In detail: FedExCup points leader Vijay Singh

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Vijay Singh has played in 21 events this season, finishing first three times with eight top 10s and 13 top 25s. All three of Singh's wins have come in his last six events played, while three of his five total missed cuts have taken place over the same span of time.

Vijay Singh: The basics

Through the Deutsche Bank Championship

FedExCup rank 1st Started the Playoffs 7th After The Barclays 1st After the Deutsche Bank Championship 1st Total points 120,500

Inside the numbers

A look at Singh's stats

2008 stats Singh Playoffs rank Singh Playoffs stat Singh Regular Season rank Singh Regular Season stat Driving Distance T18th 295.2 T32nd 297.3 Driving Accuracy Percentage T89th 59.82% 148th 59.47% Total Driving 41st 107 55th 180 Club Head Speed T36th 114.57 39th 116.29 Greens in Regulation Percentage T1st 77.78% 15th 67.56% Going for the Green T5th 65.63% 3rd 67.28% Going for the Green Hit Green Pct T51st 19.05% 16th 29.73% Going for the Green Birdie or Better T48th 57.14% 18th 63.96% Proximity to Hole 5th 30 feet 6 inches T38th 34 feet 3 inches Rough Proximity 5th 34 feet 2 inches 19th 40 feet 1 inch Fairway Proximity T12th 27 feet 2 inches T19th 29 feet 11 inches Sand Save Percentage 130th 12.50% 127th 48.67% Proximity to Hole from Sand 34th 8 feet 8 inches T29th 8 feet 0 inches Scrambling T17th 68.75% 48th 59.12% Total Putting 18th 97.9 198th 354.8 Putting Average T5th 1.679 T125th 1.801 One-Putt Percentage T42nd 40.97% 92nd 37.19% 3-Putt Avoidance T10th .69% T148th 3.58% Putts Per Round T36th 28.50 T127th 29.44 Putting from 4-8 feet 26th 76.19% 196th 61.97% Putting from inside 10 feet 29th 88.67% 174th 85.51% Longest Putts 3rd 60 feet 1 inch 123rd 52 feet 5 inches Average Distance of Putts made T41st 80 feet 5 inches T196th 66 feet 8 inches Birdie or Better Conversion Pct 10th 35.14% 39th 29.16% Scoring Average 1st 67.52 7th 69.82 Birdie Average T2nd 4.88 T14th 3.60 Par Breakers T2nd 27.78% 13th 20.43% Par-3 Scoring Average T13th 2.91 T109th 3.11 Par-4 Scoring Average T1st 3.86 T12th 4.04 Par-5 Scoring Average T3rd 4.38 T1st 4.54 Birdie or Better Percentage T2nd 27.78% 13th 20.43% Bounce Back 7th 36.36% 145th 16.76%

BALL STRIKING
Singh's ball striking has been all over the map over his past six events. In each of his three wins, he has not ranked outside of the top six in greens hit compared to the rest of the field. However, in each of his missed cuts, his greens-hit percentage is at or below the field average. Playoff Note: Singh is currently leading the TOUR in greens in regulation during the first two playoff events (of players to make the cut in both events) with a 78% greens in regulation percentage (Playoff TOUR average: 66%)

AROUND THE GREENS
In each of Singh's three wins this year, he has not ranked outside the top 25 in scrambling compared to the field. At last week's Deutsche Bank Championship, he ranked fourth in the field salvaging par or better 77% of the time when missing the green in regulation.

SINGH'S LONGEST PUTTS MADE IN THE SHOTLINK ERA (SINCE 2003)
At last week's Deutsche Bank Championship, Singh had gone the first 66 holes of play making only one putt from outside of 10 feet (12 ft 5 in on the fifth hole in the first round). He then went on to make back-to-back bombs of 37 feet and 60 feet 1 inch on the 13th and 14th holes in the final round. His 60-feet-1-inch putt was his thirrd longest putt made in the ShotLink era on courses where ShotLink was used.

In the final round, Singh totaled 174 feet 7 inches of putts made, which is a personal best for Singh in the ShotLink era since 2003. Comparing his first three rounds of play to his final round is pretty interesting in terms of total feet of putts made. If you combine his first three rounds, he totaled 156 feet 8 inches of putts made which is about 18 feet less than his 174 feet total in the final round.

SCORING BREAKDOWN -- SINGH'S LAST SIX EVENTS

Year Hole Round Event name Course name Longest putts made 2005 4 2 Shell Houston Open Redstone GC (Fall Creek) 71 ft 11 in 2004 8 3 THE PLAYERS TPC Sawgrass 61 ft 3 in 2008 14 4 Deutsche Bank TPC Boston 60 ft 1 in 2006 3 2 EDS Byron Nelson TPC Four Seasons Resort 54 ft 9 in 2008 5 3 Travelers Championship TPC River Highlands 52 ft 5 in