Editing Vijay Singh (section)

===PGA Tour===
Singh earned membership for the [[PGA Tour]] in 1993, winning his first tournament, the [[Buick Classic]] in a playoff over [[Mark Wiebe]]. That victory led to his being named the 1993 [[PGA Tour Rookie of the Year]]. After being hampered with back and neck problems in 1994, he came back to win the Buick Classic again in 1995 as well as the [[Phoenix Open]]. After playing well in 1996 (but with no victories), he won both the [[Memorial Tournament]] and the [[Buick Open]] in 1997.

In 1998, Singh was victorious at the [[PGA Championship]] at [[Sahalee Country Club]] in [[Sammamish, Washington]], playing a 70-66-67-68 over the four days (the 66 tied a course record) and earning him his first Major title. He followed this up by winning The Masters in [[2000 Masters Tournament|2000]], with a three-stroke victory over [[Ernie Els]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/golf/707672.stm|title=Singh claims US Masters|date=10 April 2000|work=BBC Sport|accessdate=7 April 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407081831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/golf/707672.stm|url-status=live}}</ref>

Singh did not win on the PGA Tour in 2001, but finished the year with a Tour-best 14 top-10 finishes and was fourth on the money list with $3,440,829 for the year. In 2002, he won at the [[Shell Houston Open]] at [[TPC at The Woodlands]], setting a new tournament 72-hole scoring record with a 266, and at the [[Tour Championship]], winning by two strokes over [[Charles Howell III]].

2003 proved to be a very successful year for Singh. He won four tournaments, had 18 top-10 finishes and was the PGA Tour's money leader (and had the second-highest single-season total in PGA Tour history) with $7,573,907, beating [[Tiger Woods]] by $900,494, though Singh played 27 tournaments compared to Woods' 18 tournaments. Singh also tied a 9-hole scoring record at the [[2003 U.S. Open Golf Championship|U.S. Open]] with a 29 on the back nine of his second round.<ref>{{cite news |last=Brown |first=Clifton |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/14/sports/golf-63-singh-ties-record-and-shares-lead-with-furyk.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Singh Ties Record And Shares Lead With Furyk |newspaper=The New York Times |date=14 June 2003 |access-date=8 April 2012 |archive-date=19 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151019025051/http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/14/sports/golf-63-singh-ties-record-and-shares-lead-with-furyk.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |url-status=live }}</ref> His victories came at the [[Phoenix Open]], the [[EDS Byron Nelson Championship]], the [[John Deere Classic]] and the [[FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort]]. He narrowly lost the vote for the [[PGA of America]]'s [[PGA Player of the Year|Player of the Year]] to Tiger Woods.

However, the 2003 season was also spotted with controversy involving Singh surrounding the year's event at the [[Bank of America Colonial]]. [[LPGA]] star [[Annika Sörenstam]] became the first woman to play at a PGA Tour event since [[Babe Zaharias]] at the 1945 [[Los Angeles Open]]. Surrounding this fervor, Singh was misquoted as having said that Sörenstam "didn't belong" on the men's tour and that he would not play if he were paired with her. What he actually said is that he would not be paired with her because his playing partner was being selected from the past champion's pool. Singh later clarified, "There are guys out there trying to make a living. It's not a ladies' tour. If she wants to play, she should—or any other woman for that matter—if they want to play the man's tour, they should qualify and play like everybody else."<ref>{{Cite news |date=2003-05-14 |title=Vijay Apologizes For Swing At Annika |work=CBS News |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vijay-apologizes-for-swing-at-annika/ |access-date=2023-07-22 |archive-date=22 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722165914/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/vijay-apologizes-for-swing-at-annika/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Singh began 2004 by winning the [[AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am]] at −16 and winning $954,000 in prize money. This was his first win on tour in 2004 and his 16th all-time on the PGA Tour. It was his 12th consecutive top-10 finish, which is two shy of [[Jack Nicklaus]]' all-time record.

Singh won the final major of 2004, winning the [[2004 PGA Championship|PGA Championship]], his third major, in a three-hole aggregate playoff over [[Justin Leonard]] and [[Chris DiMarco]]. Singh was the leader by one shot over Leonard going into the final round, but made no birdies in the final round, finishing regulation at 67-68-69-76=280. His final round of 76 was the highest winning score by a major champion since 1955. The playoff was a tense affair, and Singh's birdie on the first playoff hole, his first birdie of the day, proved to be the difference.

On 6 September 2004 ([[Labor Day (United States)|Labor Day]]), Singh won the [[Deutsche Bank Championship]] in [[Norton, Massachusetts]]. With the win, he overtook [[Tiger Woods]] at the top of the [[Official World Golf Ranking]], ending Woods' streak of 264 weeks at the top of the golf world.

Singh finished the 2004 season with a career-best nine victories, 18 top-10s, and a record $10,905,166 in earnings and was named the PGA Tour's and [[PGA of America]]'s Player of the Year. The former award is decided by a vote of active PGA Tour players.

