Rock Solid Performance: Singh at The Barclays

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Vijay Singh won The Barclays in a playoff coming back from an eight-shot deficit after the first round. Singh shot a first-round 70, putting him at T25 and eight strokes back of Hunter Mahan. This ties the largest comeback for Vijay in his career. In his victory at the the 2004 Shell Houston Open, Vijay was 2 over after 18 holes, eight shots back of first-round leader Rod Pampling.

Of note: The Barclays became the fifth tournament of the year in which the first-round leader had a lower score relative to par than the eventual winner did for the entire tournament. The other tournaments are the U.S. Open Championship, Stanford St. Jude Championship, British Open Championship and PODS Championship.