Vijay Singh zoomed past Joe Ogilvie for his second straight Monday victory,
sinking a 25-foot birdie putt at the 18th hole to close a spectacular back nine
and win a three-way shoot-out at the HP Classic as Justin Rose finished joint
fifth.
Singh played the final eight holes in seven under par to erase a six-stroke
deficit.
He came home in 29 to cap a nine under 63 and edge the unheralded Ogilvie by a
shot at 22 under for a 266 total.
The second ranked player in the world was nearly forced to a play-off when
Ogilvie left his bunker blast on the left edge of the closing hole at the
English Turn Golf & Country Club.
Singh has made a habit of winning on Mondays, having claimed last week's
rain-plagued Houston Open on the extra day.
He has won the last three Monday finishes on the PGA Tour and four for his
career.
With the £518,000 top prize, Singh jumped past Phil Mickelson on the money
list, taking the lead with more than £2.4million.
The 41-year-old from Fiji claimed his first career money title last season.
Ogilvie was the hard-luck loser, going the final 46 holes without a bogey and
still settling for a share of second place with Mickelson.
Ogilvie had at least a share of the lead from the middle of the third round
until Singh's winning putt.
Mickelson birdied three of the last four holes to stay close but ended up a
stroke short at 21 under 267.
He was playing for the first time since his emotional Masters triumph.
Rose, who led the Masters for the first two rounds, finished in a share of
fifth place five shots behind winner Singh in New Orleans.
Collated final round scores and totals in the USPGA Tour HP Classic of New Orleans, English Turn G & CC, New Orleans, Lousiana (USA unless stated, par 72):
266 Vijay Singh (Fij) 70 65 68 63
267 Phil Mickelson 67 65 69 66, Joe Ogilvie 66 67 66 68
269 Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 69 64 69 67
271 Justin Rose (Eng) 67 70 65 69, Charles Howell III 66 64 71 70
272 Stephen Ames (Tri) 67 69 71 65, Brian Bateman 67 67 69 69, KJ Choi (Kor)
67 68 68 69
273 Joe Durant 67 70 67 69, Matt Kuchar 69 63 71 70
274 David Frost (Rsa) 69 69 70 66, Ken Duke 64 68 72 70, Ryan Palmer 68 64 72
70
275 Bob Burns 69 64 75 67, Steve Pate 75 65 68 67, Paul Azinger 66 66 71 72,
David Sutherland 66 67 72 70, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 68 73 66
276 James H McLean 70 67 71 68, Pat Perez 70 70 70 66, Steve Stricker 71 69 67
69, Dan Forsman 71 68 69 68, John Senden (Aus) 70 67 72 67
277 Ted Purdy 68 68 68 73, J.L. Lewis 69 67 71 70, Jonathan Byrd 70 70 71 66,
Bob Estes 69 65 75 68, Briny Baird 73 67 71 66, Hal Sutton 69 66 76 66, Geoff
Ogilvy (Aus) 68 69 72 68, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 67 70 72 68, Robert Damron 66
70 70 71
278 Andre Stolz (Aus) 70 69 71 68, Jerry Kelly 69 67 71 71, Skip Kendall 71 64
73 70, Steve Allan (Aus) 72 68 68 70, Joey Sindelar 71 69 72 66, David Toms 69
66 72 71, Dennis Paulson 66 72 72 68, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 73 65 67 73, Steve
Lowery 70 65 72 71, Russ Cochran 70 69 70 69, Deane Pappas (Rsa) 68 69 68 73
279 Scott Hoch 70 69 71 69, Bob Tway 67 70 70 72, Chris Riley 68 68 73 70,
Kent Jones 68 71 69 71, Steve Flesch 68 67 74 70
280 Craig Bowden 66 66 73 75, Hirofumi Miyase (Jpn) 69 68 73 70, Kelly Gibson
68 67 76 69, Harrison Frazar 74 66 68 72
281 Greg Chalmers (Aus) 67 72 70 72, Scott Verplank 68 70 71 72, Joel Kribel
72 64 72 73, Ken Green 70 66 76 69, Olin Browne 70 68 73 70, Andrew McLardy
(Rsa) 70 69 73 69, Dean Wilson 70 68 71 72
282 Chris Smith 72 68 68 74, Kirk Triplett 66 69 75 72, Guy Boros 70 70 63 79
283 Pat Bates 71 69 70 73, Omar Uresti 69 69 70 75
284 Blaine McCallister 68 71 68 77, Esteban Toledo (Mex) 69 69 72 74
285 John E Morgan (Eng) 69 71 74 71, Vaughn Taylor 69 70 72 74, Dan Olsen 68
69 75 73
286 Danny Ellis 63 66 82 75
287 John Riegger 68 69 75 75, DJ null Brigman 70 68 73 76
288 Fulton Allem (Rsa) 69 67 78 74
289 Jeff Brehaut 69 70 73 77
290 Mike Heinen 74 65 79 72, Chris DiMarco 69 69 72 80
292 Tommy Tolles 69 71 73 79
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