Despite picking up a win early in 2005, Singh lost his world number 1 ranking when Tiger Woods won the [[Ford Championship at Doral]] on 6 March, but just two weeks later he took it back again after notching up top-three finishes in three consecutive weeks. Following Woods' win at the 2005 [[Masters Tournament|Masters]], Singh once again lost his place as World No. 1 in the Official World Golf Ranking and finished tied for fifth place. In April, he became the youngest living person elected to the [[World Golf Hall of Fame]], garnering 56% of the ballot. Thirty-year-old [[Karrie Webb]] was inducted into the Hall of Fame in October 2005, but Singh remained the youngest living electee, as Webb qualified for the Hall without an election process. (The 19th century great [[Tom Morris, Jr.]], who was elected in 1975, died at age 24.) Singh deferred his induction for a year, and it took place in October 2006.

In 2006, Singh played enough European Tour events to be listed on the European Tour Order of Merit title for the first time since 1995.

At the start of the 2007 season, Singh won the [[Mercedes-Benz Championship (PGA Tour)|Mercedes-Benz Championship]] which was the first [[FedEx Cup]] event in [[PGA Tour]] history. This win got Singh his 18th tour win over the age of 40, surpassing [[Sam Snead]] as most over 40 wins, and making all-time over 40 tour winner. He won again at The [[Arnold Palmer Invitational]] in March, but did not win for the rest of the year which turned into a disappointing year for Singh. He did not finish in a top ten of a major for the first time in ten years and finished 10th in the FedEx Cup race. He went through swing changes during the end of 2007 which resulted in weeks of missed cuts and staying outside the top ten through the [[Presidents Cup]].

A new swing brought big changes for Singh in 2008, although he had good opportunities at [[AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am|Pebble Beach]] and [[Arnold Palmer Invitational|Bay Hill]], he was not competing at a high level for the first half of the year. His game was plagued by poor putting for the better part of two years, but his season started to turn around with a tie for fifth at the [[Travelers Championship]]. After missing the cut at [[The Open Championship]], Singh won the [[WGC-Bridgestone Invitational]] in early August for his first win of the year and first [[World Golf Championship]]. His win had been a relief after missing short putts throughout the week. He missed the cut the following two weeks including at [[Oakland Hills Country Club|Oakland Hills]] for the [[PGA Championship]] and entered the PGA Tour FedEx Cup playoffs ranked 7th in the standings. At the first playoff event, Singh prevailed for his first FedEx Cup win defeating [[Sergio García]] and [[Kevin Sutherland]] in a [[playoff]]. On the first playoff hole García and Singh matched long birdie putts before Singh won with birdie on the second playoff hole. Singh was propelled into first place in the [[FedEx Cup]] race with three events remaining. At the second event of the playoffs, he triumphed once again, this time at the [[Deutsche Bank Championship]] bewildering the field with a five strokes victory and a final round 63. He had won three times in his last five starts and created an almost insurmountable lead in the points race. He would not contend in the remaining two events, but by playing in both the [[2008 FedEx Cup]] title belonged to Singh. His season which looked to be a major disappointment in July turned into an historic year for Singh: he won the PGA Tour money list for the third time in his career and he surpassed [[Harry Cooper (golfer)|Harry Cooper]] for most PGA Tour wins of all time for a non-American.

Singh has won 22 times on the PGA Tour since turning 40 – beating the record previously set by [[Sam Snead]]. He is the second man to reach $60&nbsp;million in PGA Tour career earnings, after [[Tiger Woods]]. His 34 career victories are the most on the PGA Tour by a non-American player and place him 14th on the all-time list. He has spent [[List of male golfers who have been in the world top 10|over 540 weeks ranked in the top 10]] of the [[Official World Golf Ranking]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/2007%20Stats/86TO0810.pdf |title=69 Players Who Have Reached The Top-10 in World Ranking |publisher=Official World Golf Ranking |access-date=8 November 2011 |archive-date=17 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017160152/http://dps.endavadigital.net/owgr/doc/content/2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite book
|title=European Tour Official Guide 09 |edition=38th |year=2009 |publisher=[[PGA European Tour]] |chapter=Players who have reached the Top Ten in the Official World Golf Ranking since 1986 |page=558 }}</ref> Singh's longevity on the PGA Tour and his number of wins earn him a lifetime exemption on the PGA Tour.

