Houston, Nov 13: The 40-year-old Singh hasn't campaigned as much as Woods in recent weeks. His goal was the money title, and the smile on his face when he finished in a tie for fifth at the Tour Championship showed how much it meant.
``It's more than a dream,'' he said. ``It's probably the biggest accomplishment that I've had in my career, especially at my age. Hopefully, I can get voted for Player of the Year. But if I don't, in my mind I've done what I wanted to do.''
Ernie Els shed some light on the decision facing the players who get a ballot. ``I'm probably leaning toward Vijay,'' Els said. ``If you look at players on this Tour, you've got to play consistently to win the money title, and he's done that. So you've got to look at that strongly.
``Then you look at Tiger,'' he continued. ``He has five wins out of 18 events. That's pretty strong. So at the moment, I'm on the fence.''
It all comes down to expectations and perception. Woods has more victories. He finished $900,000 behind Singh on the money list, but he played in nine fewer tournaments. Both finished in the top 10 in two-thirds of the tournaments they played.



Singh was better than Woods in three majors -- they tied for 20th in the other -- but both were in contention on the back nine Sunday only once, at the British Open, and neither was able to catch Ben Curtis.



Singh, however, left a lasting impression. Singh was simply relentless the final three months of the season. Everyone expected to see his name among the leaders on the weekend. His worst finish over the final eight tournaments was a tie for sixth at the Canadian Open and the NEC Invitational.


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