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| October 28, 2003 | Tuesday | Ramazan 1, 1424 |
Singh grabs title
LAKE BUENA VISTA, (Florida), Oct 27: Fiji’s Vijay Singh reclaimed the US PGA Tour money lead from top-ranked Tiger Woods here Sunday by firing a five-under par 67 to capture the Disney Classic by four strokes.
Singh won US$720,000 for his 15th career victory and fourth of the year, raising his season money total to US$6,827,507 at the four million-dollar event.
Singh, 40, began the day with a four-way share of the lead but birdied five of the first 12 holes. He took a bogey at 13, birdied the next hole, made bogey at the 16th but finished with a birdie to end 72 holes at 23-under 265.
Woods opened with a bogey but charged back with six birdies and an eagle to fire a final-round 65 and share second with fellow Americans Scott Verplank and Stewart Cink, who began level with Singh but could only each muster a 71.
In jeopardy of losing the money title for only the second time in his career, Woods will skip next week’s event while Singh plays. Both men will go for the crown at the season-ending Tour Championship next month in Houston.
Final round scores
265 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 64 65 69 67
269 Tiger Woods 66 67 71 65, Scott Verplank 66 66 66 71, Stewart Cink 67 65 66 71
270 Davis Love III 67 65 69 69, John Rollins 66 65 67 72
271 Michael Clark II 72 66 68 65, Bob Estes 67 63 72 69
272 Bob Tway 67 65 71 69, Rocco Mediate 65 67 69 71, Geoff Ogilvy (Australia) 66 70 66 70
273 Jim Furyk 70 67 71 65, Tom Carter 67 67 71 68, Brent Schwarzrock 67 65 72 69, Fred Couples 68 66 68 71, David Peoples 65 66 69 73
274 Briny Baird 72 62 70 70
275 Dan Forsman 65 69 73 68, Ben Crane 66 71 71 67, Tommy Armour III 69 67 71 68, Charles Howell III 68 68 70 69, Tom Pernice Jr. 71 67 67 70, Retief Goosen (South Africa) 70 64 68 73.—Agencies
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