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Vijay Singh blistered the field with an 8-under 63 in Monday's final round to claim his second Deutsche Bank Championship.

The final round of the Deutsche Bank Championship, the second leg of the PGA TOUR Playoffs for the FedExCup, has started, and PGATOUR.COM's crew is on the scene. We'll provide updates all day Monday from TPC Boston, so check back often.

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CONCESSION SPEECH?: Sergio Garcia is one of just three players who still have a mathematical chance to keep Vijay Singh from winning the FedExCup. But for Singh not to win, an unlikely series of events would have to occur, such as two poor performances in the last two Playoffs events.

Garcia, who is in second place behind Singh but more than 12,000 points behind, doesn't see that happening.

"When he goes on a roll like this like he's gone on these past couple of weeks with his putting ande everything, it becomes quite difficult (to beat him)," Garcia said. "I don't see him finishing outside the top 10 in the next two tournaments."

Certainly it's hard to imagine Singh finishing outside the top 10 at East Lake, site of THE TOUR Championship. Here's his track record on the course that will host the final event of the Playoffs. -- Mike McAllister/Helen Ross (7:35 p.m. ET)

VIJAY'S SCORECARD: In a tournament in which someone went low in every round, Vijay Singh had the final say Monday with his 8-under 63. Here are the eagles and birdies on his scorecard: -- Mike McAllister (7 p.m. ET)

TOURNAMENT RECORDS: The Deutsche Bank Championship records set or tied by winner Vijay Singh:

LOWEST 72-HOLE SCORE: 22-under (64-66-69-63--262). Adam Scott held the previous record when he shot 264 in 2003.

LARGEST VICTORY MARGIN: Singh's five-stroke win breaks Scott's previous mark of four strokes set in 2003.

LOW START BY WINNER: Singh's 7-under 64 in Friday's first round bests the 5-under 66 that Tiger Woods shot in the first round of his win in 2006.

LOWEST FINAL-ROUND SCORE BY WINNER: Singh's 8-under 63 ties the 8-under 63 that Woods shot in the final round of 2006. -- Mike McAllister (6:40 p.m. ET)

MOVING INTO TOP 70: Ten players have played their way into the BMW Championship next week.

Tim Herron made the biggest move with his tie for fifth -- vaulting from 99th to 48th. Only the tournament's champion, Vijay Singh, had a lower round, eclipsing Herron's 65 by two strokes.

Others punching their tickets for St. Louis are Angel Cabrera (ranked 93rd entering the week), Tommy Armour III (75), Charley Hoffman (77), Fredrik Jacobsen (74), Aaron Baddeley (73), Eric Axley (72), Ben Crane (92), Heath Slocum (79) and Johnson Wagner (78). Cabrera and Herron have been on the outside looking in each of the last two weeks. -- Helen Ross (6:35 p.m. ET)

BIG WIN: Vijay Singh's winning margin of five strokes over Mike Weir ties for the third largest margin on the PGA TOUR in 2008. -- Mike McAllister (6:06 p.m. ET)

VIJAY'S SHOW: It's official -- Vijay Singh will win his second consecutive title in this year's Playoffs with a 22-under total, shooting an 8-under 63 in the final round. In the process, he has eliminated all but three other players -- Sergio Garcia, Mike Weir and the winner of next week's BMW Championship -- from winning the FedExCup.

Singh did it with his putter on Monday, rolling in several bombs to put the field away. Here are the distances of his total putts in each round: -- Mike McAllister (5:55 p.m. ET)

VIJAY'S PARTNER: While Vijay Singh has soared in the final round, playing partner Sergio Garcia has stumbled down the stretch. He's 2 over going into the final hole, 12 under for the tournament and nine strokes behind Singh. Remember that they started the day tied for third at 14 under.

Garcia actually started fast with three consecutive birdies on holes 2-4. But after a string of four pars, Garcia bogeyed the par-4 ninth when he found the rough with his approach shot, and he could never get back untracked. He's 4 over on the back nine thus far, including a double-bogey at the par-3 16th. -- Mike McAllister (5:40 p.m. ET)

FEDEXCUP UPDATE: Provided Vijay Singh goes on to win today, his second Playoff victory in a row will take everyone but Sergio Garcia, Mike Weir and one other person -- whoever wins the BMW Championship - out of contention for the FedExCup.

