Since 2000, Vijay Singh has won more tournaments than anyone on tour not married to a former Swedish model with an identical twin.The consistency can be attributed to his incredible ability to hit the golf ball as good, if not better, than anyone on tour and not so much to his putting, which has always plagued the Big Fijian. After his playoff win this weekend at the Barclays, his first victory in the short history of the FedEx Cup playoffs, Singh said he's finally decided to approach putting a little different. He's just going to believe he's good at it. Hey, sounds simple enough!
Sadly, golf is a game of bad memories, and those putting demons can sneak into even the best of us. As bad a putter as you are, could you imagine having a hundred people talking about it day in and day out? A win right out of the gate with this mentality could be a scary foreshadowing for any player wanting to grab a trophy over the next month."I think through the past weeks and months and years, with the media talking about my putting and writing about my putting and people talking about my putting and people want to help me, I must have had hundreds of letters and phone calls and all saying that they can fix my putting,'' said Singh, who is now 8-4 in playoffs. "You know, at the end of the day, it kind of gets to your head that you're not a good putter.
"So I made a point after last week that, you know, I'm going to change that attitude, and I believed in myself that I'm the best putter, and I came out here with a different attitude, and I putted great this week. If I keep doing this, I'm going to win a lot more golf tournaments."
We all know Vijay can get hot on the course, and even though he's been extremely inconsistent over the past month (two wins and two missed cuts), a confident putting Vijay will be the nastiest 45-year-old I know.
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9-01-2008 @ 6:22PM
dsfa said...
get to 50 wins vijah, and get to 7 or 8 majors, which includes a grand-slam, and you're the best golfer in my books, bar none...
given your skills and age, and determination... tiger woods was actually given golf talent by God, he was on tv by age 3 for his golfing abilities... you had to work your ass off for your golf skills. so yes, you are the best golfer if you reach those milestones
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9-29-2008 @ 9:23PM
Acting President....Mrs Pathik said...
Dear mr Vijay Singh
Hearty congratulations on your super win, we are really proud of your achievemrnt. We have learnt from the news media that you have a charity fund. The Arya Pratinidhi Sabha of Fiji in Suva has a Arya Baal Ashram in Suva which accomodates disadvantaged boys, we provide them full accomodation education and all other needs for up to 20 boys. The cost per child is $2000.00 per year. We would be greatefull if you would be able to ASSIST The organisation with some funding. Further details can be forwarded on request. Hoping to recieve a favourable reply......our email address is Our website is www.aryasamaj.org.fj and emailis aryasamaj@connect.com.fj...postal is P O Box 4245 Samabula and phone contact is +6793386044
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