Houston, Nov 11: Chad Campbell earned his first tour victory while Vijay Singh captured the money title. Chad Campbell became the first player ever to make the Tour Championship his first PGA Tour victory on Sunday when the 29-year-old Texan cruised to a three-shot victory over Charles Howell III. Campbell, who joined the Tour in 2002, finished on 16-under-par 268 after a final-round 68. South Africa's Retief Goosen, the winner of last week's Chrysler Championship, placed third on 272, while Chris Riley was fourth another shot back. Vijay Singh, who tied for fifth with Davis Love III at 276 and hit the best shot of the day for an eagle at the 13th, ended Tiger Woods' four-year reign as the PGA Tour's top money winner. The money title is the first of his career.
While Woods lost the money title, he easily clinched the Vardon Trophy for the fifth consecutive year, recording a stroke average of 68.41 to Singh's 68.65.


Woods also won more tournaments than Singh, five to four, and has a good chance of winning the players' Player of the Year award.


Scores: (U.S. unless stated). 268 Chad Campbell 70 69 61 68 271 Charles Howell III 67 67 67 70 272 Retief Goosen (South Africa) 69 67 67 69 273 Chris Riley 69 68 66 70 276 Vijay Singh (Fiji) 73 68 67 68, Davis Love III 73 67 67 69 277 Jonathan Kaye 69 70 68 70 278 Jim Furyk 71 71 67 69 279 Scott Verplank 71 71 69 68, Kenny Perry 67 73 70 69, Steve Flesch 71 68 67 73, Fred Funk 68 67 71 73 280 Bob Tway 72 68 72 68, Jerry Kelly 68 74 70 68, Briny Baird 69 72 71 68, Robert Allenby (Australia) 69 73 68 70 281 Ernie Els (South Africa) 70 69 73 69 282 Darren Clarke (Britain) 74 68 67 73 283 K.J. Choi (South Africa) 77 68 70 68, Mike Weir (Canada) 72 73 67 71 284 Brad Faxon 76 71 71 66, David Toms 69 69 74 72, Kirk Triplett 70 71 72 71, Justin Leonard 69 69 73 73, Chris DiMarco 68 70 71 75 285 Tiger Woods 70 70 71 74 286 Stuart Appleby (Australia) 71 76 69 70 288 J.L. Lewis 75 68 71 74 289 Jay Haas 77 71 70 71 293 Nick Price (Zimbabwe) 73 69 75 76 299 Tim Herron 79 69 74 77


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