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As the 54-hole leader this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship, Vijay Singh is the winner of this week�s CRESTOR Charity Challenge. CRESTOR will donate $50,000 to the MGA ForeKids in Singhs� name. An additional $50,000 will also be donated to the health-care charity of his choice. It is the third time that Singh has won the 54-hole CRESTOR Charity Challenge title this season. Earlier this year Singh shared the 54-lead with John Huston at the Shell Houston Open and also won it at the Buick Open. Both times he went on to win the tournament. In 36 previous PGA TOUR events in 2004, 27 leaders/co-leaders through 54 holes on the PGA TOUR have gone on to win. Singh has lead four times this season through 54 holes and went on to win all four. His three-stroke lead over Tiger Woods at the Deutsche Bank Championship is his largest 54-lead in 2004 and ties his largest 54-hole lead in his career on the PGA TOUR. He had a three stroke lead when he won the 2002 Shell Houston Open and 2002 TOUR Championship. Deutsche Bank announced today that the $5 million PGA TOUR event at the TPC of Boston, the Deutsche Bank Championship, will return to the Greater Boston area through 2006. The Deutsche Bank Championship will continue its relationship with the Tiger Woods Foundation and local charities as the beneficiaries of the Championship, which in its inaugural year raised $1.5 million for charity. Vijay Singh could continue his streak of winning on Monday. He has now won four PGA TOUR titles at tournaments that went into Monday, including the last three Monday finishes� 2003 John Deere Classic, 2004 Shell Houston Open and 2004 HP Classic of New Orleans. He also won the 1997 Memorial Tournament (54-hole event). David Duval posted his second round of 1-under 70 on Sunday at the TPC of Boston. The last time he posted an under-par round in a PGA TOUR event before this week was at the 2003 Booz Allen Classic at the TPC of Avenel (June 8, 2003). Duval fired a course record 10-under 62 in the second round and was only two strokes back of eventual winner Rory Sabbatini prior to finishing 28th. Bill Haas is the youngest player to make the cut this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship at the age of 22 years, 3 months, 11 days. PGA TOUR member Hunter Mahan is just 7 days older than Haas. Mahan was born on May 17, 1982 in Keller, Texas, while Haas was born on May 24, 1980 in Greer, South Carolina. Haas, who is five strokes back of the lead heading into the final round, could become the youngest champion since Adam Scott won the 2003 Deutsche Bank Championship at the age of 23 years, 1 month, 16 days. Before Scott, Sergio Garcia won the 2002 Mercedes Championship at the age of 21 years, 11 month, 27 days. To date, Scott (23 years, 8 month, 12 days) is the youngest Champion in 2004, winning the PLAYERS Championship. Through the Buick Championship seven players in their 20s have won nine times on the PGA TOUR in 2004, Scott (2 titles), Garcia (2 titles), Tiger Woods, Chad Campbell, Zach Johnson, Jonathan Byrd and Vaughn Taylor. Wachovia Championship Champion, Joey Sindelar is the oldest winner this season on the TOUR at 46 years, 1 month, 9 days. Monday Open Qualifier Bill Haas is making his eighth career professional PGA TOUR start this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship. The last non-member to win on the PGA TOUR was Adam Scott, who won the 2003 edition of the Deutsche Bank Championship. The last player to win on the PGA TOUR as a Monday Open Qualifier was Fred Wadsworth at the 1986 Southern Open. Monday will be the fourth time that Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods have been paired together in the final pairing in the final round of a PGA TOUR stroke-play event. The three other tournaments they were paired together include the 2003 WGC-American Express Championship, 2000 TOUR Championship and 1999 Memorial Tournament. Bill Haas, who is alone in third through 54 holes, does not have any status on the PGA TOUR. He could become a Special Temporary Member for the remainder of the 2004 season if he were to earn at least $223,257 this week. Haas, who has playing in his ninth PGA TOUR events this season, has earned $125,719 and he needs a total of $348,976, the amount earned by the 150th player (Mike Grob) from the 2003 TOUR money list. He needs to finish in the top-4 this week to become eligible for Special Temporary Membership. In the inaugural Deutsche Bank Championship four players managed to record four rounds in the 60s. They include Champion Adam Scott, Tim Herron, Geoff Ogilvy and Steve Flesch. There are only two players who could be added to the list this week at the TPC of Boston � Singh (68-63-68) and Tiger Woods (65, 68, 69). Only five players managed to post a round in the 60s in the third round � Singh, Woods, Brad Faxon, Dan Forsman and Dean Wilson. The third round scoring average at the Deutsche Bank Championship on Sunday was 73.186. It marks the highest scoring average after any of the seven competitive rounds played at TPC of Boston. It is also the sixth time the third round scoring average was plus 73 strokes this season on TOUR. Through 35 stroke-play events, the highest third round scoring average was at the Reno Tahoe Open, 73.458. Sixteen of the 37 foreign-born players in the field this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship made the cut. Three of the 16 are in the top-5� Vijay Singh (1), Shigeki Maruyama (4) and Adam Scott (T5). International players have won 19 of the season�s first 37 tournaments. In his PGA TOUR career, Tiger Woods has come-from-behind on eight occasions including twice at World Golf Championships events. Going into the final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship he sits three strokes back of leader Vijay Singh. The following lists Woods eight come-from-behind wins on the final day on the PGA TOUR: Brad Faxon, who was one of five players to post a round in the 60s, moved up the leaderboard with a strong performance on Sunday. Faxon was T43 when he left the course on Saturday night and moved to T11 heading into the final round. NOTES: Not a single player managed to get around the TPC of Boston without a bogey on Sunday. Vijay Singh has the World Number One position within his sights at the Deutsche Bank Championship this week. If Tiger Woods does not finish in the Top-7 Singh will become World Number One. If Woods does finish within the Top-7 Singh would become World Number One if he ties or beats him. World Ranking Points go down to 50th place at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Woods has now held the World Number 1 position for the last successive 264 weeks and has been World Number One for a record total of 334 weeks. Last year at the Deutsche Bank Championship Singh finished fourth and Woods finished T7. Top players after 54-holes 2004 Deutsche Bank Championship TPC of Boston Norton, MA
Pos. Player rd1-rd2-rd3 -- total 1 Vijay Singh 68-63-68 -- 199 (-14) 2 Tiger Woods 65-68-69 -- 202 (-11) 3 Bill Haas 69-64-71 -- 204 (-9) 4 Shigeki Maruyama 68-66-71 -- 205 (-8) T5 Jay Williamson 68-68-79 -- 206 (-7) T5 Adam Scott 69-67-70 -- 206 (-7) T7 Daniel Chopra 68-69-70 -- 207 (-6) T7 Hank Kuehne 68-68-71 -- 207 (-6) T9 Ryan Palmer 65-69-74 -- 208 (-5) T9 John Rollins 67-66-75 -- 208 (-5) |
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