Super Singh holds his nerve

VIJAY SINGH waited until the first hole of a three-man play-off to card his first bogey of the day at Whistling Straits yesterday.

But it was enough to inspire the 1998 champion from Fiji to go on and win the title for the second time having been previously successful in 1998 while he also won the Masters at Augusta two years later.

With Tiger Woods possibly in terminal decline, Singh is now clearly the outstanding player in the game at the moment, even if he did have many a wobble through yesterday's closing 18 holes played amidst fierce tension, pressure and excitement. Whistling Straits fought back in style after being brought to its knees on the first day with the champion soaring to a 76 and yet getting into a play-off with Chris DiMarco, who closed with a 71, and Leonard who bogeyed the 16th and 18th in normal time for a 75.