Simply put, I think Vijay Singh is tired of not playing competitive golf, so he is making his Champions Tour Debut next week in Hawaii. He failed to make the Fed Ex Cup Finals and has had to stew in his own juice for the last few weeks. I think he’s antsy. Vijay announced yesterday that he will play this event in our 50th state.
I have always admired Vijay for his amazing accomplishments on the PGA Tour. To me, he is the singularly most “this can not happen story” of all-time even more than Lee Trevino because at least Trevino lived in the Land of Milk and Honey.
Vijay, growing up, of course, in Figi, had to fly somewhere to play in any tournament since there virtually is nothing competitive on the Figi Islands as far as golf is concerned.
Not only did he make it to the PGA Tour, but he won 3 majors, 34 tournaments in all and still counting but he actually rose to become the world’s number one player. Think of this for a moment, there has never been anyone from Figi on any tour anywhere in the world, and yet Vijay Singh became number 1 on the planet. The odds of that happening are so astronomical that it would take a team of MIT brains to figure it out. I’d say it is probably a zero chance, but it happened; he is an inspiration. He is also a complicated person and hard to get to know, but one thing we can never, ever forget he came from nothing to become number 1 and they can never take that away from The Big Figian.
What do you think?