayfair
3
21 May 1995

Buick Classic (2)
−6 (70-69-67-72=278)
Playoff

United States Doug Martin
4
2 Jun 1997

Memorial Tournament
−14 (70-65-67=202)
2 strokes

United States Jim Furyk, Australia Greg Norman
5
10 Aug 1997

Buick Open
−15 (67-73-67-66=273)
4 strokes

Japan Joe Ozaki, United States Brad Fabel,
United States Curtis Strange, United States Tom Byrum,
United States Russ Cochran, South Africa Ernie Els
6
16 Aug 1998

PGA Championship
−9 (70-66-67-68=271)
2 strokes

United States Steve Stricker
7
23 Aug 1998

Sprint International
47 pts. (15-12-6-14=47)
6 points

United States Phil Mickelson, United States Willie Wood
8
14 Mar 1999

Honda Classic
−11 (71-69-68-69=277)
2 strokes

United States Payne Stewart
9
9 Apr 2000

Masters Tournament
−10 (72-67-70-69=278)
3 strokes

South Africa Ernie Els
10
31 Mar 2002

Shell Houston Open
−22 (67-65-66-68=266)
6 strokes

Northern Ireland Darren Clarke
11
3 Nov 2002

The Tour Championship
−12 (65-71-65-67=268)
2 strokes

United States Charles Howell III
12
26 Jan 2003

Phoenix Open (2)
−23 (67-66-65-63=261)
3 strokes

United States John Huston
13
18 May 2003

EDS Byron Nelson Championship
−15 (65-65-69-66=265)
2 strokes

Zimbabwe Nick Price
14
15 Sep 2003

John Deere Classic
−16 (66-68-69-65=268)
4 strokes

United States J. L. Lewis, United States Chris Riley,
United States Jonathan Byrd
15
26 Oct 2003

FUNAI Classic at the
Walt Disney World Resort
−23 (64-65-69-67=265)
4 strokes

United States Scott Verplank, United States Stewart Cink,
United States Tiger Woods
16
8 Feb 2004

AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am
−16 (67-68-68-69=272)
3 strokes

United States Jeff Maggert
17
26 Apr 2004

Shell Houston Open (2)
−11 (74-66-69-68=277)
2 strokes

United States Scott Hoch
18
3 May 2004

HP Classic of New Orleans
−22 (70-65-68-63=266)
1 stroke

United States Joe Ogilvie, United States Phil Mickelson
19
1 Aug 2004

Buick Open (2)
−23 (63-70-65-67=265)
1 stroke

United States John Daly
20
15 Aug 2004

PGA Championship (2)
−8 (67-68-69-76=280)
Playoff

United States Justin Leonard, United States Chris DiMarco
21
6 Sep 2004

Deutsche Bank Championship
−16 (68-63-68-69=268)
3 strokes

United States Tiger Woods, Australia Adam Scott
22
12 Sep 2004

Bell Canadian Open
−9 (68-66-72-69=275)
Playoff

Canada Mike Weir
23
26 Sep 2004

84 Lumber Classic
−15 (64-68-72-69=273)
1 stroke

United States Stewart Cink
24
31 Oct 2004

Chrysler Championship
−18 (65-69-67-65=266)
5 strokes

United States Tommy Armour III, Sweden Jesper Parnevik
25
16 Jan 2005

Sony Open in Hawaii
−11 (69-68-67-65=269)
1 stroke

South Africa Ernie Els
26
24 Apr 2005

Shell Houston Open (3)
−13 (64-71-70-70=275)
Playoff

United States John Daly
27
8 May 2005

Wachovia Championship
−12 (70-69-71-66=276)
Playoff

United States Jim Furyk, Spain Sergio García
28
31 Jul 2005

Buick Open (3)
−24 (65-66-63-70=264)
4 strokes

United States Zach Johnson, United States Tiger Woods
29
11 Jun 2006

Barclays Classic (3)
−10 (70-64-72-68=274)
2 strokes

Australia Adam Scott
30
7 Jan 2007

Mercedes-Benz Championship
−14 (69-69-70-70=278)
2 strokes

Australia Adam Scott
31
18 Mar 2007

Arnold Palmer Invitational
−8 (70-68-67-67=272)
2 strokes

United States Rocco Mediate
32
3 Aug 2008

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
−10 (67-66-69-68=270)
1 stroke

