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Golf Roundup: Singh surges to win at Barclays after 70
Monday, August 25, 2008

Vijay Singh won The Barclays in Paramus, N.J., for a record fourth time yesterday, matching Spaniard Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off Garcia with another birdie on the second extra hole. Singh, 45, of Fiji, closed with a 1-under 70 to match Garcia (70) and Kevin Sutherland (68) at 8-under 276 on the sun-baked Ridgewood Country Club course, the first-time site after 41 seasons at Westchester Country Club.

Singh, the 1993, 1995 and 2006 winner at Westchester, earned 11,000 FedEx Cup points in the playoff opener to take the lead with 109,500 points -- 5,125 ahead of second-place Garcia. The WGC-Bridgestone Invitational winner three weeks ago at Firestone, Singh also earned $1.26 million for his 33rd PGA Tour victory.

Other tournaments

U.S. Amateur: Danny Lee, 18, became the youngest champion in this event, supplanting Tiger Woods by holding off Drew Kittleson, 5 and 4, in Pinehurst, N.C.

Boeing Classic: Tom Kite (66) surged past Scott Simpson (71) with three birdies in four holes on the back nine and finished at 14-under 202 to win his second title in Snoqualmie, Wash.

KLM Open: Darren Clarke claimed his second victory of the season, shooting a 4-under 66 to win by four strokes over Paul McGinley in Zandvoort, Netherlands. Clarke finished at 16-under 264. McGinley shot a 64.

Safeway Classic: Cristie Kerr sank a 15-foot birdie on the first playoff hole, defeating Helen Alfredsson and Sophie Gustafson to win in Portland, Ore. Kerr (65), Alfredsson (69) and Gustafson (68) finished 54 regulation holes at 13-under 203.

First published on August 25, 2008 at 12:00 am