Monday, January 08, 2007

Singh Comes Through In Maui

Hello. Congrats to Vijay Singh for winning the Mercedes-Benz Championship. Singh battled wet, windy conditions to win by 2 over Adam Scott.
With this win, Vijay broke Sam Snead's record for most wins for a Tour player over 40. Quite an accomplishment, since he's only 44.
Will this be a relaunching point for his career? Can he get back to where he was in 2004, when he had 9 wins and Player of the Year honours? Well, it's certainly going to be tough when a gentleman named Woods shows no sign of slowing down. However, Singh is the only one with the distance and the work ethic who can do it. Unfortunately for Jim Furyk (and us) he doesn't have the distance of Woods or Singh. And unfortunately for Phil Mickelson (and us) he doesn't have the work ethic of Woods or Singh.
When I saw Vijay at the 2000 Bay Hill Invitational, I thought he was the only one who could take on Tiger because of his work ethic. He was putting in the dark when I left at 10pm, only having one solitary light to assist him. Everyone else was long gone. Three weeks later he was Masters champ.
Vijay believes 40 is the new 30. As someone slightly older than him, I think he can continue to be a winner. Only time will tell how often.

Regards,
Steve

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