Editing Vijay Singh (section)

==Early life==
Singh recollected to reporters about his childhood: "When we were kids we couldn't afford golf balls so we had to make do with coconuts. My father used to say, 'Little Vijay, golf balls don't fall off trees you know,' so I found some that did!"<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.pacificislands.cc/pm112004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0013 |title=Golf's Humble Fijian: Vijay Singh's Rise To Number One |first=Peter |last=Rees |magazine=Pacific Magazine |date=1 November 2004 |access-date=8 January 2007 |archive-date=20 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060220140613/http://www.pacificislands.cc/pm112004/pmdefault.php?urlarticleid=0013 |url-status=live }}</ref> Growing up, he played [[snooker]], [[cricket]], [[Association football|football]], and the country's most popular sport, [[Rugby football|rugby]]. He is the son of Mohan Singh, an airplane technician who also taught golf. Growing up, he admired the swing of [[Tom Weiskopf]], using it as an early model for his own.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/08/18/hard-work-finally-pays-off-for-singh/039afee0-acfc-4d62-b298-ecdcd9ee8243/ |title=Hard Work Finally Pays Off For Singh |newspaper=Washington Post |first=Leonard |last=Shapiro |date=18 August 1998 |access-date=25 April 2023 |archive-date=25 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230425100356/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/sports/1998/08/18/hard-work-finally-pays-off-for-singh/039afee0-acfc-4d62-b298-ecdcd9ee8243/ |url-status=live }}</ref>