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VJ Singh just completed his best year on the PGA Tour with 9 wins and $10.9 million in earnings. There are some that think VJ's year surpasses that of Tiger's 2000 success. I found this comparison interesting:

CATEGORY SINGH WOODS
Tournaments / 29 to 20
Majors Won / 1 to 3
Top 3 / 12 to 14
Top 5 / 14 to 17
Scoring / 68.84 to 67.79
Winnings / $10.9 million to $9.2 million

These are the numbers.......you decide for yourself.
Note: I did this in neat columns but the system posted it like this

Well I looking at the numbers Tiger seems more impressive. But one of the numbers I don't see up there is age. What was Tiger like 23 and Vj is like 45 or somthing. I think that is the more remarkable number. A couple of years ago we were all talking about the young guns, but the only young guns that have really made it on tour are Charles Howell III and Adam Scott. Now we talk about the guys in their late 30's.

I did some math to try and figure out the money Tiger would have won in 2000 had he been playing for the same prize money Vijay is this year a while back. It included the prize money from last year for a few events as they hadn't come up yet, and I don't remember the exact number, but it was over $12 million. Tiger was 24 in 2000 and Vijay is 41 this year I believe, in case you were wondering Allen.

I think Tiger was was the more impressive of the two.

I think VJ wins with the age in my book.

Remember Allen, no one in the game's history had done what Tiger did at his young age either, as most golfers don't reach their peak until their mid 30s. I think what both these guys did considering their ages at each end of the spectrum is truly amazing. But Tiger's 2000 season, based on the majors (and the way he won them-by 15 shots, 8 shots, and in a playoff) and quality of other events he won, far outweighs Vijay's 2004 campaign. Vijay's year is one of the top years of the past 20 years, Tiger's was one of the top years of all time.

Tiger easily, with todays money the amount of money he made it can be decieving. You need the average money per event or whatever stat that is. Tigers are much better than Vijays, Vijay also missed a cut as well this year, Tiger didn't in 2000, obviously.
Tiger played in 9 less tournaments than Vijay and Tiger still has him beat in every catergory except the money part, which tells you somthing. The 3 majors as well speaks for itself.
Tigers year was better, only difference is that feilds these days are stronger, but Vijay did play in some of the "weaker" events. Tigers were all top notch events.
Tiger plays 9 more events and we might have been looking at 12 wins.
Good info league, thanks for sharing it. It shows just how mnuch better Tigers year was than Vijay's.

The golf ball doesn't know how old the person hitting it is!

maybe thats what it wants you to think. Balls these days are so technoligically advanced you never know

League, what is your opinion on this one? (which is better tiger 00 or vijay 04)

Thank goodness for that. If it knew how old YOU were, it'd barely limp off the tee, drag itself down the fairway, and by the time it made it to the hole it'd be too tired to continue...

Tiger by far. The 3 Majors alone make that an easy one. Not to take anything from VJ's season, 9 wins is 9 wins, but Tiger's domination in 2000 will not likely be repeated. One major and 9 wins is a successful career for most players. VJ did it in one year. Tiger's 3 Majors (and 4 consecutive overall) make his 2000 year one for the history books. I don't see VJ's year carrying the same historical weight.

That looks like an easy one putt to me! Talk to greenguy and wazmankg. They'll tell you the ball would be limping alright......after I smashed it! :nodsmiley

Oh, I believe you. But I couldn't resist getting that one in.

Maybe it would be more appropriate to describe the ball when Forged steps to the tee?

Nah, Forged has this "Cher" fetish going and he's too busy watching Northern weather reports to get much golf in.

I can just picture him sitting in front of the weather channel scanning the "current weather" bar for the reports on Detroit and Erie, then with a devilish look on his face..."muuuahahahaha....34 in Detroit today and six inches in Erie!" A blizzard in one of our areas is cause for breaking out the "retro" pants and having a barbeque...