Residence: Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
DOB: 22/02/1963 |
Vijay Singh is without doubt one of the best golfers ever to play the game. His enormous achievements are sometimes overlooked because of his fractious relations with the media – he’s known as a bit of a misery who would rather spend hours on the driving range than court publicity. But with career prize money of over $60m in the bank – and you can probably double that with his endorsements – we don’t suppose Vijay is losing much sleep over it. Born in Fiji of Sikh ancestry, his father was an aircraft technician who also taught golf. The family was of modest means, and Vijay often had to resort to hitting coconuts for practice. He ended up teaching golf in Borneo, using all his spare time to practice and in 1998 managed to gain entry to the European Tour. The following year he won his first tournament - the Volvo Open in Italy. Since then, his rise up the golf ranks has been meteoric. In 2004 alone, he won an astonishing nine times picking up $11m in prize money. He has won 19 times since turning 40 – and has three Majors to his name – the PGA in 1998 and 2004, and the Masters in 2000. Our biog photo of Vijay using his Cleveland HiBore XL driver was taken at the Doral Resort in Miami during the World Golf Championships in March 2007 where he finished tied 11th. |
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March 20-23rd. Played at Doral Golf Resort. Won by Geoff Ogilvy who picked up
$1,350,000 |
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| | In Vijay Singh's bag... | In Vijays bag at the WGC in March 2008, Cleveland CG1 Black Pearl irons, Cleveland HiBore XL driver and fairway woods - and Never Compromise GM2 putter.
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March 8-11 2007. The PODS Championship played at the Copperhead Course at the Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida was won by 1998 Open Champion Mark Calcavecchia with a 10 under par score of 274. This was Calcavecchia’s first Tour victory since the 2005 Bell Canadian – and his 13th win in total. The $954,000 first prize takes him over the $20m career earnings for his career. He finished at 10-under 274 – and had a bit of a let-off when Heath Slocum missed a 4-foot par putt on the final hole which would have taken him into the play-off.
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| | In Vijay Singh's bag... | In the bag: Cleveland HiBore XL 9.5 degree driver, Cleveland Launcher Steel 13 degree 3 wood and 17 degree 5 wood, irons 3-PW are Cleveland CG1 Black Pearl, 54 and 60 degree high bounce Cleveland Tour Action wedges and a Never Compromise GM2 Exchange #7 Belly putter.
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