Golf: Vijay Singh ended a difficult week by hitting a four-under-par 66 on Sunday to win his second PGA title of the season at the Byron Nelson Championship and move into the top five in the world rankings.
Brushing aside the controversy over his comments that Annika Sorenstam should not be playing at the Colonial PGA event next weekend, the Fijian hit a 15-under 265 total for the $1,008,000 winner's cheque to beat Nick Price by two shots.
World number seven Singh announced afterwards that he had withdrawn from this week's Colonial and said the Sorenstam row had not put him off his game.
"When I get to a tournament I totally close out everything that I can," said Singh. "I told my wife last week if I won a tournament I would take a week off," Singh said. "It was a decision not taken at all this week. It just came at the right time, I guess. Just as well."
Meanwhile Des Smyth finished joint sixth behind Jay Sigel in the Bayer Advantage Celebrity Pro-Am at the National Golf Club of Kansas City. Sigel finished at 11 under par 205 with Smyth six back on five under-par 211. Eamonn Darcy tied for 17th place on two-under 214.
BYRON NELSON CHAMPIONSHIP (US unless stated): Leading scores: 265 - V Singh (Fiji) 65 65 69 66; 267 - N Price (Zim) 66 70 66 65; 268 - R Allenby (Aus) 67 67 69 65; 269 - S Verplank 69 63 72 65; 270 - J Furyk 64 70 70 66; 271 - D Toms 68 70 65 68, H Sutton 68 69 66 68, P Ulrik-Johansson (Swe) 66 69 67 69; 272 - J Leonard 67 70 69 66, J Kelly 65 69 70 68, P Lonard (Aus) 68 67 68 69.
