Vijay Singh fired a two-under-par 70 and was never pushed in posting a
four-shot victory and defending his Buick Open title.
The world's second-ranked player, Singh finished at 24-under 264 to become the
first three-time winner and first player to successfully defend his title here
since Tony Lema in 1964-1965.
Tiger Woods and Zach Johnson tied for second at 20-under 260. Robert Allenby
fired a 65 that included a hole-in-one on the par-three 11th to finish alone in
fourth, with Dudley Hart (66) another shot back.
Singh tied the Warwick Hills course record for lowest front-nine score in his
third round with 29 en route to a nine-under 63. He fired two birdies and 16
pars in his final round for his fourth win of the year.
``Nobody pressured me at all. I just tried to play hole by hole and not make
any mistakes,'' said Singh. ``It's a great feeling to defend a title.''
The easy-swinging Fijian is tied with Woods for most wins this season. He has
won a remarkable 16 times since turning 40 in February 2003.
Singh carded a birdie at the par-four fifth and another at the par-five 16th
that ended any hope of a miraculous comeback by Woods, who made a late charge.
Woods got off to a slow start with an opening bogey. After making the turn at
even-par, he got hot on the back nine. He followed three consecutive birdies
with an eagle at the par-four 14th, where he drove the green and drained a
17-footer.
A bogey on 18 gave Woods a 30 coming in and left him in a tie for second with
Johnson, who carded four rounds in the 60s.
Collated final totals in the USPGA Tour Buick Open, Warwick
Hills G & CC, Grnad Blanc, Michigan (USA unless stated, par 72):
264 Vijay Singh (Fij) 65 66 63 70
268 Zach Johnson 68 66 65 69, Tiger Woods 71 61 70 66
270 Robert Allenby (Aus) 70 65 70 65
271 Dudley Hart 68 66 71 66
272 Jim Furyk 66 71 67 68, Jeff Brehaut 68 67 69 68
273 Heath Slocum 70 68 68 67, Sean O'Hair 70 66 66 71, Richard S Johnson (Swe)
69 69 67 68, Craig Barlow 66 67 71 69
274 Chris DiMarco 70 65 66 73, Stephen Leaney (Aus) 71 68 67 68, Geoff Ogilvy
(Aus) 66 71 65 72, Daniel Chopra (Swe) 71 66 68 69, Steve Lowery 69 66 68 71,
Fred Funk 68 66 70 70
275 Olin Browne 66 73 64 72, John Cook 69 68 70 68, Briny Baird 69 69 66 71,
Larry Mize 69 68 67 71
276 Jason Bohn 65 69 69 73, Christopher Anderson 72 68 68 68, Justin Rose
(Eng) 68 72 69 67, Steve Stricker 68 66 73 69, Glen Hnatiuk (Can) 67 69 73 67,
Rocco Mediate 71 66 72 67, Hunter Haas 72 66 68 70, Roland Thatcher 67 70 71 68,
Paul Claxton 71 69 65 71, John Senden (Aus) 70 70 69 67
277 Franklin Langham 73 66 67 71, Omar Uresti 68 72 67 70, Mathias Gronberg
(Swe) 69 71 67 70, Hidemichi Tanaka (Jpn) 69 69 68 71, Paul Goydos 67 71 70 69,
Steve Elkington (Aus) 69 68 68 72, Charles Warren 72 68 68 69
278 Scott Verplank 73 66 72 67, Bob Tway 70 70 68 70, Brendan Jones (Aus) 70
68 68 72, Nick Watney 64 71 72 71, Ryan Palmer 69 70 69 70, J J Henry 68 71 70
69
279 Ted Purdy 70 68 69 72, Wes Short jr. 69 70 70 70, Billy Mayfair 71 66 70
72, Darron Stiles 71 68 68 72, Jeff Hart 71 68 73 67
280 Tjaart Van der Walt (Rsa) 72 67 73 68, Colby Beckstrom 69 70 70 71, Mario
Tiziani 70 66 72 72, J.P. Hayes 69 69 69 73, Will MacKenzie 71 67 71 71
281 Tag Ridings 73 67 70 71, Ian Leggatt (Can) 71 69 67 74, Tommy Armour III
67 73 69 72
282 John Rollins 68 71 69 74, Joey Sindelar 70 69 76 67, Bob Estes 71 69 70
72, Tom Byrum 69 69 72 72, DJ Brigman 70 70 71 71, Neal Lancaster 66 70 77 69,
Scott McCarron 68 69 72 73, Lee Janzen 70 68 70 74
283 John Daly 70 70 67 76, Rodney Pampling (Aus) 67 73 68 75, Michael Harris
73 67 73 70, Bob Heintz 68 70 71 74
284 Paul Gow (Aus) 69 69 71 75, Mark O'Meara 72 67 73 72
285 Frank Lickliter II 67 67 77 74
286 Mark Brooks 66 71 72 77, Doug Barron 69 71 70 76
288 Andrew Magee 70 70 75 73
289 Matt Davidson 71 69 74 75, Joey Snyder III 68 72 74 75
292 Steve Allan (Aus) 75 65 75 77
294 Ryan Brehm 71 69 77 77
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