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The 2004 Deutsche Bank Championship was Vijay Singh's sixth win of the season. In topping Tiger Woods, Singh assumed the No. 1 spot in the World Golf Rankings, ending Woods' streak of 264 consecutive weeks as the World's No. 1. Woods holds the record for total weeks at No. 1 - 334, while this is the first time that Singh has held the No. 1 position in his 13-year career. With this win, Singh collected the $900,000 first-place check to bring his 2004 season total to $7,889,556 to date. This is the second highest total by any player in PGA TOUR history. Woods earned $9,188,321 during the 2000 season, when he won nine times. Singh�s strangle hold on the number one spot on the TOUR�s money list increased to a $2,227,278 lead over No. 2 Phil Mickelson. Singh has held the No. 1 spot for a total of 22 weeks, including the last six. Here is how winner Vijay Singh finished in a couple of the top statistical categories � Driving Distance (318.0 yards/2nd), Driving Accuracy (71.4%/T7), Greens in Regulation (76.49%/1st), Putting Average (1.745/T28) and Putts Per Round (29.00/T50). The only three players to finish inside the top-10 during the first and second editions of the Deutsche Bank Championship were the three players who finished at the top of the leaderboard on Monday at the TPC of Boston -- Vijay Singh (W), defending champion Adam Scott (T2) and Tiger Woods (T2). Vijay Singh has now won the last four Monday finishes on the PGA TOUR dating back to the rain-delayed 2003 John Deere Classic. It�s his third Monday win in 2004 � Shell Houston Open, HP Classic of New Orleans and Deutsche Bank Championship � and the fifth in his career. He also won the 1997 Memorial Tournament (54-hole tournament). Vijay Singh became the 28th 54-hole leader/co-leader in 37 stroke-play events to win in 2004. It was the eighth consecutive time that he has accomplished the feat and the fifth time in 2004. He has won from a 54-hole lead/co-lead in 13 of his 21 victories (see attached chart). Bill Haas, who does not have any status on the PGA TOUR and has already used up his seven sponsor exemptions, finished tied for ninth at this week�s Deutsche Bank Championship to earn a spot in next week�s Bell Canadian Open. The Monday Qualifier used a birdie on the 72nd hole to jump back into the top 10 and earn a $135,000 paycheck. Haas still needs to make $88,257 to reach the $348,976 earned by the 150th player (Mike Grob) on the 2003 TOUR money list to become a Special Temporary Member and earn unlimited sponsor exemptions for the remainder of the 2004 season. Camilo Villegas, the All-America from the University of Florida, who is in the same boat as Haas but still has three sponsor exemptions remaining, finished 12th. The finish earned him $115,000 and brought him to a total of $223,784 but still needs $125,122 to earn status as a Special Temporary Member for the remainder of the season. It doesn�t appear that Daniel Chopra, conditional PGA TOUR member and two-time winner on the 2004 Nationwide Tour, will need to head back to that Tour for the remainder of the season. Chopra posted his third top-10 of the season, a T4 ($220,000), and brought his season�s earnings to $706,621. Shigeki Maruyama posted his career-high sixth top-10 with a T6. Maruyama�s previous high was five during the 2000 season. Adam Scott posted his seventh top-10 of the season with a T2 in his 14th event. The 24-year-old Australian had posted four top-10s (two in 2002 and 2003) in his first 36 tournaments entering the season. With his 13th top-10, Vijay Singh moved into a tie with Phil Mickelson for most top-10s in the 2004 season. Singh has 31 top-10s in his last 51 tournaments over the past two seasons. Meanwhile, Tiger Woods added his 12th top-10 of the season in 17 events. Two players from the beginning field of 156 players managed to post four rounds in the 60s this year at the TPC of Boston � Vijay Singh (W) and Tiger Woods (T2). The second-place finish by Tiger Woods was the fourteenth of his career. David Duval posted a 4-under 67 on Monday at the TPC of Boston. It was his first round in the 60s on the PGA TOUR since a course-record, 10-under 62 during the second round of the 2003 Booz Allen Classic at the TPC of Avenel (June 8, 2003). He made more money this week ($93,750) than he did in all of his 20 events during the 2003 season ($84,708). David Duval posted his first top-25 finish on the PGA TOUR since a T6 at the 2002 Invensys Classic at Las Vegas with his T13 finish on Monday. A day after there were only five rounds in the 60s, the 70 players who made the cut recorded 22 rounds in the 60s on Monday. Defending Champion Adam Scott led the way with a final-round 6-under 65. There were just two bogey-free rounds on Monday � Jeff Sluman and David Toms � bringing the total for the week to eleven. Daniel Chopra recorded the longest streak of the week, going 36 holes without a bogey. Final Round Scores & Money Pos. Player rd1-rd2-rd3-rd4-total 1 Vijay Singh 68-63-68-69 -- 268 (-16) $900,000 T2 Adam Scott 69-67-70-65 -- 271 (-13) $440,000 T2 Tiger Woods 65-68-69-69 -- 271 (-13) $440,000 T4 John Rollins 67-66-75-66 -- 274 (-10) $220,000 T4 Daniel Chopra 68-69-70-67 -- 274 (-10) $220,000 T6 Hank Kuehne 68-68-71-68 -- 275 (-9) $173,750 T6 Shigeki Maruyama 68-66-71-70 -- 275 (-9) $173,750 8 Jay Williamson 68-68-70-70 -- 276 (-8) $155,000 T9 Charles Howell III 67-68-76-66 -- 277 (-7) $135,000 T9 Brad Faxon 72-69-68-68 -- 277 (-7) $135,000 T9 Bill Haas 69-64-71-73 -- 277 (-7) $135,000
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