Columnist Peter Benton: Singh’s remarkable year resonates

Peter Benton

Wednesday, Dec. 22, 2004 | 10:26 a.m.

Peter Benton's golf column appears Wednesday.

If you haven't already heard, Vijay Singh was unanimously selected by his peers as the 2004 U.S. PGA Tour's Player of the Year, thus ending Tiger Wood's five-year reign by winning nine tournaments.

In the process, Singh accumulated a record $10,905,166 in official earnings, and for those who are interested, that worked out to an average of $376,040 per start. He also had 18 top-10 finishes and a stroke average of 68.84.

Other tidbits regarding Singh's remarkable year:

A truly fantastic year to be sure, and it is difficult to imagine that his extraordinary feat of nine victories in one year could ever be repeated, but then again...

Hearty congratulations to Don Jamison and Robert Luciani who both recently recorded holes in one.

Jamison's came on the 122-yard, par-3, 17th hole on the Lexington Course at The Revere at Anthem via a perfectly struck 9-iron. Witnessing this historic feat was playing partner, Eric Jamison.

Meanwhile, on the Palm Course at Angel Park, Luciani's 4-iron was the club wielded on the 172-yard, par-3, 17th hole to register his ace. Witnessing his memorable shot were Mike Zuganelis, Tom Gardner and Tom Grasso.

I would like to wish all my readers a wonderful Festive Season, along with good fortune, good golfing and most important, good health in the coming New Year.