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Singh Wins Again, Extends Points Lead

By DOUG FERGUSON

The Associated Press

Published: September 2, 2008

NORTON, Mass. - Another victory for Vijay Singh is turning the FedEx Cup into another snoozer.

Singh made three long birdie putts and closed with an 8-under 63 to win the Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday for his second straight victory in the PGA Tour's playoff system. That gave him such a big lead that he could win the $10 million prize without even showing up at the Sept. 25-28 Tour Championship.

Attribute this to the power of positive thinking.

Singh, who has long struggled with the putter, convinced himself last week that he was the best putter in golf when he won The Barclays in a three-man playoff.

He made a few more believers on Labor Day at the TPC Boston.

Singh rolled in a 35-foot birdie putt on the 13th hole to stretch his lead to three shots, then raised the belly putter like a trophy when he holed a 60-foot birdie putt on the next hole. He capped off his amazing run with a 35-foot birdie on the 17th hole.

"It's nice to see them going in," Singh said. "When they start going in, they believe it."

Mike Weir, who had a one-shot lead until a double bogey on the ninth hole, simply couldn't keep up. He closed with a 71 to finish five shots behind, dropping his record to 1-9 on the PGA Tour when he has at least a share of the 54-hole lead.

Singh finished at 22-under 262 to break the tournament record by two shots in the six years of this event. It was his third victory in the past five weeks, after going through his longest drought in six years, and it should be enough to move him up to No. 3 in the world ranking.

Just as Tiger Woods destroyed the competition in the first year of the FedEx Cup finale, Singh is headed in the same direction and could turn the Tour Championship into merely an exhibition.

Singh has 120,500 points, giving him a 12,225-point lead over Sergio Garcia, who tied for fifth. Singh is assured of having the lead going into the Tour Championship.

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