17 August 2004	Tuesday	30 Jamadi-us-Saani 1425

KOHLER, Aug 16: Fiji's Vijay Singh held his nerve to win the 86th US PGA Championship in a three-way playoff on Sunday, sealing the third major title of his career.

The world number three, US PGA champion at Sahalee in 1998, birdied the first of three extra holes before edging out Americans Justin Leonard and Chris DiMarco for the prized Wanna maker Trophy.

The trio had completed a tough final round at Whistling Straits level on eight-under-par 280, Singh carding a 76, Leonard a 75 and DiMarco a 71. The Fijian had led by a shot going into the last day but appeared to throw away his victory hopes when he double-bogeyed the fourth.

But Leonard, two ahead with three to play in regulation, bogeyed three of the last five holes to take the tournament into a playoff.

COMPLETED FINAL ROUND (US UNLESS STATED):

280 - Vijay Singh (Fiji) 67, 68, 69, 76; Justin Leonard 66, 69, 70, 75; Chris DiMarco 68, 70, 71, 71 (Singh won after a three-hole playoff)

281 - Ernie Els (South Africa) 66, 70, 72, 73; Chris Riley 69, 70, 69, 73.

282 - Paul McGinley (Ireland) 69, 74, 70, 69; K.J. Choi (South Korea) 68, 71, 73, 70; Phil Mickelson 69, 72, 67, 74.

283 - Robert Allenby (Australia) 71, 70, 72, 70; Ben Crane 70, 74, 69, 70; Adam Scott 71, 71, 69, 72.

284 - Arron Oberholser 73, 71, 70, 70; Brad Faxon 71, 71, 70, 72; Brian Davis (Britain) 70, 71, 69, 74; Darren Clarke (Britain) 65, 71, 72, 76.

285 - Stuart Appleby (Australia) 68, 75, 72, 70; Stewart Cink 73, 70, 70, 72; Jean Francois Remesy (France) 72, 71, 70, 72; David Toms 72, 72, 69, 72; Fredrik Jacobson (Sweden) 72, 70, 70, 73; Matt Gogel 71, 71, 69, 74; Loren Roberts 68, 72, 70, 75; Stephen Ames (Canada) 68, 71, 69, 75.

286 - Tom Byrum 72, 73, 71, 70; Shaun Micheel 77, 68 70 71, Chad

Campbell 73 70 71 72, J.L. Lewis 73 69 72 72, Geoff Ogilvy

(Australia) 68 73 71 74, Tiger Woods 75 69 69 73, Luke

Donald (Britain) 67 73 71 75

287 - Nick O'Hern (Australia) 73, 71, 68, 75; Carlos Franco (Paraguay) 69, 75, 72, 71; Miguel Angel Jimenez (Spain) 76, 65, 75, 71; Chip Sullivan 72, 71, 73, 71; Bo Van Pelt 74, 71, 70, 72; Charles Howell III 70, 71, 72, 74.

288 - Todd Hamilton 72, 73, 75, 68; Trevor Immelman (South Africa) 75, 69, 72, 72; Brett Quigley 74, 69, 73, 72; Ian Poulter (Britain) 73, 72, 70, 73; Zach Johnson 75, 70, 69, 74; Steve Flesch 73, 72, 67, 76; Jay Haas 68, 72, 71, 77.

289 - Tommy Armour III 72, 71, 74, 72; Niclas Fasth (Sweden) 74, 70, 73, 72; David Howell (Britain) 72, 72, 70, 75; Padraig Harrington (Ireland) 68, 71, 72, 78.

290 - Nick Faldo (Britain) 72, 70, 74, 74; Patrick Sheehan 70, 71, 75, 74; Joe Ogilvie 75, 68, 70, 77; Michael Campbell (New Zealand) 71, 73, 69, 77; Duffy Waldorf 69, 72, 70, 79.

291 - Carl Pettersson (Sweden) 71, 71, 78, 73.

292 - Paul Azinger 74, 71, 74, 73; S.K. Ho (South Korea) 72, 73, 73, 74; Craig Parry (Australia) 70, 75, 71, 76; Bob Tway 71, 70, 74, 77; Eduardo Romero (Argentina) 72, 73, 70, 77; Hidemichi Tanaka (Japan) 72, 71, 71, 78.

293 - Shingo Katayama (Japan) 74, 70, 76, 73; Jeff Sluman 72, 72, 79, 70; Scott Verplank 67, 76, 77, 73; Woody Austin 74, 70, 76, 73.

294 - Scott Drummond (Britain) 71, 72, 76, 75; Bernhard Langer (Germany) 74, 70, 75, 75.

296 - Robert Gamez 72, 73, 76, 75; Mark Hensby (Australia) 74, 69, 77, 76.

297 - Colin Montgomerie (Britain) 73, 72, 78, 74.

299 - Roy Biancalana 73, 72, 75, 79.

301 - Jeff Coston 77, 68, 79, 77.

304 - Skip Kendall 72, 73, 79, 80. -Reuters