Australia Stuart Appleby, England Lee Westwood
33
24 Aug 2008

The Barclays (4)
−8 (70-70-66-70=276)
Playoff

Spain Sergio García, United States Kevin Sutherland
34
1 Sep 2008

Deutsche Bank Championship (2)
−22 (64-66-69-63=262)
5 strokes

Canada Mike Weir

PGA Tour playoff record (8–4)






























































































No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1
1993

Buick Classic

United States Mark Wiebe
Won with birdie on third extra hole
2
1995

Phoenix Open

United States Billy Mayfair
Won with par on first extra hole
3
1995

Buick Classic

United States Doug Martin
Won with birdie on fifth extra hole
4
1998

The Tour Championship

United States Hal Sutton
Lost to birdie on first extra hole
5
2004

PGA Championship

United States Justin Leonard, United States Chris DiMarco
Won three-hole aggregate playoff (Singh:10, DiMarco:11, Leonard:11)
6
2004

Bell Canadian Open

Canada Mike Weir
Won with par on third extra hole
7
2005

Honda Classic

Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington, United States Joe Ogilvie
Harrington won with par on second extra hole
Ogilvie eliminated with par on first hole
8
2005

Shell Houston Open

United States John Daly
Won with par on first extra hole
9
2005

Wachovia Championship

United States Jim Furyk, Spain Sergio García
Won with par on fourth extra hole
García eliminated with par on first hole
10
2006

Mercedes Championships

Australia Stuart Appleby
Lost to birdie on first extra hole
11
2008

AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am

United States Steve Lowery
Lost to birdie on first extra hole
12
2008

The Barclays

Spain Sergio García, United States Kevin Sutherland
Won with birdie on second extra hole
Sutherland eliminated with birdie on first hole


European Tour wins (13)








Legend
Major championships (3)
World Golf Championships (1)
Other European Tour (9)


















































































































No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory
Runner(s)-up
1
2 Apr 1989

Volvo Open Championship
−12 (72-68-68-68=276)
3 strokes

Australia Peter Fowler
2
8 Apr 1990

El Bosque Open
−10 (66-69-74-69=278)
2 strokes

England Richard Boxall, South Africa Chris Williams
3
16 Feb 1992

Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia
−11 (72-70-69-66=277)
2 strokes

England Gary Evans
4
23 Aug 1992

Volvo German Open
−26 (66-68-64-64=262)
11 strokes

Spain José Manuel Carriles
5
31 Jul 1994

Scandinavian Masters
−20 (68-67-69-64=268)
3 strokes

Zimbabwe Mark McNulty
6
25 Sep 1994

Lancome Trophy
−17 (65-63-69-66=263)
1 stroke

Spain Miguel Ángel Jiménez
7
9 Feb 1997

South African Open
−18 (69-66-66-69=270)
1 stroke

Zimbabwe Nick Price
8
16 Aug 1998

PGA Championship
−9 (70-66-67-68=271)
2 strokes

United States Steve Stricker
9
9 Apr 2000

Masters Tournament
−10 (72-67-70-69=278)
3 strokes

South Africa Ernie Els
10
18 Feb 2001

Carlsberg Malaysian Open
−14 (68-70-68-68=274)
Playoff

Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
11
25 Feb 2001

Caltex Singapore Masters
−21 (64-63-68-68=263)
2 strokes

England Warren Bennett
12
15 Aug 2004

PGA Championship
−8 (67-68-69-76=280)
Playoff

United States Chris DiMarco, United States Justin Leonard
13
3 Aug 2008

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
−10 (67-66-69-68=270)
1 stroke

Australia Stuart Appleby, England Lee Westwood

European Tour playoff record (2–0)
























No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result
1

2001

Carlsberg Malaysian Open

Republic of Ireland Pádraig Harrington
Won with birdie on third extra hole
2

2004

PGA Championship

United States Chris DiMarco, United States Justin Leonard
Won three-hole aggregate playoff (Singh:10, DiMarco:11, Leonard:11)


Asian Tour wins (5)




  • 1995 Passport Open


  • 2000 Johnnie Walker Taiwan Open


  • 2001 Carlsberg Malaysian Open,1Caltex Singapore Masters1


  • 2007 Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open


1 Co-sanctioned with European Tour



Other wins (14)



  • 1984 Malaysian PGA Championship

  • 1988 Nigerian Open, Swedish PGA (not a European Tour event)

