Vijay Singh From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search Not to be confused with Vijay Singh (politician). Vijay Singh Personal information Full name Vijay Singh Nickname The Big Fijian Born 22 February 1963 (1963-02-22) (age 46) Lautoka, Fiji Height 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 208 lb (94 kg; 14.9 st) Nationality Fiji Residence Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida Spouse Ardena Sethi (m.1985) Children Qass Sethi (b.1990) Career Turned professional 1982 Current tour(s) PGA Tour (joined 1993) European Tour (rejoined 2006) Professional wins 58 Number of wins by tour PGA Tour 34 (14th all time) European Tour 13 Other 15 Best results in Major Championships (Wins: 3) The Masters Won: 2000 U.S. Open T3: 1999 Open Championship T2: 2003 PGA Championship Won: 1998, 2004 Achievements and awards 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 winner 2008 Vijay Singh (born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "The Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer who was number one in the Official World Golf Rankings for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. 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 inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006. He won the FedEx Cup in 2008. An Indo-Fijian of Hindu background,[1][2] Singh was born in Lautoka, Fiji and grew up in Nadi. His name means Victorious Lion. 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. Singh is married to Ardena Sethi, who is Malaysian. They have a son, Qass Sethi. Contents [hide] 1 Career history 1.1 Early life and amateur career 1.2 Professional success 1.2.1 1989–1997: First wins in Europe and America 1.2.2 1998–2004: Major champion to world number 1 1.2.3 2005–present: Success over 40 and Fedex Cup victory 2 Media relations 3 Professional wins (58) 3.1 PGA Tour wins (34) 3.2 European Tour wins (13) 3.3 Other wins (15) 4 Major championships 4.1 Wins (3) 4.2 Results timeline 4.3 Summary of major championship performances 5 Results in World Golf Championship events 6 PGA Tour career summary 7 Team appearances 8 See also 9 References 10 External links [edit] Career history [edit] 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!"[3] Growing up, he played snooker, cricket, football, and also 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. Two years after turning professional, in 1984, Singh won the 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. Singh felt he had been more harshly treated because the marker was "the son of a VIP in the Indonesian PGA."[4] 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.[5] He saved the money he needed to resurrect his career and began to re-enter tournaments. He won the Nigerian Open in 1988, and at the end of that year he entered the European Tour Qualifying school for the second consecutive year, and was

successful on this occasion. [edit] Professional success [edit] 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 British Open. 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. [edit] 1998–2004: Major champion to world number 1 In 1998, Singh was victorious at the PGA Championship at Sahalee 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 72-hole scoring record with a 65, 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 set a 9-hole scoring record at the U.S. Open with a 29 on the back nine of his second round. [6] 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 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 Vijay'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 Rankings, 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. [edit] 2005–present: 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 Rankings 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. 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 Vijay 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 tied for fifth at the Travelers Championship. After missing the cut at the British Open Vijay 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 Vijay 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. After the playoffs, Singh announced his withdrawal from a couple of Asian Tour events because of a nagging injury and was advised by doctors to rest.[7] 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.[8] 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 500 weeks ranked in the top 10 of the Official World Golf Rankings.