6. VIJAY SINGH

WORLD RANK 6th

Vijay's biggest weakness is that he wants to hit driver
all the time. It's like the old Phil Mickelson took over
Vijay's body. He has become the poster boy for bomb
and gouge. That style of play works well in the Houston Opens
of the world but not in majors. He makes bomb and gouge work
by taking his wedges out of play every three weeks or so because
he wants his grooves to be new and sharp so his approach shots
grab out of the rough. After three weeks my wedges are just starting
to feel as if they're getting broken in... Get this: Vijay has a
32-degree wood in his bag
that he picked up at a Second
Swing store. I'm not
kidding — he bought three
of those heads for $16. So
he put a $100 shaft in a
$5 head and hits it out of
the rough from 160 or 170
yards. It's like a 12-wood,
and it's the modern equivalent
of the old wooden Ginty
fairway wood.

LAST SHOT Vijay's madbomber
approach isn't the
way to go at the British.
He should play to his real
strength — his iron game.