Garcia will need to play well again at the BMW Championship but doesn't have to win to be in contention at THE TOUR Championship.

Weir, who will be about 13,500 points behind Singh, will need to pick up a first or second at the BMW Championship to get a shot at winning the Cup with a victory in Atlanta.

Everyone else will need two firsts to hope to win the Cup, and even at that, will have to hope Singh doesn't have another good event. -- Steve Dennis (5:20 p.m. ET)

GIVING ONE BACK: Vijay Singh just bogeyed the par-4 15h, taking three putts from 34-1/2 feet. His first putt came from the fringe and came up nine feet short. The bogey was his first of the day; until that point, Singh had been the only player on Monday without a bogey.

Singh drops to 20 under, but he still has a four-shot lead. -- Mike McAllister (5:10 p.m. ET)

MARINO MOVES UP: Steve Marino did what he had to do at TPC Boston -- and then some.

Marino

He came to the Deutsche Bank Championship ranked 61st in the FedExCup. He was within the top 70 who would advance to the BMW Championship, but he knew he couldn't afford to make an early exit.

Not only did Marino make the cut in shooting 10 under, he was among the leaders after he birdied four of his first eight holes in the third round. He couldn't maintain that momentum, but the Univerisity of Virginia grad still managed to finish in a tie for 11th and gain a big dose of confidence.

"I knew if I missed the cut, it was sayonara," Marino, who shot 1 under on Monday, said. "Mission No. 1 was accomplished. I made the cut. I was playing really well yesterday and it kind of went down the drain but I played well today. I had a good finish.

"More importantly, I know I'm playing well, so I'm looking forward to next week." -- Helen Ross (5:05 p.m. ET)

MAYBE HE IS ... The best putter in the world. Vijay Singh just drained a putt of 60 feet, 1 inch on the par-4 14th for birdie. That comes on top of the 37-foot putt he poured in on the par-4 13th. If you're adding, that's 97 feet of putts in the last two holes for Singh, whose positive mental approach to putting is paying off big time.

Singh's now at 21 under, five shots ahead of Mike Weir.-- Mike McAllister (5 p.m. ET)

LOWEST WINNING SCORES: At 20 under and with five holes left, Vijay Singh is on pace to record the lowest under-par score (in a 72-hole event) on the PGA TOUR this year. -- Mike McAllister (4:45 p.m. ET)

EDITOR'S NOTE: Chart below has been updated with Vijay Singh's score. (7:30 p.m. ET)

SINGH LIKES TPC COURSES: Vijay Singh has won seven times on TPC courses, and, with a four-shot lead, is looking good thus far to add to that total at TPC Boston on Monday. Only Phil Mickelson (11 wins) has won more times on TPC Courses.

Here is the list of Singh's wins on TPC courses: -- Mike McAllister (4:30 p.m. ET)

Editor's note: The chart below has been updated with Singh's win on Monday. He now has eight wins on TPC courses. (7:30 p.m. ET)

VIJAY IN THE LEAD: With Mike Weir's double bogey on the ninth, Vijay Singh is now in the driver's seat as all the contenders reach the back nine.

Singh, who played the front nine in 4-under 32, is now at 18 over for the tournament, one shot ahead of Weir. It may be close to being a two-man race, as Ernie Els and Sergio Garcia are another two shots back at 15 under.

Camilo Villegas has made consecutive bogeys and has fallen to 14 under. -- Mike McAllister (4:03 p.m. ET)

HERRON'S BIG DAY: Tim Herron had heard the permutations.

Some people were saying he just had to make the cut in the first two Playoff events to get to St. Louis. Others suggested he needed to finish 12th or better at the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Herron

But Herron, who entered the week ranked 99th in the FedExCup, didn't want to get caught up in a numbers game.

"How do you finish 12th?" Herron said. "You never know, and then you've got to see what other people are doing. So actually you have to play as hard as you can."

