Vijay Singh termed as The Big Fijian is specialized golfer currently playing in PGA tours. He is known to be in top of Official World Golf Rankings for 32 Weeks. He till date has clutched 58 Professional wins. He was inducted into World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006. He was born in Fiji to Hindu ethnicity to Airplane Technician father Mohan Singh who was his first golf mentor. He in his childhood played golf using Coconuts as he couldn’t afford golf balls. There is no any information about his rookie career but we can say this world class golfer had amazing rookie career.
Knowing his professional life, after evolving as Pro he won Malaysian PGA Championships in 1984. But due to his cheating in score and modification on score board troubled him a lot. He after being found guilty was banned for life time in Asian PGA tour. He while having harsh life time was continuously improving his game. After being sponsored by Red Baron he went Africa to win Nigerian Open of 1988. After that win, he went to Qualifying school to be eligible for European tour and was successful. He in 1989 enumerated win at Volvo Open Championship. The same year he won four tourneys at Volvo Open Di Firenze, Ivory Coast Open, Nigerian Open and Zimbabwe Open. At that particular era, he won many titles in Asia and Africa. In1993 he was the member of PGA tour and won his first PGA championship at Buick Classic. After that win, he was named as PGA Rookie of the year 1993. Despite of his back and neck problem, he continued his winning streak in 1995 and won Buick Open and Phoenix Open. After a winless 1996 season, he again won Memorial Tournament and Buick Open in 1997 season. In 1998 won PGA Championship which was his first major championship wins. After winning The Masters in 2000 he could not win any game in 2001 tour but was well on money earning as well as ranking list. In 2002, he accomplished at Shell Houston Open as well as at Tour Championships.
Year 2003 brought him extra fame and money as he won four tournaments Phoenix Open, EDS Byron Nelson Championship, John Deere Classic and FUNAI Classic at the Walt Disney World Resort. He merely lost to Tiger Woods on vote for PGA America Player of the Year. In the same year, he messed up into hullabaloo after commenting on Annika Sorenstam who played on PGA at Bank of America Colonial. In 2004 as season’s first win he won AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am title and totaled the win to 16 PGA titles. In the same year, he won his third major 2004 PGA Championship title as well as Deutsche Bank Championship. After this win, he was on the top of the Official World Golf Ranking thrashing Tiger Woods who was on the top for 264 weeks. He was named as PGA tour player including PGA of America’s Player of the Year. Although he clutched victory in first season of 2005, he couldn’t be on the top as Tiger Woods regained his post after winning Ford Championship. Then there was rivalry between Woods and Singh to be on the top as they climbed to top after winning each of the games. Again Singh was on top but Woods after win at Masters regained the top position. He being the youngest golfer ever was inducted to World golf hall of Fame. He again kept his winning streak as he won Mercedes-Benz Championship which was his debut FedEx Cup at PGA tour. After winning Arnold Palmer Invitational he couldn’t win any of the tournaments in remaining season. After playing some typical games in PGA tour he won Deutsche bank Championship, 2008 FedEx cup which made his 2008 season favorable. Despite of his absence in Asian Tour due to his injury, he won Chevron World Challenge. After his Knee Repair Surgery he couldn’t perform well. He at the age of 40 has won 22 PGA titles and has earned prize money of $60 Million Dollar. He after his surgery is not seen set in the golf course. This Legendary Golfer from his entire professional career has the net worth of 75 Million Dollar.
Moving to know his Personal life, he is married to wife Ardena Seth in 1985 and has a child namely Qass Seth. There are no rumors about his Divorce or his other girlfriends. May be the information concerning these must be hidden or been deleted from information sites.
Being of Fijian Nationality he is one of the greatest golfers of all time. At the age of 50 he still is seen in golf course making histories.
He can be found in many information sites as well as on his blog. Wiki has his biography which can be helpful to know about him.