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Vijay won/survived by when he birdied the 18th hole in regulation play to force a playoff against good friend and native son of Canada, Mike Weir. Throughout the final round, it seemed that no one wanted to win as each golfer squandered opportunities. During the second playoff hole Vijay missed a par putt opening the door for Weir, but Mike’s attempt slid by on the high side. The miss was indicative of Mike’s disastrous play up until that point, and indicative of what was to come. It was on the third playoff hole that Vijay was able to claim the title when Weir’s third shot found the water, ending Weir’s dream of capturing his nation’s championship. For his efforts, Singh deposits $810,000 dollars bring his total golf winnings to $8.7 million as he closes in on Tiger’s record of $9.1 million. The victory also positions Vijay to make a run at Tiger’s record of nine wins in a season. With the amount of money being made on the tour, mothers and fathers, raise your sons and daughters to be golfers. Throughout the day, Mike Weir, who started the day with a three stroke lead over Vijay, played reasonably well, but perhaps the pressure of the moment, carrying the hopes all of Canada proved to be too much. As he said in the post tournament press conference “It was a difficult day out there to be sure, and when I look back, I guess that maybe I was trying too hard. I might have been pressing a little bit, trying to make things happen. ” Weir made sure to credit Vijay when he said “I also want to give full credit to Vijay. He’s a good friend and he’s deserving of being the No. 1 player in the world. He’s having a heck of a year and he’s a great champion of the Bell Canadian Open.” As for Vijay, he was happy with the win though somewhat appeared to subdue his enthusiasm in light of the way the tournament ended and as he replied to a question by saying, “Someone had to win.” Vijay is expected to play in perhaps as many as five more tournaments before the end of the year. Golf fans are advised to watch Singh, because right now, no one is hotter that the sizzling Singh.  WANT TO REACH THIS WRITER Copyright 2006 by BlackAthlete.net, Inc. All Rights Reserved. |
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