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Vijay Singh claimed the rain-delayed Houston Open on Monday, carding a four-under-par 68 to hold off Scott Hoch by two shots.
The first Monday finish of the season was required after heavy rain fell on the Redstone Golf Club on each of the previous three days.
Singh finished the third round tied for the lead with John Huston, then grabbed it for himself with birdies on two of his first three holes in the final round.
He ended up with a 72-hole total of 11 under 277.
It was the second win of the season for Singh, who is second in the World Golf Rankings to Tiger Woods. He also won this event in 2002, when it was held at The Woodlands.
After claiming his first career money title last season, Singh is second this year with nearly £1.9million, about £85,000 less than Phil Mickelson. His 17th career PGA Tour win was worth £500,000.
Singh goes to New Orleans for the HP Classic, which gets under way on Thursday. Mickelson is also entered in the field.
Collated fourth round scores and totals from the USPGA Tour, Shell Houston Open,Redstone GC (USA unless stated, par 72):
277 Vijay Singh (Fij) 74 66 69 68
279 Scott Hoch 73 68 71 67
280 John Huston 71 71 67 71
282 Stephen Ames (Tri) 68 76 69 69, Dudley Hart 69 72 71 70
283 John Daly 76 69 67 71, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 74 70 69 70, Paul Azinger 73
67 72 71, Jose Coceres (Arg) 73 69 68 73
284 Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 71 70 71 72
285 Ted Purdy 72 73 71 69, Patrick Sheehan 69 71 74 71, Tim Herron 73 71 70
71, David Peoples 70 71 73 71, Paul Stankowski 72 70 71 72, DJ Brigman 71 72 70
72, Zach Johnson 71 68 74 72, KJ Choi (Kor) 74 70 72 69
286 Tim Petrovic 69 73 72 72, Jason Bohn 71 72 73 70, Mark Calcavecchia 72 69
72 73, Joe Ogilvie 72 70 68 76, Bo Van Pelt 74 71 69 72, Steve Stricker 69 70 77
70, Carlos Franco (Fra) 73 72 69 72, Steve Lowery 70 69 76 71, Kevin Na (Kor) 72
70 72 72
287 Brian Bateman 77 68 71 71
288 Justin Leonard 71 70 72 75, Len Mattiace 75 70 71 72, Neal Lancaster 70 71
76 71, Tom Carter 71 73 71 73, Billy Mayfair 74 71 72 71, Tom Pernice Jnr. 70 73
73 72, John Riegger 69 71 74 74, Lucas Glover 68 77 75 68
289 Blaine McCallister 74 70 74 71, Chris Riley 67 74 76 72, Ben Crane 72 72
72 73, Hal Sutton 69 73 74 73, Hank Kuehne 74 70 72 73, Russ Cochran 70 74 70
75
290 Dan Briggs 73 72 71 74, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 66 79 73 72, Jeff Brehaut 71
74 73 72, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 73 72 72 73, Jay Haas 72 73 70 75, Arron
Oberholser 73 71 70 76
291 Robert Allenby (Aus) 72 71 76 72, Fred Couples 71 74 74 72, Lee Westwood
(Eng) 76 69 73 73, Frank Lickliter II 68 77 73 73, Alex Cejka (Cze) 72 71 72 76
292 David Frost (Rsa) 71 73 72 76, Heath Slocum 73 70 74 75, Dennis Paulson 71
74 73 74, Brian Kortan 71 74 74 73, Edward Loar 74 71 72 75
293 Robert Gamez 74 71 75 73, Joel Kribel 71 72 77 73, Mike Heinen 73 72 71
77, Roger Tambellini 71 74 78 70, Scott Hend (Eng) 73 71 72 77, J J Henry 71 74
76 72
294 Daniel Chopra (Swe) 72 73 74 75, Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 71 72 77 74
295 Tjaart Van der Walt (Rsa) 71 74 75 75, Brian Gay 72 73 74 76
297 Phil Blackmar 76 67 76 78
298 Dicky Pride 71 73 76 78, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 68 77 78 75
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