That's exactly what Herron did on Sunday -- shooting a 65 that put him in position for just his second top-10 finish in two years, as well as a berth in the BMW Championship.

"Big day," said Herron, who made an eagle and five birdies in the final round at TPC Boston. "Windy. The greens are getting crusty and I made some putts today, which I haven't done in years. So it was big."

Herron has now shot par or better in six of his last eight rounds. He tied for 24th last week at The Barclays and he'll head to St. Louis with confidence.

"(There) wasn't much leaderboard action," Herron said. "I was just playing. I left a couple putts out there but the greens were getting slick. I wasn't going to run any by and have 3-4 footers coming back. I am actually proud of what I did today." -- Helen Ross (3:55 p.m. ET)

MAHAN'S RYDER HOPES: Many players are stressed this week at the Deutsche Bank Championship, and with good reason.

Mahan

While most are concerned with solidifying a spot in the BMW Championship, some are worried about that and the prospect of being one of Paul Azinger's four captain's selections to fill out the roster for the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

One such player is Hunter Mahan. Mahan finished 12th in the Ryder Cup standings when points closed at the PGA Championship and he's hoping to be one of Azinger's picks. Instead of letting the pressure get to him, Mahan is looking at it in a different way.

"It's all good things. They're all positive things," Mahan said. "You can't think negatively about it. I'm excited to be in this position, I'm excited to have a chance to play in the FedExCup and hopefully play in the next two events. I'm excited about having the opportunity to make the Ryder Cup team.

"It's all good stuff. Honestly, when I'm out there playing I'm just trying to play that round as good as I can. Afterwards, I'm breaking it down to see if I can do better next time."

On Monday, Mahan shot a final-round 3-under 69 to finish at 9-under 275. It won't be good enough for a top-10 finish, but everyone will learn Tuesday morning if it was enough to earn Mahan a spot on the U.S. team. -- T.J. Auclair (3:50 p.m. ET)

VILLEGAS FALLING BACK: Camilo Villegas hasn't made a ton of huge mistakes in his attempt to win his first PGA TOUR event. But he hasn't made anything happen either on Sunday.

Villegas started his round with seven straight pars before a bogey at the par-3 eighth after his tee shot found the intermediate rough.

That bogey put Villegas at 15 under, and with the other leaders under par for their rounds, the Colombian is losing ground.

But he still has time to make up strokes ... and he's played well on the back nine in the previous three rounds (see chart below). -- Mike McAllister (3:49 p.m. ET)

BACK NINE: Here is how the top five players currently on the leaderboard have played the back nine at TPC Boston in the first three rounds: -- Mike McAllister (3:41 p.m. ET)

TOP CANADIAN: Canadian reader Phil reminded us today that Mike Weir's next win will make him the top Canadian winner on the PGA TOUR.

Weir, who is from Sarnia, Ontario, is currently tied with Winnipeg's George Knudson with eight wins, most by any golfer born north of the border.

Knudson, a member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, died in 1989. He last win on TOUR was the 1972 Kaiser International Open Invitational. -- Mike McAllister (3:25 p.m. ET)

HERRON IN AT 65: Tim Herron just put the finishing wraps on his 6-under 65 with a birdie on the 18th. It's the lowest round posted thus far today and that seals his ticket for next week's BMW Championship.

Herron, who is 13 under for the tournament and tied for sixth on the leaderboard, is currently 55th in the projected FedExCup standings, 44 spots higher than when he entered this week.

Herron hasn't posted a top-10 finish in his previous 29 starts dating back to last year, but now with another good showing next week, he might very well play his way into THE TOUR Championship.

Incidentally, Herron's 65 is his lowest score in the fourth round since shooting 65 here in 2005. -- Mike McAllister (3:16 p.m. ET)

TOP 30 MOVES: We've paid a lot of attention to the 70th position this week, because that's the number of players who move ahead to the BMW Championship next week. But there is no cut next week, meaning volatility will be much reduced, and therefore, getting into the top 30 this week is also pretty important.

Some players who are making big moves Monday in that respect are: Ernie Els (from 52nd to projected 26th), Tim Clark (40th to projected 25th) and Camilo Villegas (68th to projected 24th).