[[Kenny Perry]], another player who found success at a late age is good friends with Singh, who calls him "Biggie". Of Singh, Perry said "Vijay has always been good to me. We talk a lot. He wants to know how my family is doing. I think the world of him."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2005-03-21-singh-perry_x.htm |newspaper=USA Today |title=A surprising friendship |first=Jerry |last=Potter |date=21 March 2005 |access-date=27 May 2010 |archive-date=15 April 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090415164942/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/golf/pga/2005-03-21-singh-perry_x.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

After the 2008 playoffs, Singh announced his withdrawal from a couple of [[Asian Tour]] events because of a nagging back injury and was advised by doctors to rest.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/news/story?id=3618219 |title=Singh sidelined two months with tendinitis |work=ESPN |agency=Associated Press |date=30 September 2008 |access-date=8 April 2012 |archive-date=13 October 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101013223326/http://sports.espn.go.com/golf/news/story?id=3618219 |url-status=live }}</ref> He missed two and a half months, returning to win [[Tiger Woods]]'s tournament, the [[Chevron World Challenge]] at Sherwood Country Club in California in December. It was his first victory in the event. During the start of the 2009 season Singh announced that he would miss three weeks after undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://articles.boston.com/2009-01-16/sports/29261843_1_three-time-major-champion-fedex-cup-brian-gay |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120712031227/http://articles.boston.com/2009-01-16/sports/29261843_1_three-time-major-champion-fedex-cup-brian-gay |url-status=dead |archive-date=12 July 2012 |title=Singh has knee scoped |newspaper=The Boston Globe |agency=Associated Press |date=16 January 2009 |access-date=8 April 2012}}</ref> Singh had a mediocre 2009 season, with no top 5 finishes and ended the year with his lowest ever ranking on the PGA Tour money list in 68th.
[[File:Vijay Singh at 2010 PGA Championship.jpg|thumb|Singh at the [[2010 PGA Championship]]]]
His poor form continued into 2010, resulting in him being 66th on the PGA Tour money list. He dropped out of the top 50 in the world rankings for the first time since the early 1990s.

After returning from knee surgery, Singh started the 2011 season making five out of his first five cuts. In February, Singh was in contention to win his first PGA Tour Title since 2008 at the [[Waste Management Phoenix Open]] in [[Scottsdale, Arizona]]. Despite shooting a final round 66, Singh finished two shots behind [[Jason Dufner]] and eventual winner [[Mark Wilson (golfer)|Mark Wilson]]. A couple of weeks later, Singh was in contention again, this time at the [[Northern Trust Open]] at [[Riviera Country Club]]. However, he came up short again, not helped by back-to-back bogeys on holes 12 and 13. He would eventually finish two shots back of the winner [[Aaron Baddeley]], although he did secure second spot on his own. This early season form however was not enough to secure a spot at the opening [[World Golf Championship]] of the year, the [[WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship]] the following week. However, at number 10 in the 2011 FedEx Cup standings, it was just enough to secure a spot at the [[WGC-Cadillac Championship]] in March.

On 6 June 2011, Singh missed his tee-time for the [[U.S. Open (golf)|U.S. Open]] qualifying in [[Columbus, Ohio]]. At the time, this ended the longest active streak of consecutive majors played by a professional golfer, at 67.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pgatour.com/news/2011/06/06/singhap.html |title=Singh fails to show up for U.S. Open qualifier |publisher=PGA Tour |date=6 June 2011 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=16 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140116121759/http://www.pgatour.com/news/2011/06/06/singhap.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

On 30 January 2013, Singh admitted to using [[deer-antler spray]] while not knowing that it is a banned substance.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vijay Singh could face suspension |first=Bob |last=Harig |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/8897822/vijay-singh-admits-use-banned-substance-deer-antler-spray |work=ESPN |date=30 January 2013 |access-date=30 January 2013 |archive-date=31 January 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130131115650/http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/8897822/vijay-singh-admits-use-banned-substance-deer-antler-spray |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[PGA Tour]] later dropped its case against him.<ref>{{cite news |title=Vijay Singh Sues the PGA Tour |first=Bob |last=Harig |url=https://www.espn.com/golf/story/_/id/9254013/vijay-singh-sues-pga-tour-handling-deer-antler-spray-case |work=ESPN |date=8 May 2013 |access-date=8 May 2013 |archive-date=11 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130511015145/http://espn.go.com/golf/story/_/id/9254013/vijay-singh-sues-pga-tour-handling-deer-antler-spray-case |url-status=live }}</ref> On 8 May 2013, Singh sued the PGA Tour for exposing him to public humiliation and ridicule during a 12-week investigation into his use of deer-antler spray. On 20 November 2018, the PGA Tour and Singh announced that the lawsuit had been settled. The PGA Tour confirmed that it does not believe that Singh intended to gain an unfair advantage over his fellow competitors in this matter. Other terms of the settlement were not announced.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://twitter.com/RexHoggardGC/status/1065004342439264256 |first=Rex |last=Hoggard |title=Tour announces it has "resolved" lawsuit with Vijay Singh following the Fijian's anti-doping suspension which was later rescinded. |website=Twitter |date=20 November 2018 |access-date=20 November 2018 |archive-date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308172925/https://twitter.com/RexHoggardGC/status/1065004342439264256 |url-status=live }}</ref> 
[[File:Vijah Singh at 2015 PGA Championship.jpg|thumb|Singh at the [[2015 PGA Championship]]]]