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Singh masters his emotions
By Doug Ferguson
The Associated Press
AUGUSTA, Ga. — Without
clubs handed down by his father,
Vijay Singh would never have
learned to play golf in Fiji, a tiny
South Pacific country with about
12 golf courses — and now, one
Masters champion.
Without some putting advice
from his wife, he might never have
won a major.
Three years ago, while teaching
his young son how to putt, Ardena
Singh noticed a much smoother
stroke from her husband when he
used a crosshanded grip. He made
the change, and a couple of months
later won the PGA Championship
at Sahalee in Redmond, Wash.
The key advice for the Masters
had as much to do with his head
as his stroke.
Singh required 124 putts over
four days on the contoured, con
crete-like greens of Augusta Na
tional, the highest number by a
winner since officials began count
ing. He also had four three-putts,
disrupting the trend of recent win
ners who had no more than one.
But he showed as much fear
over his putts as when Tiger
Woods, David Duval and Ernie Els
all made their run at him during
the weekend — none.
“I missed the cut here two years
and I was really disappointed,v
Singh said. “I talked to people
about it, especially my wife. She
said, ‘You cannot come over here
thinking you will putt bad. You’ve
got to come here very positive
with what you’re going to do. ’
“If you win here, you have to
putt well,” he said. “If I have a bad
attitude on the greens, I might as
well not come.”
He came. He putted. He won.
With wind so strong it nearly
blew him over during atrocious
weather in the pivotal third round
Saturday, Singh avoided a three
putt. When he returned Sunday
morning to finish off the round, he
holed putts of eight and 18 feet
during the last four holes to pro
tect his lead.
“That gave me a good boost,” he
said. “I was really confident with a
three-stroke lead. As long as I
played solid, as I did all week,
they would have to catch me. That
was my goal going into the after
noon — just hit good, solid shots.
And don’t three-putt.”
The 17th in the morning was
particularly crucial. Singh’s ap
proach spun into the bunker, and
he blasted out 18 feet past the
hole. Duval had 6 feet for birdie, a
potential two-shot swing. Then
came a familiar scene — Singh
made, Duval missed.
“I obviously would have liked
to have made that putt,” Duval
said. “But that’s not die only one I
missed. And that wasn’t the only
nice par putt he made. I don’t
think anyone should be surprised
that Vijay Singh won this golf
tournament.”
It wasn’t just his putting. Singh
felt comfortable with a driver, hit
beautiful chips at crucial mo
ments and staved off the last threat
to his lead with a dicey bunker
shot on the par-3 12th that
stopped 2 feet from the hole.
“He obviously showed us his
metal,” Els said. “He’s done it be
fore at the PGA, and now he’s
done it again. He’s an awfully hard
-competitor, and this golf course
has always been suited for his
game.”
Els was the last one with a
chance, but missed medium
range putts on the final three holes
that allowed Singh to walk up to
ward the 18th green in style, fol
lowed by an appropriate touch
and then make an 18-foot birdie.
“Walking up the 18th hole,
knowing that a two-putt was going
to win the golf tournament, was
probably the greatest feeling I’ve
had for a long, long time,” Singh
said. “And wearing this green
jacket tops it all. I can’t describe
the feeling.”
Baseball
continued from page 8
lowed Maljai’s two-run home run
in the fourth with his second shot
of the season, and right fielder
Schaller’s two-run shot came in
the fifth to make it 13-6.
“I was angry about my defen
sive performance, so I just took it
out on the ball,” Maljai said.
Oregon reliever Matthew Stof
fregen, who had a impressive out
ing yesterday, repeated his stellar
performance by using his slider
and fastball to keep the batters off
balance. He threw four innings,
giving up only two runs.
“I learned what the batters
wanted to do in the first games, so
I tried to trade that to today’s
game,” Stroffregen said.
The Ducks play Western Wash
ington this weekend.
Washington “is a long way to go
and not win,” Fay said. “We ex
pect to win all three games. ”
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