Heath Slocum hasn't been able to make a move so far today, but moved up in the standings from 79th to a projected 44th based on his play through yesterday. -- Steve Dennis (2:55 p.m. ET)

CLOSING HOLES: If the tournament comes down to the final three holes, you have to like Camilo Villegas' chances.

Of the four players currently at the top of the leaderboard, Villegas has the best numbers this week on holes 16, 17 and 18. He has played that three-hole stretch in 7 under this week.

Meanwhile, Mike Weir is 5 under on those holes while Sergio Garcia and Vijay Singh are each 3 under.

Of the four players, only one bogey has been recorded in the final three holes -- a bogey by Singh on the 16th hole in the first round. -- Mike McAllister (2:50 p.m. ET)

GARCIA'S BIRDIE STREAK: Sergio Garcia is on a three-birdie streak after tapping in for birdie on the drivable par-4 fourth. Garcia is now 17 under and tied with Mike Weir for the lead.

Until going on his birdie streak, Garcia had birdied just one of his last 14 holes (with pars on the other 13 holes). On the flip side, Garcia has just one bogey in his last 55 holes at TPC Boston. -- Mike McAllister (2:27 p.m. ET)

HERRON UPDATE: Tim Herron is sealing his spot in next week's BMW Championship with a terrific round Monday.

Herron is currently 5 under on his round through 14 holes and 12 under for the tournament. His putter has been hot on Labor Day -- on the front nine, he made a 10-1/2-foot birdie putt on the second hole, a 17-foot putt for eagle on the drivable par-4 fourth, a 15-foot putt for birdie on the fifth,. He also chipped in from 58 feet on the ninth.

Herron entered the Deutsche Bank ranked 99th in FedExCup points and on the outside looking in for St. Louis. Now he's currently 57th in projected points. -- Mike McAllister (2:20 p.m. ET)

ON THE BUBBLE: Tommy Armour III can only watch and wait.

He is currently right on the bubble for the top 70, at 97,996 points, but he missed the secondary cut Sunday after shooting a 5-over 76 and cannot improve his position.

A number of players, including Pat Perez, Richard S. Johnson and Bill Haas are within a couple of hundred points of his total, and could pass him by moving up one or two spots in the tournament standings.

Perez is 2 under through 13 and Johnson is 1 over through 4. Haas has been sliding backwards, and is now 4 over through 9. -- Steve Dennis (2:15 p.m. ET)

LOW FOURTH ROUNDS: The players have set or tied some type of low scoring mark in each of the first three rounds. What about the final round?

Here are the lowest final rounds on the PGA TOUR in 2008. If any contender gets close to the mark today, he'll likely be going home as the Deutsche Bank champion. -- Mike McAllister (2:12 p.m. ET)

Editor's note: The chart below has been updated with Singh's win on Monday (7:30 p.m. ET)

VIJAY'S EAGLE: Nice start for Vijay Singh, who eagled the par-5 second hole by chipping in from the primary rough. That puts him at 16 under for the tournament, just one stroke off Mike Weir's lead. -- Mike McAllister (2 p.m. ET)

OPPOSITE ENDS: It'll be easy to tell apart Mike Weir from Camilo Villegas in today's final pairing..

Villegas (left) and Weir

Weir is doing his best Gary Player imitation today, dressed almost completely in black. Meanwhile, Villegas is clothed nearly all in white, save for a few black stripes.

Weir and Villegas were the last two players on the practice green, both working on short putts when we walked by.

The two tee off at 1:50 p.m. ET. To follow their rounds on PGA TOUR Shot Tracker, click here. -- Mike McAllister (1:40 p.m. ET)

PLAYOFF MOVES: Angel Cabrera and Tim Herron are both making the moves they need to make in order to continue their Playoffs.

Cabrera is 2 under through four holes, tying him for 10th and giving him a current projection of 59th in points standings. Herron is 4 under through 9, also tied for 10th, and he's now projected at 67th.

Whether they stay there will, of course, depend on how they play the rest of the day, and what others around them do. -- Steve Dennis (1:30 p.m. ET)

FEDEXCUP CHASE: A few players are projected to be inside the Top 70, but must continue to play well to stay there. They are:

If Vijay Singh holds onto his position going into Monday's final round (tied for 3rd), only Sergio Garcia could pass him in the points standings -- and only then if Garcia wins.

