Vijay Singh's magical year got even better on Sunday as he became the first golfer in history to pass the US$10 million mark for one season.

Singh picked up his ninth win of the season on Sunday - the most on the PGA Tour in 54 years - as he cruised to a five-stroke victory at the $5 million Chrysler Championship.

The Fijian began the day with a one-shot lead over Tommy Armour III and shot a 6-under-par 65 on the Copperhead Course at the Westin Innisbrook Resort for a four-round total of 18-under 266.

Singh's nine wins match the total won by Tiger Woods in 2000 and are the most by any player since Sam Snead won 11 events in 1950, when the PGA Tour was far less competitive.

Already having set a single-season record for prize money, Singh became golf's first $10 million man as the $900,000 first prize pushed his 2004 earnings to $10,725,166.

He has done most of his damage in one of the best three-month spans in the history of the sport.

Since August 1, Singh has won $5.72 million in eight events, winning six - including the PGA Championship - and settling for second in another.

The wins and money just during that span would be enough to lead the tour in both categories.

On Saturday, Armour and Jesper Parnevik stopped just short of admitting they were playing for second place.

That's where they ended up at 13-under 271 as Parnevik shot 68 and Armour 69.

"It's always good when you hit the ball and it goes where you want it to go. The second half of the season has been incredible," he told Sky Sports.

Collated final-round scores (USA unless stated, par 71):

266 Vijay Singh (Fij) 65 69 67 65

271 Jesper Parnevik (Swe) 68 67 68 68, Tommy Armour III 70 64 68 69

272 Joe Durant 68 71 70 63

273 Kirk Triplett 64 71 68 70

274 David Toms 70 69 67 68, Robert Allenby (Aus) 70 67 69 68

275 Spike McRoy 69 72 66 68, Kenny Perry 70 68 70 67, Carl Pettersson (Swe) 68 68 70 69

276 Tim Clark 69 69 70 68, Tag Ridings 72 69 71 64

277 Tom Carter 73 67 65 72, Jay Haas 67 70 70 70, Kevin Na (Kor) 70 70 68 69, Lee Janzen 67 72 70 68

278 Craig Parry (Aus) 68 72 69 69, Bob Estes 70 70 70 68, Kent Jones 64 71 75 68

279 Retief Goosen (Rsa) 69 73 66 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 72 67 70 70, Matt Kuchar 69 72 66 72, Jeff Sluman 62 70 74 73

280 Shaun Micheel 73 69 70 68, Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 67 71 67 75, Tim Herron 70 69 67 74, Bernhard Langer (Ger) 70 69 71 70, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 70 70 70 70, Briny Baird 70 68 72 70

281 Vaughn Taylor 70 65 73 73, Pat Bates 72 68 73 68, Woody Austin 68 71 70 72, Chris Riley 68 72 67 74, Justin Rose (Eng) 65 71 71 74, Dean Wilson 72 68 68 73, Jeff Brehaut 72 69 69 71, Harrison Frazar 68 74 70 69

282 Justin Leonard 71 71 68 72, David Frost (Rsa) 73 69 73 67, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 67 70 72 73, Tom Pernice Jnr. 71 71 70 70, Rocco Mediate 76 66 69 71, Arron Oberholser 71 68 73 70

283 John Huston 70 68 71 74, Jonathan Byrd 66 66 75 76, Tom Byrum 68 70 72 73, Mark Calcavecchia 68 71 73 71, Fred Funk 70 70 76 67, Bart Bryant 70 71 71 71

284 Patrick Sheehan 71 71 68 74, Brian Gay 69 73 73 69, Stephen Ames (Can) 70 71 69 74, Charles Howell III 68 71 72 73, Neal Lancaster 70 72 70 72, Duffy Waldorf 69 73 72 70

285 Billy Mayfair 69 71 73 72, Skip Kendall 70 70 69 76

286 Glen Day 71 70 70 75, Brenden Pappas (Rsa) 70 72 70 74, Ryan Palmer 70 69 75 72, Peter Jacobsen 71 70 73 72

287 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 65 76 77, Chad Campbell 70 72 72 73, Bo Van Pelt 75 67 73 72, Brian Bateman 69 70 78 70, Brett Quigley 69 73 73 72

288 Aaron Baddeley (Aus) 70 70 74 74

290 Loren Roberts 71 68 81 70

293 Len Mattiace 71 71 74 77

295 J.L. Lewis 68 72 77 78, Carlos Franco (Par) 73 67 73 82

300 Jay Williamson 72 69 77 82