In a season without Tiger Woods, many other players have had a chance to shine and few have shone quite as brightly as Vijay Singh this year. Over the weekend, he clinched the coveted FedEx cup, as well as a very nice $10 million bonus. Not bad wages for a weekend of work, but Singh earned every penny.
Singh commented, "I'm glad this Cup is over. I know it's mine now so it's a good feeling. But I'm glad it's over. I was reminded 1,000 times before I started this week: 'Make sure you finish 72 holes, sign your card, (have) enough clubs, and gosh, everything else'. I tried to make it very simple on my card today, no mistakes, and tried to make all 18 pars at this point."
At the end of the tournament, Singh had a nine over for a total score of 289. He mentioned that he found the intensity of the tournament exhausting and at times, felt it was difficult to keep up.
"It was really weird," the 48 year old Singh said. "You make a bogey, you get congratulated; you make a double (bogey), you get congratulated. It didn't really matter what I made. But it took away the focus of playing this tournament. I tried really hard. When I left to come over here to play, I said: 'I'm going to keep focus'. But that's as far as I got."
Although the jackpot was certainly on his mind throughout the tournament, Singh did an admirable job of staying focused. When asked about whether the prospect of the prize money was weighing him down, he stated, "Nobody thinks about things like this. You think about winning golf tournaments, big golf tournaments, never a FedEx Cup that's worth so much. I think everybody, every golfer, would feel the same way. Obviously $10 million is a great jackpot to have. We all think about it. We all want to win it. I'm glad I won it once."
All told, Singh has won 34 championships, and although it has not been an easy road for him, he has managed to come out on top this year. Over the past seven starts on this leg of the PGA tour, he has found victory three times, which is remarkable considering the competition this year and the fact that he has dealt with numerous injuries.
"It tells you if you finish strong, if you have a few wins, it propels you all the way up to the top," he said. "It's self-satisfying to know that I never gave up. I kept at it, hurt, not hurt, pain, it didn't matter. I was out there practicing and believing in myself and doing it. At the end of the day, I came out up front and that shows that all the hard work has paid off. I'd rank this one of my best seasons, I think, considering what I went through."
It is no wonder that Singh counts this season as one of the best in his entire career.
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