Vijay Singh wins in style / Vijay Singh câştigă detaşat

Vijay Singh wins the Deutsche Bank Championship

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The Deutsche Bank Championship is the second of the four playoff events which will decide this year's FedExCup winner. The par 71 course at TPC Boston in Norton, Massachusetts has hosted this tournament since 2003, with famous names as the winners: Scott, Singh, Woods and Mickelson, who was the defending champion heading into this week.

After a great tournament in New Jersey, at The Barclays, Vijay Singh had to answer a simple question... Can he win back-to-back playoff events ? The answer he provided was stunning, albeit expected.

He opened with a 7-under-par 64, followed by a 66, a 69 and a breathtaking 63 in the last round, on Monday. The Fijian had only one bogey during each of the four rounds, never at the same hole. 4 bogeys per week sounds a lot like a winning recipee. But if his scrambling ability brought him to the top of the leaderboard, three other things kept him there.

First, it was undoubtedly his putting. He struggled in the past month with short putts, missing a lot from inside 6 feet. But now, the short stick was his ally and helped him to low rounds on Friday and Monday.

Second, it was his "Greens in Regulation" stat, where he ranked 2nd behind Boo Weekley with 81.9% of the fairways hit.

Third, it was his "Putts per G.I.R." stat, where the 45-year-old ranked 7th.

Singh shot par on all four days at the 1st, 8th and 9th hole and birdied the 7th and the 18th on all four (two of the three par 5s). He had just one eagle: a chip-in on the par 5 2nd hole, early on Monday, just when he needed it the most in order to catch up with Mike Weir.


Vijay Singh chips in for eagle at the par 5 2nd hole during the last round

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Mike Weir had a double bogey at the par 4 9th after an official stepped on his ball while searching for it

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He needed just 23 putts on Monday, many of which were 30-40 footers and even a 60 footer for birdie.



His playing competitor during the last round, Sergio Garcia, who he beat last week in the Barclays, had this to say about Vijay: "He played amazing. It was awesome, I don't think you guys are going to realize how good that was, because you're aren't playing and you don't know how tough the course was playing. When Vijay plays like that, it's hard to beat him. It's like when Tiger plays well, you want to beat him, but it's good to watch. You're watching history.".


Sergio Garcia during his last round on Monday

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Singh now leads the FedExCup standings by a wide margin, being the top favorite to win the grand prize of 10 million USD. And he could already do that next week, if he wins the BMW Championship.

Here are the top 10 and ties:

1		Vijay Singh	-22		64	66	69	63
2		Mike Weir	-17		61	68	67	71
T3		Ernie Els	-14		66	65	69	70
T3		Camilo Villegas	-14		68	66	63	73
T5		Tim Herron	-13		72	67	67	65
T5		Sergio Garcia	-13		67	64	68	72
T7		Chad Campbell	-12		67	70	69	66
T7		Justin Leonard	-12		69	70	66	67
T7		Jim Furyk	-12		66	65	69	72
T10		Steve Marino	-11		66	66	71	70
T10		Ken Duke	-11		66	67	70	70
T10		Ben Crane	-11		72	65	63	73

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Ernie Els finished third overall

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Jim Furyk shot a 72 on Monday

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Iată primii zece jucători şi egalii lor:

1		Vijay Singh	-22		64	66	69	63
2		Mike Weir	-17		61	68	67	71
T3		Ernie Els	-14		66	65	69	70
T3		Camilo Villegas	-14		68	66	63	73
T5		Tim Herron	-13		72	67	67	65
T5		Sergio Garcia	-13		67	64	68	72
T7		Chad Campbell	-12		67	70	69	66
T7		Justin Leonard	-12		69	70	66	67
T7		Jim Furyk	-12		66	65	69	72
T10		Steve Marino	-11		66	66	71	70
T10		Ken Duke	-11		66	67	70	70
T10		Ben Crane	-11		72	65	63	73