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Vijay Singh claimed his 16th PGA Tour title after cruising to victory at the
Pebble Beach National Pro-Am in California.
The Fijian took the walk down the 18th fairway already knowing he had won the
£600,000 top prize and moved into first place on the money list.
Singh also moved into noted company by earning his 12th consecutive top-10
finish - only Jack Nicklaus has more, having established the record of 14
straight in 1977.
"It was a great win," Singh said. "I was a little, not nervous, but a
little shaky at the start.
"I wasn't feeling comfortable with my golf swing, but I recovered really
great. I made three straight birdies to start."
Singh shot a three-under-par 69 to finish the tournament on 16 under at 272.
He started the day tied for the lead with Arron Oberholser at 13 under but
birdied the first three holes to take control.
Now Singh is looking ahead - at Tiger Woods and the world's number one
ranking.
"Well, I'm playing pretty good," he said. "My ranking doesn't say that; I'm
number two. So in my mind, I just feel like I'm playing the best I can, and I'm
not really too worried if I am the best player in the world or not.
"You know, I want to be number one before I finish playing competitively but
it is a hard feat to take Tiger off the top because he is playing well as well.
"If I keep playing like I'm doing now, I feel I have a shot, maybe not this
year, but in a year or two."
Jeff Maggert's 69 left him at 13 under on 275 - he birdied the final two holes
to pip Phil Mickelson, who also shot a 69, for second place.
Oberholser shot a 76 and tied for fourth with Masters champion Mike Weir and
KJ Choi of Korea at nine under.
British duo Phillip Price and Luke Donald struggled on day four, slipping back
from joint third overnight to a share of 17th place after 77s left them on five
under.
Collated final scores (USA unless stated, Par 72):
272 Vijay Singh (Fij) 67 68 68 69
275 Jeff Maggert 71 68 67 69
276 Phil Mickelson 68 68 71 69
279 Arron Oberholser 69 67 67 76, KJ Choi (Kor) 67 70 71 71, Mike Weir (Can)
73 70 66 70
280 Mark Hensby (Aus) 70 67 73 70, Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 70 67 73 70, Tom
Pernice Jr 67 68 73 72
281 Kent Jones 67 71 74 69, Bill Glasson 73 69 66 73, Scott McCarron 69 68 71
73, Corey Pavin 69 68 73 71
282 Todd Fischer 72 70 72 68, Kirk Triplett 69 70 70 73, Peter Jacobsen 70 71
70 71
283 Luke Donald (Gbr) 69 65 72 77, Phillip Price (Gbr) 67 70 69 77, Ted Purdy
68 73 70 72, Mark Brooks 71 72 68 72
284 Richard Barcelo 72 69 73 70, Tim Petrovic 71 71 70 72, Arjun Atwal (Ind)
72 70 72 70, Paul Stankowski 69 71 72 72
285 Brian Bateman 69 71 69 76, Niclas Fasth (Swe) 69 71 72 73, Daniel Chopra
(Swe) 71 71 68 75, Bo Van Pelt 72 68 73 72, Fred Couples 70 71 73 71, Woody
Austin 69 71 72 73, Tom Lehman 70 69 72 74, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 69 74 72 70,
Todd Hamilton 71 69 73 72, Boyd Summerhays 69 74 70 72
286 Charles Howell III 69 73 72 72, Craig Barlow 67 75 71 73, Craig Stadler 68
71 71 76, Willie Wood 72 70 71 73, Jerry Kelly 71 72 70 73, Ryan Palmer 74 72 68
72
287 JJ Henry 65 70 75 77, Greg Chalmers (Aus) 71 70 72 74, Loren Roberts 72 68
72 75, Jay Delsing 73 66 73 75, Jay Don Blake 71 74 70 72, David Edwards 74 68
72 73, Steve Friesen 69 70 73 75
288 John Senden (Aus) 71 68 73 76, Mark Wilson 70 74 71 73, Joel Kribel 68 73
72 75, Matt Kuchar 65 74 74 75, Tom Byrum 74 68 72 74, Danny Briggs 70 70 74 74
289 Ken Duke 67 68 76 78, Joe Ogilvie 71 67 77 74, David Sutherland 74 70 69
76, Kevin Sutherland 70 69 73 77, JP Hayes 72 70 73 74
290 Zach Johnson 71 71 72 76, Neal Lancaster 72 72 71 75
291 Robert Gamez 67 69 76 79, Kevin Stadler 69 73 72 77
292 Dennis Paulson 69 68 78 77, Patrick Sheehan 71 67 75 79, David Branshaw 71
71 73 77
293 Trevor Dodds 74 72 69 78
295 Deane Pappas (Rsa) 68 73 74 80
296 Per-Ulrik Johansson (Swe) 73 71 71 81
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