Another good US Tour pay day for Martin Laird
Singh beats Garcia, Sutherland
in play-off for "The Barclays"
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Vijay Singh handed Sergio Garcia a sudden-death play-off defeat at The Barclays as the first FedEx Cup tournament of the year came to an exciting climax at Ridgewood Country Club, New Jersey.
Singh had birdied the last to force a three-way play-off with Garcia and Kevin Sutherland as all three finished on eight-under-par 276 in regulation at the par-71 course.
Sutherland was the first to drop out on the first extra hole, the 18th, and a wayward drive from Garcia at the second, the 17th, gave the Spaniard too much to do to as Singh claimed his second victory in four weeks, having won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at the start of August, and his fourth victory in this event.
In cash terms it was worth $1,260,000 to Vijay who is now second to Tiger Woods in the 208 US PGA Tour money table with $5,192,531 (compared with Tiger's $5,775,000).
The win also sent the Fijian to the top of the FedEx Cup points standings, which he now leads from Garcia and Sutherland as the play-offs move on to TPC Boston and next Friday's Deutsche Bank Championship.
Singh, playing in the last group of the day alongside overnight leader Kevin Streelman, had a chance to win the tournament in regulation but missed a 17-foot putt.
Streelman, Paul Casey, Ben Curtis and Mike Weir had also had at least a share of the lead at one or more points on a tense last day.
"Well, it was pretty close all day," Singh said after his victory. "And nobody had a two-shot lead at any point. It was either seven under or eight under or six under.
"It was a tough day. It wasn't easy to get close to the hole, so birdie was difficult to come by. It was drying out a lot and you've got to play conservative on some holes.
"It was a tough day, but it was a great play-off - I enjoyed that."
Glasgow's Martin Laird followed up his back-to-back tied fourth finishes on the US PGA Tour with another top-10 performance. He finished on the same mark as Paul Casey and they both earned $203,700.
Laird has now won $693,800 in total on the tour this season and is 117th in the money table on which he is the sixth best British & Irish player.
TOP MONEY WINNERS THIS SEASON
1 Tiger Woods $5,775,000.
2 Vijay Singh $5,192,531
British placings on US money table:
5 Padraig Harrington $4,297,731.
41 Ian Poulter $1,488,214.
48 Luke Donald $1,456,650.
80 Justin Rose $1,047,854.
89 Brian Davis $926,735
117 Martin Laird $693,800.
in play-off for "The Barclays"
FROM THE AOL GOLF NEWS SERVICE
Vijay Singh handed Sergio Garcia a sudden-death play-off defeat at The Barclays as the first FedEx Cup tournament of the year came to an exciting climax at Ridgewood Country Club, New Jersey.
Singh had birdied the last to force a three-way play-off with Garcia and Kevin Sutherland as all three finished on eight-under-par 276 in regulation at the par-71 course.
Sutherland was the first to drop out on the first extra hole, the 18th, and a wayward drive from Garcia at the second, the 17th, gave the Spaniard too much to do to as Singh claimed his second victory in four weeks, having won the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational at the start of August, and his fourth victory in this event.
In cash terms it was worth $1,260,000 to Vijay who is now second to Tiger Woods in the 208 US PGA Tour money table with $5,192,531 (compared with Tiger's $5,775,000).
The win also sent the Fijian to the top of the FedEx Cup points standings, which he now leads from Garcia and Sutherland as the play-offs move on to TPC Boston and next Friday's Deutsche Bank Championship.
Singh, playing in the last group of the day alongside overnight leader Kevin Streelman, had a chance to win the tournament in regulation but missed a 17-foot putt.
Streelman, Paul Casey, Ben Curtis and Mike Weir had also had at least a share of the lead at one or more points on a tense last day.
"Well, it was pretty close all day," Singh said after his victory. "And nobody had a two-shot lead at any point. It was either seven under or eight under or six under.
"It was a tough day. It wasn't easy to get close to the hole, so birdie was difficult to come by. It was drying out a lot and you've got to play conservative on some holes.
"It was a tough day, but it was a great play-off - I enjoyed that."
Glasgow's Martin Laird followed up his back-to-back tied fourth finishes on the US PGA Tour with another top-10 performance. He finished on the same mark as Paul Casey and they both earned $203,700.
Laird has now won $693,800 in total on the tour this season and is 117th in the money table on which he is the sixth best British & Irish player.
TOP MONEY WINNERS THIS SEASON
1 Tiger Woods $5,775,000.
2 Vijay Singh $5,192,531
British placings on US money table:
5 Padraig Harrington $4,297,731.
41 Ian Poulter $1,488,214.
48 Luke Donald $1,456,650.
80 Justin Rose $1,047,854.
89 Brian Davis $926,735
117 Martin Laird $693,800.
Labels: US PGA TOUR, US PRO TOUR
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