Vijay Singh defeated John Daly on the first play-off hole to become the first back-to-back winner of the Houston Open.

On Wednesday, Singh was announced as the newest inductee to the World Golf Hall of Fame. Yesterday the 42-year-old native of Fiji added another victory to his stellar resume - his 26th on the PGA Tour - by outlasting a hard-charging Daly.

Both players finished at 13-under-par 275. Singh, who has won three of the last four tournaments in Houston, entered the final round tied with Gavin Coles for the lead and fired a two-under 70.

Daly and Singh went back to the 18th tee to start the play-off and Singh pushed his drive right into the rough. Daly, who had birdied 18 to tie Singh, hit a fairway metal through the fairway and into the water, essentially handing Singh the title.

After reaching the green with his second shot, Sing two-putted from 45 feet to close out his second victory of the season.

Three Britons finished in the top 10, with Northern Ireland's Darren Clarke, after a closing 67, and Englishman Greg Owen, who shot 72, tied for fourth on 278. England's Brian Davis tied for seventh on 280 after a closing 70.

Daly started the day tied for sixth and made his move on the back nine. He birdied three of his final four holes, including 17 and 18, to finish with a five-under 67.

Singh was on the 16th fairway when he heard the roar from the 18th green after Daly's closing birdie. All he could do was smile, which was wiped away after his turn on the final hole.

Singh had a six-foot birdie putt that would have given him the win, but the putt slid just to the right of the hole, sending the players back to the 18th tee.

Coles actually outplayed Singh on the front nine, carding a birdie on number seven to make the turn at one-under. But a double-bogey and two bogeys on the final nine resulted in a three-over 75 which dropped him to a tie for seventh at eight-under.

Two-time Masters champion Jose Maria Olazabal finished third at 11-under 277.

Collated final totals in the Shell Houston Open, Redstone GC, (USA unless stated, par 72):

275 Vijay Singh (Fij) 64 71 70 70 (Won playoff at first extra hole), John Daly 68 67 73 67

277 Jose-Maria Olazabal (Spa) 70 67 70 70

278 Darren Clarke (NIrl) 71 69 71 67, Greg Owen (Eng) 67 69 70 72

279 Joe Ogilvie 68 67 73 71

280 Gavin Coles (Aus) 65 69 71 75, Kent Jones 70 71 68 71, Bo Van Pelt 69 68 73 70, Lucas Glover 70 71 72 67, Brian Davis (Eng) 71 69 70 70, Jeff Maggert 67 68 74 71

281 Billy Andrade 69 69 73 70, Carl Paulson 67 70 74 70, Doug Barron 72 70 71 68, Charles Warren 73 68 71 69

282 Charles Howell III 70 70 69 73

283 Rodney Pampling (Aus) 69 74 71 69, Tom Byrum 68 70 70 75, Todd Hamilton 71 69 71 72

284 Mark Calcavecchia 69 68 73 74, Olin Browne 70 71 70 73, David Peoples 73 68 70 73, Tim Herron 67 76 69 72, Stephen Ames (Tri) 70 73 72 69, Joe Durant 72 71 72 69, Brett Quigley 67 67 73 77

285 Ted Purdy 67 72 77 69, Billy Mayfair 71 68 75 71, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 71 68 70 76, Brian Bateman 68 73 68 76, Scott Gutschewski 72 71 70 72, Harrison Frazar 71 72 69 73

286 David Toms 72 69 72 73, Rory Sabbatini (Rsa) 71 71 72 72, Mathias Gronberg (Swe) 71 68 74 73, Todd Fischer 73 68 72 73, John Senden (Aus) 73 69 72 72

287 Dan Briggs 70 71 69 77, Bob Estes 72 68 75 72, Marco Dawson 69 72 73 73, Thomas Levet (Fra) 72 65 77 73, Kevin Na (Kor) 71 69 71 76, Tommy Armour III 71 69 71 76, Dudley Hart 70 71 71 75

288 Blaine McCallister 71 72 72 73, Dean Wilson 69 69 75 75, Jerry Kelly 71 70 75 72

289 J.L. Lewis 70 71 79 69, Justin Bolli 69 73 75 72, Scott Hend (Aus) 72 69 75 73, Neal Lancaster 72 67 78 72, Scott McCarron 71 67 76 75, Steve Elkington (Aus) 71 71 74 73

290 Len Mattiace 72 69 72 77, Arjun Atwal (Ind) 69 70 75 76

291 Patrick Sheehan 73 69 75 74, Kevin Stadler 72 69 77 73, Briny Baird 74 66 76 75, DJ Brigman 71 71 76 73, Charlie Wi (Kor) 69 70 76 76

292 Bob Burns 71 71 74 76, Jason Allred 73 68 74 77, Steve Stricker 72 66 77 77, Geoff Ogilvy (Aus) 68 73 75 76, Paul Claxton 68 72 77 75, Tom Pernice Jnr. 69 69 79 75, Kevin Sutherland 76 67 74 75

293 D.J. Trahan 71 72 72 78, Brandt Jobe 70 72 76 75, David Hearn (Can) 69 72 77 75, Mark Brooks 71 72 73 77, J J Henry 70 71 76 76, Cameron Beckman 72 71 77 73

295 Chris Smith 67 72 78 78, Paul Azinger 72 71 74 78

299 Sean O'Hair 70 73 80 76

301 Paul Gow (Aus) 72 69 77 83