  • 1989 Nigerian Open, Ivory Coast Open, Zimbabwe Open

  • 1991 King Hassan Trophy

  • 1992 Malaysian Open

  • 1993 Bells Cup

  • 1997 Toyota World Match Play Championship

  • 1998 Johnnie walker super tour

  • 2001 Telus Skins Game

  • 2003 Telus Skins Game

  • 2008 Chevron World Challenge



PGA Tour Champions wins (4)
















































No.
Date
Tournament
Winning score
To par
Margin of
victory
Runners-up
1
23 Apr 2017

Bass Pro Shops Legends of Golf
(with Paraguay Carlos Franco)
51-42=93
−15
1 stroke

United States Paul Goydos & Kevin Sutherland
United States Corey Pavin & Duffy Waldorf
United States Fred Funk & Jeff Sluman
2
11 Mar 2018

Toshiba Classic
68-68-66=202
−11
1 stroke

United States Scott McCarron
United States Tom Pernice Jr.
United States Tommy Tolles
3
15 Jul 2018

Constellation Senior Players Championship
68-67-66-67=268
−20
Playoff

United States Jeff Maggert
4
11 Nov 2018

Charles Schwab Cup Championship
67-67-67-61=262
−22
4 strokes

United States Tim Petrovic

PGA Tour Champions playoff record (1–0)

















No. Year Tournament Opponent Result
1

2018

Constellation Senior Players Championship

United States Jeff Maggert
Won with birdie on second extra hole


Major championships



Wins (3)



































Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runner(s)-up
1998 PGA Championship Tied for lead −9 (70-66-67-68=271) 2 strokes
United States Steve Stricker
2000 Masters Tournament 3 shot lead −10 (72-67-70-69=278) 3 strokes
South Africa Ernie Els
2004
PGA Championship (2)
1 shot lead −8 (67-68-69-76=280) Playoff1

United States Chris DiMarco, United States Justin Leonard

1 Defeated Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco in three-hole playoff: Singh (3-3-4=10), Leonard (4-3-4=11), and DiMarco (4-3-4=11)



Results timeline









































































Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Masters Tournament





T27
CUT
T39
T17
CUT
T24

U.S. Open




CUT

T10
T7
T77
T25
T3

The Open Championship
T23
T12
T12
T51
T59
T20
T6
T11
T38
T19
CUT

PGA Championship



T48
4
CUT
CUT
T5
T13

1
T49



































































Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

Masters Tournament

1
T18
7
T6
T6
T5
T8
T13
T14
T30

U.S. Open
T8
T7
T30
T20
T28
T6
T6
T20
T65
T27

The Open Championship
T11
T13
CUT
T2
T20
T5
CUT
T27
CUT
T38

PGA Championship
CUT
T51
8
T34

1
T10
CUT
CUT
CUT
T16






























































Tournament 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Masters Tournament
CUT
CUT
T27
T38
T37
54
CUT
CUT
49

U.S. Open
T40

CUT







The Open Championship
T37

T9
CUT


CUT



PGA Championship
T39
CUT
T36
T68
T35
T37
CUT
66
78


  Win


  Top 10


  Did not play

CUT = missed the half way cut

"T" indicates a tie for a place.



Summary





































































Tournament Wins 2nd 3rd Top-5 Top-10 Top-25 Events Cuts made
Masters Tournament 1 0 0 2 6 11 25 19
U.S. Open 0 0 1 1 7 10 18 16
The Open Championship 0 1 0 2 4 13 25 19
PGA Championship 2 0 0 4 6 8 27 19
Totals 3 1 1 9 23 42 95 73


  • Most consecutive cuts made – 15 (2002 PGA – 2006 U.S. Open)

  • Longest streak of top-10s – 7 (2004 PGA – 2006 U.S. Open)



World Golf Championships



Wins (1)



















Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin of victory Runners-up

2008

WGC-Bridgestone Invitational
Tied for lead
−10 (67-66-69-68=270)
1 stroke

Australia Stuart Appleby, England Lee Westwood


Results timeline























































Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008

Accenture Match Play Championship
R32
R64
R32
R32

R32
R32
R16
R32
QF

Cadillac Championship
T16
T3
NT1
3
T2

T6
T56
T11
T2

Bridgestone Invitational
T15

T13
T11
T6
T32
T3
T45
T56

1





































Tournament 2009 2010 2011 2012

Accenture Match Play Championship
R32
R64



Cadillac Championship
T53
T11
T22
T66

Bridgestone Invitational
T29
T58



HSBC Champions





1Cancelled due to 9/11



  Win


  Top 10


  Did not play

QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play

"T" = tied

NT = No tournament

Note that the HSBC Champions did not become a WGC event until 2009.