Regardless of who wins Monday, Singh will be in great position to win the FedExCup if he maintains his position. He'd have 114,400 points through two events, and a 70th at the BMW Championship next week would give him a total of 116,500.

As things stand now, just three players could have as many as 116,500 points going into THE TOUR Championship prsented by Coca-Cola -- Singh, Mike Weir (with a win this week and a second next week), and Garcia (with a T3 this week and a win next week).

A couple of others from the group of Jim Furyk, Anthony Kim, Justin Leonard, Kevin Sutherland, Phil Mickelson, Ben Curtis, Kenny Perry, Camilo Villegas and Stewart Cink would probably be within 6,000-8,000 points of Singh going into THE TOUR Championship.

At that point, it boils down to who plays well in the final event. If Singh has a top-5 finish in Atlanta, he only needs to worry about holding off Weir and Garcia (or whoever won the BMW Championship, if it wasn't one of those two). If Singh doesn't have a top 5 in Atlanta, anyone within 8,000 points of him going in could pass him with a TOUR Championship victory.

Of course, if Singh wins today or has another great finish in St. Louis next week, the mountain gets even higher and steeper for everyone else. -- Steve Dennis (1 p.m. ET)

SINGH-GARCIA PAIRINGS: Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia have seen a lot of each other recently.

Singh

Garcia

They were part of last week's playoff at The Barclays, with Singh winning on the second hole after both players nailed clutch birdie putts on the first hole (with Garcia high-fiving Singh after Vijay's putt rolled in on top of Garcia's.)

Then, as the FedExCup points leaders, they were in the same group (along with Kevin Sutherland) for the first two rounds this week at TPC Boston.

Now they'll be paired together in Monday's final round, the penultimate group trying to chase down tournament leader Mike Weir.

"It's always nice when you play with a friend of yours," Garcia said. "It makes things a little bit more fun, and it's good to see both of us playing well."

Monday's round will be the 17th time they've been grouped together in a PGA TOUR event since the start of the 2004 season. But it will be just the fourth time they've been paired in the final round.

In those three previous final-round pairings, Singh has won once (2006 Mercedes Championships), Garcia has won once (2004 Buick Classic) and both finished in the top 10 the other time (2004 FBR Open).

Today, they tee off at 1:30 p.m. ET. You can follow their round then by clicking here on PGA TOUR Shot Tracker. -- Mike McAllister/Helen Ross (12:35 p.m. ET)

Editor's note: The chart below has been updated following Singh's win on Monday. (7:30 p.m. ET)

LONG DRIVES: Two of the longest drives of the tournament have already been crushed early in Monday's round. Bo Van Pelt blasted a drive of 356 yards on the 14th hole, while Bubba Watson has a drive of 354 yards on the fourth hole. Those two drives rank among the top four struck this week.

Here is a list of the longest drives through the first three rounds at TPC Boston: -- Mike McAllister (11:52 a.m. ET)

WEEKLEY'S ACCURACY: Boo Weekley entered the final round ranked first in greens in regulation, and his accuracy hasn't left him early in Monday's round.

Through his first six holes, he's hit five greens in regulation and is currently 3 under on his round, 9 under for the tournament. While Weekley is too far back to get his name atop the leaderboard, you have to be impressed with his ability to hit greens this week.

In fact, including his first six holes Monday, Weekley has hit 44 of his last 47 greens in regulation at TPC Boston.

Weekley hit all 18 greens in regulation in Sunday's third round; Tim Herron hit all 18 greens in Saturday's second round. -- Mike McAllister (11:30 a.m. ET)

WEATHER UPDATE: Breezy conditions could affect the players again today, just like in Sunday's third round. Here is the weather forecast for the rest of the day:

NOON: Sunny, temperature at 80 degrees. Winds from the north-northwest at 10-20 mph.
4 P.M.: Sunny, temperature of 83 degrees. Winds from the north-northwest at 10:20 mph. -- (11:15 a.m. ET)