Singh Wins FedEx Cup

Though most of the drama was gone by the time Vijay Singh finished his final round of the Tour Championship, he still needed to tend to the details to wrap up his official win in the FedEx Cup and secure a $10 million paycheck.

On Sunday at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Singh began the day with no chance to win the playoff series' fourth and final installment. But he won the first two events and all the 48-year-old needed to do was finish the last round cleanly. And that he did, closing with an even-par 70 and finishing 9-over-par 289 and tied for 22nd with Chad Campbell. The series' win was worth $9 million in cash with $1 million deferred.

"I'm glad this Cup is over," Singh said to reporters after completing his last PGA Tour event of the season. "I know it's mine now so it's a good feeling. But I'm glad it's over. I was reminded 1,000 times before I started this week: 'Make sure you finish 72 holes, sign your card, (have) enough clubs, and gosh, everything else.' I tried to make it very simple on my card today, no mistakes, and tried to make all 18 pars at this point."

The Fijian admitted it was difficult maintaining his focus this week. "It was really weird," the three-time major winner said. "You make a bogey, you get congratulated; you make a double (bogey), you get congratulated. It didn't really matter what I made. But it took away the focus of playing this tournament. I tried really hard. When I left to come over here to play, I said: 'I'm going to keep focus.' But that's as far as I got."

After receiving the $10 million top prize and the silver FedEx Cup, Singh was asked if he'd ever thought such a windfall would happen during his lengthy career, which began as a club pro in Borneo. "Nobody thinks about things like this," he said. "You think about winning golf tournaments, big golf tournaments, never a FedEx Cup that's worth so much. I think everybody, every golfer, would feel the same way.

"Obviously $10 million is a great jackpot to have," he added. "We all think about it. We all want to win it. I'm glad I won it once."

Asked what he will do with the money, Singh with a smile: "I'll find a million ways of spending it. There's a lot out there to do. I'll probably give some to charity and all that."

Singh has won three of his last seven PGA Tour starts, lifting his career victory total to 34. He regards this season as one of his best ever after overcoming assorted injuries and a swing change over the last 18 months. And for someone who's often struggled with his putting, the flat stick was vital in his first two FedEx Cup wins, which virtually assured him of Sunday's big - though anticlimactic - finish.

"It tells you if you finish strong, if you have a few wins, it propels you all the way up to the top," he said. "It's self-satisfying to know that I never gave up. I kept at it, hurt, not hurt, pain, it didn't matter. I was out there practicing and believing in myself and doing it. At the end of the day, I came out up front and that shows that all the hard work has paid off. I'd rank this one of my best seasons, I think, considering what I went through."