Senior major championships



Wins (1)



















Year Championship 54 holes Winning score Margin Runners-up
2018 Constellation Senior Players Championship 1 shot deficit −20 (68-67-66-67=268) Playoff
United States Jeff Maggert


Senior results timeline


Results are not in chronological order before 2017.

























































Tournament 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

The Tradition




64
T19

Senior PGA Championship




2
T19

U.S. Senior Open

T5

T18
T7
T16

Senior Players Championship



WD
T18

1

Senior British Open Championship





T14


  Win


  Top 10


  Did not play

WD = withdrew

"T" indicates a tie for a place



PGA Tour career summary











































































































































































Season Wins (Majors) Earnings ($) Rank
1993 1 657,831 19
1994 0 325,959 52
1995 2 1,018,713 9
1996 0 855,140 17
1997 2 1,059,236 16
1998 2 (1) 2,238,998 2
1999 1 2,283,233 4
2000 1 (1) 2,573,835 5
2001 0 3,440,829 4
2002 2 3,756,563 3
2003 4 7,573,907 1
2004 9 (1) 10,905,166 1
2005 4 8,017,336 2
2006 1 4,602,416 4
2007 2 4,728,376 3
2008 3 6,601,094 1
2009 0 1,276,815 68
2010 0 1,334,262 66
2011 0 2,371,050 28
2012 0 1,586,305 51
2013 0 309,351 162
2014 0 989,028 97
2015 0 752,462 124
2016 0 1,210,104 88
2017 0 337,305 173
2018 0 95,334
210
Career* 34 (3) 70,971,328 3

*As of the 2018 season.

There is a summary of Singh's European Tour career here.[21]



Team appearances


Amateur



  • Eisenhower Trophy (representing Fiji): 1980

Professional




  • Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners), 2000, 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007, 2009


  • World Cup (representing Fiji): 2001, 2002, 2013


  • Alfred Dunhill Challenge (representing Australasia): 1995



See also




  • List of golfers with most PGA Tour wins

  • List of golfers with most European Tour wins

  • List of men's major championships winning golfers

  • Longest PGA Tour win streaks

  • Most PGA Tour wins in a year

  • Pravasi Bharatiya Divas

  • Pravasi Bharatiya Samman



References





  1. ^ Singh was elected to the Hall of Fame in 2005 but deferred his induction until 2006.


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  4. ^ "Vijay Singh Biography". JockBio. Retrieved 8 November 2011.


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  6. ^ Spander, Art (31 December 2004). "Singh hits top note but stays a man of mystery". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 8 January 2007.


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  10. ^ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986". European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558.


  11. ^ Potter, Jerry (21 March 2005). "A surprising friendship". USA Today. Retrieved 27 May 2010.


  12. ^ "Singh sidelined two months with tendinitis". ESPN. Associated Press. 30 September 2008. Retrieved 8 April 2012.


  13. ^ "Singh has knee scoped". Boston Globe. Associated Press. 16 January 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2012.


  14. ^ "Singh fails to show up for U.S. Open qualifier". PGA Tour. 6 June 2011. Retrieved 15 January 2014.


  15. ^ Harig, Bob (30 January 2013). "Vijay Singh could face suspension". ESPN. Retrieved 30 January 2013.


  16. ^ Harig, Bob (8 May 2013). "Vijay Singh Sues the PGA Tour". ESPN. Retrieved 8 May 2013.


  17. ^ "2018 Charles Schwab Cup Championship purse, winner's share, prize money payout". 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.


  18. ^ "2018 Charles Schwab Cup bonus pool, purse, winner's share, prize money payout". 11 November 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.


  19. ^ "The many sides of Vijay Singh". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 8 November 2011.


  20. ^ "Singh returns to native Fiji". Sports Illustrated. 18 May 2005. Retrieved 8 November 2011.


  21. ^ "Vijay Singh - Record". European Tour. Retrieved 27 September 2016.




External links



  • Official website


  • Vijay Singh at the PGA Tour official site


  • Vijay Singh at the European Tour official site


  • Vijay Singh at the Official World Golf Ranking official site


















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