VIJAY THE GREAT

Vijay Singh once again is in the winners circle and now has a commanding but not impenetrable lead in the Fedex Cup. Singh, who won last week at The Barclay's, now owns his second Deutsche Bank Championship and did it in dominating fashion finishing a ridiculous twenty two shots under par. Canadian Mike Weir finished in second at seventeen under, and the Big Easy Ernie Els came in third at fourteen under par. Other notables: Sergio Garcia, who lost in a playoff last week to Vijay finished tied for fifth, and former US Open champion Jim Furyk ended up tied for seventh.

I didn't get to see much of this tournament unfortunately, and I have still haven't had the chance to see it live which is something I've wanted to do since they started having the tournament in Norton, Massachusetts. But I've had the privilege of playing the course they play at once cause one of my friends' dad is so rich that he doesn't use napkins but instead twenty dollar bills. I shot a 91, which is not bad at all for a hacker like myself. Anywho, I did catch a little of the first two rounds where Mike Weir and Tim Clark flirted with the omnipresent score of 59. Weir ended up with a 61 while Clark bogeyed his last two holes and shot 62.

With the scores around fifteen under par going into to the last two rounds I thought the winning number would be 21 under. Vijay topped that with 22 under. It was disappointing to see however that the nearest person was only at 17 under. Looking at the scores many players that were in contention going into Sunday didn't break 70 and some couldn't break par on a course that giving up numerous scores in the low 60's. This is not a surprise. Many of the PGA tour players just don't have heart or balls when it comes to the final round. And if Tiger Woods is winning, you can forget it, that tournament is over. The pressure gets to these guys so bad that they simply roll in the fetus position and hope to finished second.



Here are the top 10 in the Fedex Cup standings going going into the BMW Championship:

1. Vijay Singh
2. Sergio Garcia
3. Mike Weir
4. Justin Leonard
5. Jim Furyk
6. Kevin Sutherland
7. Anthony Kim
8. Phil Mickelson
9. Kenny Perry
10.Ben Curtis

Also the Ryder Cup teams were named this weekend. I will have more on this later today or tomorrow. Let me say now that US team isn't lookin too good.

On a personal note, I'll be heading back to school today in Newport, RI at Salve Regina University. I live right by Newport Country Club and if I am in the right mood I may try to sneak on to play.

-The Diesel