[9][10] [edit] 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". The Associated Press' correspondent later admitted that he had selectively quoted Singh's comments, deliberately misrepresenting the tenor of his remarks to spice up the story.[citation needed] 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.[11] Although Singh is a right-handed golfer, he once said on TV he was "about a 6 handicap" left-handed. [edit] Professional wins (58) [edit] PGA Tour wins (34) Legend Major Championships (3) World Golf Championships (1) FedEx Cup Events (2) Other PGA Tour (28) No. Date Tournament Winning Score Margin of Victory Runner(s) up 1. June 13, 1993 Buick Classic -4 (72-68-74-66=280) Playoff Mark Wiebe 2. January 29, 1995 Phoenix Open -15 (70-67-66-66=269) Playoff Billy Mayfair 3. May 21, 1995 Buick Classic -6 (70-69-67-72=278) Playoff Doug Martin 4. June 2, 1997 Memorial Tournament -14 (70-65-67=202) 2 strokes Jim Furyk, Greg Norman 5. August 10, 1997 Buick Open -15 (67-73-67-66=273) 4 strokes Joe Ozaki, Brad Fabel, Curtis Strange, Tom Byrum, Russ Cochran, Ernie Els 6. August 16, 1998 PGA Championship -9 (70-66-67-68=271) 2 strokes Steve Stricker 7. August 23, 1998 Sprint International (15-12-6-14=47) 6 points Phil Mickelson, Willie Wood 8. March 14, 1999 Honda Classic -11 (71-69-68-69=277) 2 strokes Payne Stewart 9. April 4, 2000 The Masters -10 (72-67-70-69=278) 3 strokes Ernie Els 10. March 31, 2002 Shell Houston Open -22 (67-65-66-68=266) 6 strokes Darren Clarke 11. November 3, 2002 The Tour Championship -12 (65-71-65-67=268) 2 strokes Charles Howell III 12. January 26, 2003 Phoenix Open -23 (67-66-65-63=261) 3 strokes John Huston 13. May 18, 2003 EDS Byron Nelson Championship -15 (65-65-69-66=265) 2 strokes Nick Price 14. September 15, 2003 John Deere Classic -16 (66-68-69-65=268) 4 strokes J. L. Lewis, Chris Riley, Jonathan Byrd 15. October 26, 2003 FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort -23 (64-65-69-67=265) 4 strokes Scott Verplank, Stewart Cink, Tiger Woods 16. February 8, 2004 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am -16 (67-68-68-69=272) 3 strokes Jeff Maggert 17. April 26, 2004 Shell Houston Open -11 (74-66-69-68=277) 2 strokes Scott Hoch 18. May 3, 2004 HP Classic of New Orleans -22 (70-65-68-63=266) 1 stroke Joe Ogilvie, Phil Mickelson 19. August 1, 2004 Buick Open -23 (63-70-65-67=265) 1 stroke John Daly 20. August 15, 2004 PGA Championship -8 (67-68-69-76=280) Playoff Justin Leonard, Chris DiMarco 21. September 6, 2004 Deutsche Bank Championship -16 (68-63-68-69=268) 3 strokes Tiger Woods, Adam Scott 22. September 12, 2004 Bell Canadian Open -9 (68-66-72-69=275) Playoff Mike Weir 23. September 26, 2004 84 Lumber Classic -15 (64-68-72-69=273) 1 stroke Stewart Cink 24. October 31, 2004 Chrysler Championship -18 (65-69-67-65=266) 5 strokes Tommy Armour III, Jesper Parnevik 25. January 16, 2005 Sony Open in Hawaii -11 (69-68-67-65=269) 1 stroke Ernie Els 26. April 24, 2005 Shell Houston Open -13 (64-71-70-70=275) Playoff John Daly 27. May 8, 2005 Wachovia Championship -12 (70-69-71-66=276) Playoff Jim Furyk, Sergio García 28. July 31, 2005 Buick Open -24 (65-66-63-70=264) 4 strokes Zach Johnson, Tiger Woods 29. June 11, 2006 Barclays Classic -10 (70-64-72-68=274) 2 strokes Adam Scott 30. January 7, 2007 Mercedes-Benz Championship -14 (69-69-70-70=278) 2 strokes Adam Scott 31. March 18, 2007 Arnold Palmer Invitational -8 (70-68-67-67=272) 2 strokes Rocco Mediate 32. August 3, 2008 WGC-Bridgestone Invitational -10 (67-66-69-68=270) 1 stroke Stuart Appleby, Lee Westwood 33. August 24, 2008 The Barclays -8 (70-70-66-70=276) Playoff Sergio García, Kevin Sutherland 34. September 1, 2008 Deutsche Bank Championship -22 (64-66-69-63=262) 5 strokes Mike Weir PGA Tour playoff record (8-4) No. Year Tournament Opponent(s) Result 1. 1993 Buick Classic Mark Wiebe Won with birdie on third hole 2. 1995 Phoenix Open Billy Mayfair Won with par on first hole 3. 1995 Buick Classic Doug Martin Won with birdie on fifth hole 4. 1998 The Tour Championship Hal Sutton Lost to birdie on first hole 5. 2004 PGA Championship Justin Leonard, Chris DiMarco Shot 10 (3-3-4) in a three hole playoff to defeat Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco who shot 11 (4-3-4) 6. 2004 Bell Canadian Open Mike Weir Won with par on third hole 7. 2005 Shell Houston Open John Daly Won with par on first hole 8. 