Vijay Singh outlasted John Daly with a five-under 67 on Sunday to win the Buick Open at 23-under 265 for his fourth victory of the year and 19th of his career.
Daly, vying for a second win in one year for the first time, finished a stroke back after shooting a 66 and bogeying the 18th hole.
Tiger Woods started the day three strokes behind Singh and pulled within a stroke while shooting a 66. He finished at 21 under, two strokes off behind the winner and tied with Carlos Franco (67) for third.
Defending champion Jim Furyk, who shared the second-round lead with Singh, finished tied for sixth at 17 under after shooting a 68 on Sunday.
Singh’s bogey at 18 created an opportunity for Daly to force a playoff, but Daly was unable to take advantage of the break.
Singh is just the third two-time Buick Open champion and the first since Julius Boros won at Warwick Hills a second time in 1967.
Entering the tournament, Singh had 10 top-10 finishes. But since winning consecutive tournaments three months ago, he has had just two top-five finishes and was tied for 28th at the US Open and 20th at the British Open.
The Fijian played well this week after changing his putter.
He went back to a standard putter after using a long one for two-and-a-half years.
He also said earlier in the week that he stopped worrying about chasing Woods in the world rankings.
Woods is number one in the world rankings. Singh is third. — Sapa-AP