Singh wins John Deere Classic
Singh’s four-stroke victory over Chris Riley, 1999 champion JL Lewis and Jonathan Byrd was his third win of the year. He had trailed Lewis by four shots after Friday’s second round.
Singh took his earnings to $5,702,507 for the season, passing Tiger Woods and Davis Love as he kept alive his hopes of earning Player of the Year honours.
A storm that dropped more than three inches of rain in the Quad Cities area caused Saturday’s scheduled third round to be washed out.
Officials tried to get in 36 holes on Sunday but darkness halted play. None of the 65 players were able to complete the final round. Singh gained two shots during the third round with three birdies, then birdied two of the first five holes in the final round before play was stopped.
When played resumed yesterday morning, Singh and Lewis shared the lead, holding a one-shot advantage over Notah Begay, Riley and Paul Stankowski. Singh pulled away by playing the final 14 holes in four-under and completed 72 holes at 16-under 268. His other wins this year came at the Phoenix Open and the Byron Nelson Championship.
Meanwhile, record prize money of 3.5m has been confirmed for the season-ending Volvo Masters at Valderrama from October 30 to November 2.
The increased prize fund, a rise of 363,300 matches the purse of the Volvo PGA Championship at Wentworth. The winner will receive 583,330. For the first time this year entry to the Volvo Masters is restricted to the leading 60 players in the Order of Merit. The winners share is greater than the total prize fund at the inaugural Volvo Masters won by Nick Faldo in 1988. Last year, Bernhard Langer and Colin Montgomerie shared the title after a two-hole sudden-death play-off failed to separate the pair, who had tied on a three under par total of 281. Due to the fading light, Langer and Monty agreed to share the title.
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