2005 Honda Classic Pádraig Harrington, Joe Ogilvie Lost to Pádraig Harrington who birdied the second extra hole (Joe Ogilvie was eliminated when he bogeyed the first hole) 9. 2005 Wachovia Championship Jim Furyk, Sergio García Beat Jim Furyk with par on fourth extra hole (Sergio García was eliminated when he bogeyed the first hole) 10. 2006 Mercedes Championships Stuart Appleby Lost to birdie on first hole 11. 2008 AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am Steve Lowery Lost to birdie on first hole 12. 2008 The Barclays Sergio García, Kevin Sutherland Beat García with birdie on second extra hole (Sutherland was eliminated when he failed to make birdie on the first hole) [edit] European Tour wins (13) 1989 (1) Volvo Open Championship 1990 (1) El Bosque Open 1992 (2) Turespana Masters Open de Andalucia, Volvo German Open 1994 (2) Scandinavian Masters, Lancome Trophy 1997 (1) South African Open (co-sanctioned with Southern African Tour) 1998 (1) PGA Championship 2000 (1) The Masters 2001 (2) Carlsberg Malaysian Open,

Caltex Singapore Masters 2004 (1) PGA Championship 2008 (1) WGC-Bridgestone Invitational Singh's major championship and WGC victories are repeated here because the three major championships played in the United States became official events on the European Tour in 1998 and the three WGC events are also official ET events. [edit] Other wins (15) 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 1995 Passport Open 1997 Toyota World Match Play Championship (England - not an official European Tour event at that time) 2000 Taiwan Open 2003 TELUS Skins Game 2007 Kolon-Hana Bank Korea Open (Asian Tour) 2008 Chevron World Challenge [edit] Major championships [edit] 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 Steve Stricker 2000 The Masters 3 shot lead -10 (72-67-70-69=278) 3 strokes Ernie Els 2004 PGA Championship (2) 1 shot lead -8 (67-68-69-76=280) Playoff 1 Chris DiMarco, 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) [edit] Results timeline Tournament 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 The Masters DNP DNP DNP DNP DNP T27 CUT T39 T17 CUT T24 U.S. Open DNP DNP DNP DNP CUT DNP T10 T7 T77 T25 T3 British Open T23 T12 T12 T51 T59 T20 T6 T11 T38 T19 CUT PGA Championship DNP DNP DNP T48 4 CUT CUT T5 T13 1 T49 Tournament 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 The Masters 1 T18 7 T6 T6 T5 T8 T13 T14 U.S. Open T8 T7 T30 T20 T28 T6 T6 T20 T65 British Open T11 T13 CUT T2 T20 T5 CUT T27 CUT PGA Championship CUT T51 8 T34 1 T10 CUT CUT CUT DNP = did not play CUT = missed the half way cut "T" indicates a tie for a place. Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. [edit] Summary of major championship performances Starts - 62 Wins - 3 2nd place finishes - 1 Top 3 finishes - 5 Top 5 finishes - 9 Top 10 finishes - 22 Longest streak of top-10s in majors - 7 [edit] Results in World Golf Championship events Tournament 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Accenture Match Play Championship R32 R64 R32 R32 DNP R32 R32 R16 R32 QF R32 CA Championship T16 T3 NT1 3 T2 DNP T6 T56 T11 T2 Bridgestone Invitational T15 DNP T13 T11 T6 T32 T3 T45 T56 1 1Cancelled due to 9/11 DNP = Did not play QF, R16, R32, R64 = Round in which player lost in match play "T" = tied NT = No Tournament Green background for wins. Yellow background for top-10. [edit] PGA Tour career summary Year 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* 0 154,500 92 Career* 34 (3) 60,863,812 2 * Complete through March 1, 2009 There is a summary of Singh's European Tour career here [edit] Team appearances Presidents Cup (International Team): 1994, 1996, 1998 (winners), 2000, 2003 (tie), 2005, 2007 WGC-World Cup (representing Fiji): 2002 [edit] See also Golfers with most PGA Tour wins Golfers with most European Tour wins Golfers with most wins in men's major championships Most PGA Tour wins in a year Longest PGA Tour win streaks Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Pravasi Bharatiya Samman [edit] References ^ Vijay Singh ^ JockBio: Vijay Singh Biography ^ "Golf's Humble Fijian: Vijay Singh's Rise To Number One". Peter Rees. Pacific Magazine. Published November 1, 2004. Accessed 8 January 2007. ^ "Singh hits top note but stays a man of mystery", Art Spander. The Daily Telegraph, 31 December 2004. Accessed 8 January 2007. ^ "Experience a good teacher". Hubert Mizell. St. Petersburg Times. Published