Isn't it ironic that Vijay Singh disses Annika Sorenstam and then gets completely OWNED by his wife? =8^D
PostPosted:Mon May 19, 2003 8:17 am
<div style='font: 11pt "Fine Hand"; text-align: left; '>By Tom Clark, USA TODAY
Anyone hoping Vijay Singh would find himself paired with Annika Sorenstam if she made the cut this week in the Bank of America Colonial is out of luck.
Singh withdrew from the Fort Worth tournament Sunday, punctuating a whirlwind week that began with him trashing the thought of a woman playing in a PGA Tour event.
The surprise announcement Sunday came after he won the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, with two clutch birdies down the stretch.
For Singh, who was playing under intense media scrutiny because of his remarks, the win was his 13th career victory and second of the season. He won $1 million to push his season earnings to $2.9 million, fourth on the money list.
Sorenstam, the best player on the LPGA tour, will become the first woman to play a PGA Tour event Thursday since Babe Zaharias in 1945. Sorenstam, who is playing on a sponsor's exemption, could not be reached Sunday for comment.
Singh said May 11 that he hoped Sorenstam "missed the cut" because she "doesn't belong" in the PGA Tour event. A day later he tried to soften those remarks but maintained that the PGA Tour was a "man's tour."
Singh said his decision to drop out of the Colonial was unrelated to Sorenstam. "It has nothing to do with the controversy," he said. "I've played in four straight tournaments and I need a break." Singh said he had promised his wife he would take the week off if he won Sunday. "I said if I won a tournament, I would take a week off. It just came at the right time, I guess," Singh said.
Singh, who finished at 4-under-par 66 Sunday and 15 under for the tournament, outdueled a surging Nick Price to win by two strokes.
It may have looked like the anti-Sorenstam Invitational, as defending Colonial champion Price also has come out publicly against Sorenstam playing, saying it reeks of a publicity stunt.</div>
Anyone hoping Vijay Singh would find himself paired with Annika Sorenstam if she made the cut this week in the Bank of America Colonial is out of luck.
Singh withdrew from the Fort Worth tournament Sunday, punctuating a whirlwind week that began with him trashing the thought of a woman playing in a PGA Tour event.
The surprise announcement Sunday came after he won the EDS Byron Nelson Championship in Irving, Texas, with two clutch birdies down the stretch.
For Singh, who was playing under intense media scrutiny because of his remarks, the win was his 13th career victory and second of the season. He won $1 million to push his season earnings to $2.9 million, fourth on the money list.
Sorenstam, the best player on the LPGA tour, will become the first woman to play a PGA Tour event Thursday since Babe Zaharias in 1945. Sorenstam, who is playing on a sponsor's exemption, could not be reached Sunday for comment.
Singh said May 11 that he hoped Sorenstam "missed the cut" because she "doesn't belong" in the PGA Tour event. A day later he tried to soften those remarks but maintained that the PGA Tour was a "man's tour."
Singh said his decision to drop out of the Colonial was unrelated to Sorenstam. "It has nothing to do with the controversy," he said. "I've played in four straight tournaments and I need a break." Singh said he had promised his wife he would take the week off if he won Sunday. "I said if I won a tournament, I would take a week off. It just came at the right time, I guess," Singh said.
Singh, who finished at 4-under-par 66 Sunday and 15 under for the tournament, outdueled a surging Nick Price to win by two strokes.
It may have looked like the anti-Sorenstam Invitational, as defending Colonial champion Price also has come out publicly against Sorenstam playing, saying it reeks of a publicity stunt.</div>