Keys to victory: How Singh won the '08 Deutsche Bank

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Vijay Singh captured his third title in 2008 at the Deutsche Bank Championship, where he sank three long birdie putts for a final-round 63 to beat Mike Weir by five strokes. The victory helped Singh take home the FedExCup trophy at the end of the Playoffs.

So how did he win at TPC Boston? We've looked at his stats from last year's impressive performance:

• Singh had a great ballstriking week, ranking sixth in total driving, second in greens hit and third in proximity to the hole.

• Of Singh's 13 missed greens for the week, he successfully salvaged par or better 10 times (ranked fourth in the field) thanks in large part to his short game skills. Singh led the field in putting distance after chipping from off the green, leaving himself makeable putts (4 ft. 2 in. average).

• Singh had gone the first 66 holes of play making only one putt from outside of 10 feet (12 ft. 5 in. on No. 5 in the first round). He then went on to make back-to-back bombs of 37 feet and 60 ft. 1 in. on the 13th and 14th holes in the final round. His 60-foot putt was the third longest putt made of his career in the ShotLink era on courses where ShotLink was used. To cap off that impressive run on the greens, Singh drained a 35-footer for birdie on the 71st hole.

• In the final round Singh totaled 174 feet 7 inches of putts made, which is a personal best for him in the ShotLink era. 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-foot total in the final round.