on April 10, 2000. Accessed 8 January 2007. ^ U.S. Open Championship records ^ Star golfer Singh sidelined up to eight weeks by injuries ^ Singh out for three weeks ^ 69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 In World Ranking ^ "Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986" (PDF). European Tour Official Guide 09 (38th ed.). PGA European Tour. 2009. p. 558. http://www.europeantour.com/default.sps?pagegid={00387D2B-9D40-40B9-B2AC-C46939A8370B}. Retrieved on 2009-01-16. ^ Singh returns to native Fiji [edit] External links Profile on PGA Tour's official site Profile on European Tour's official site Results for the last two years from the Official World Golf Rankings site Interview with the Observer [show]v · d · eWorld Number ones since 1986 Seve Ballesteros | Fred Couples | David Duval | Ernie Els | Nick Faldo | Bernhard Langer | Tom Lehman | Greg Norman | Nick Price | Vijay Singh | Tiger Woods* | Ian Woosnam *Tiger Woods (USA) is the current World No. 1, and has spent the most weeks in that position, currently over 500. 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Lionel Hebert Strokeplay era 1958 Dow Finsterwald · 1959 Bob Rosburg · 1960 Jay Hebert · 1961 Jerry Barber · 1962 Gary Player · 1963 Jack Nicklaus · 1964 Bobby Nichols · 1965 Dave Marr · 1966 Al Geiberger · 1967 Don January · 1968 Julius Boros · 1969 Raymond Floyd · 1970 Dave Stockton · 1971 Jack Nicklaus · 1972 Gary Player · 1973 Jack Nicklaus · 1974 Lee Trevino · 1975 Jack Nicklaus · 1976 Dave Stockton · 1977 Lanny Wadkins · 1978 John Mahaffey · 1979 David Graham · 1980 Jack Nicklaus · 1981 Larry Nelson · 1982 Raymond Floyd · 1983 Hal Sutton · 1984 Lee Trevino · 1985 Hubert Green · 1986 Bob Tway · 1987 Larry Nelson · 1988 Jeff Sluman · 1989 Payne Stewart · 1990 Wayne Grady · 1991 John Daly · 1992 Nick Price · 1993 Paul Azinger · 1994 Nick Price · 1995 Steve Elkington · 1996 Mark Brooks · 1997 Davis Love III · 1998 Vijay Singh · 1999 Tiger Woods · 2000 Tiger Woods · 2001 David Toms · 2002 Rich Beem · 2003 Shaun Micheel · 2004 Vijay Singh · 2005 Phil Mickelson · 2006 Tiger Woods · 2007 Tiger Woods · 2008 Pádraig Harrington [show]v · d · ePGA Tour Rookies of the Year 1990 Robert Gamez · 1991 John Daly · 1992 Mark Carnevale · 1993 Vijay Singh · 1994 Ernie Els · 1995 Woody Austin · 1996 Tiger Woods · 1997 Stewart Cink · 1998 Steve Flesch · 1999 Carlos Franco · 2000 Michael Clark II · 2001 Charles Howell III · 2002 Jonathan Byrd · 2003 Ben Curtis · 2004 Todd Hamilton · 2005 Sean O'Hair · 2006 Trevor Immelman · 2007 Brandt Snedeker · 2008 Andrés Romero [show]v · d · ePGA and PGA Tour Players of the Year PGA Players of the Year 1948 Ben Hogan · 1949 Sam Snead · 1950 Ben Hogan · 1951 Ben Hogan · 1952 Julius Boros · 1953 Ben Hogan · 1954 Ed Furgol · 1955 Doug Ford · 1956 Jack Burke, Jr. · 1957 Dick Mayer · 1958 Dow Finsterwald · 1959 Art Wall, Jr. · 1960 Arnold Palmer · 1961 Jerry Barber · 1962 Arnold Palmer · 1963 Julius Boros · 1964 Ken Venturi · 1965 Dave Marr · 1966 Billy Casper · 1967 Jack Nicklaus · 1968 No award · 1969 Orville Moody · 1970 Billy Casper · 1971 Lee 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Tiger Woods · 2004 Vijay Singh · 2005 Tiger Woods · 2006 Tiger Woods · 2007 Tiger Woods · 2008 Pádraig Harrington [show]v · d · eEuropean Tour Golfer of the Year 1985 Bernhard Langer • 1986 Seve Ballesteros • 1987 Ian Woosnam • 1988 Seve Ballesteros • 1989 Nick Faldo • 1990 Nick Faldo • 1991 Seve Ballesteros • 1992 Nick Faldo • 1993 Bernhard Langer • 1994 Ernie Els • 1995 Colin Montgomerie • 1996 Colin Montgomerie • 1997 Colin Montgomerie • 1998 Lee Westwood • 1999 Colin Montgomerie • 2000 Lee Westwood • 2001 Retief Goosen • 2002 Ernie Els • 2003 Ernie Els • 2004 Vijay Singh • 2005 Michael Campbell • 2006 Paul Casey • 2007 Pádraig Harrington • 2008 Pádraig Harrington Persondata NAME Singh, Vijay ALTERNATIVE NAMES The Big Fijian SHORT DESCRIPTION Professional golfer DATE OF BIRTH 22 February 1963 PLACE OF BIRTH Lautoka, Fiji DATE OF DEATH PLACE OF DEATH Retrieved from "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Singh" Categories: 1963 births | Living people | Fijian Hindus | Fijian golfers | European Tour golfers | Indo-Fijian people | Lautoka people | Members of the World Golf Hall of Fame | PGA Tour golfers | Winners of men's major golf championships | Nonresident Fiji Indians | Sportspeople of Indian descent | People from Jacksonville, Florida