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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) -- Vijay Singh says Annika Sorenstam has no business playing in the Colonial next week and "I hope she misses the cut." On the odd chance he gets paired with her, he'll withdraw.
"Why? Because she doesn't belong out here," Singh said after his runner-up finish in the Wachovia Championship. "If I'm drawn with her, which I won't be, I won't play."
His comments were the strongest yet about Sorenstam's decision to accept a sponsor's exemption to play in the Colonial.
Nick Price, the defending champion at Colonial, has said Sorenstam's presence "reeks of publicity." He thinks she ought to qualify if she wants to prove herself at the highest level.
Scott Hoch, who once played with Sorenstam in a mixed-team tournament, said he wants to see her play well so people will realize "how much separation there is between us and the ladies' tour."
Singh held nothing back in an interview with The Associated Press as he left the locker room at Quail Hollow late Sunday afternoon, saying the 32-year-old Swede should stick to her own tour.
"What is she going to prove by playing? It's ridiculous," said Singh, a two-time major champion who is No. 7 in the world ranking. "She's the best woman golfer in the world, and I want to emphasize 'woman.' We have our tour for men, and they have their tour. She's taking a spot from someone in the field."
Singh speaks from experience.
In 1998, he played in an unofficial event called the "Super Tour" that matched the scorecards of nine professionals after playing 18 holes a day in four Asian cities. Laura Davies was invited to play, and finished 39 strokes behind Singh. |
Vijay's right, of course, but it's a good thing for him he's Fijian, or he'd be demonized like John Rocker. 
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Apolyton Prince of Moderators, Master of Reason
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Lord of the Ferrets
Jan 1970
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Hmmmm, VJ bowing to a little public pressure. In todays tribune.
Now Vijay sings tune of apology
May 14, 2003
Vijay Singh said Tuesday he was sorry if his comment about Annika Sorenstam playing on the PGA Tour came across as a personal attack.
On Sunday, Singh said, "I hope she misses the cut" at the Colonial next week in Ft. Worth.
But after a practice round Tuesday for this week's Byron Nelson Classic in Irving, Texas, he said: "If it was an attack on Annika at all, I would like to apologize to her. It came out the wrong way."
Singh attempted to cast his remarks in a different light.
"I actually said if I miss the cut, I'd rather she miss the cut as well," he said. "I hope she missed the cut because I don't want to have a woman beat me."
On Tuesday, Singh said he would play with Sorenstam if both made the cut and were paired in the weekend rounds. But he said something would be wrong if the two were paired for the first two rounds because, as a past champion, he is drawn from a different pool.
"I was saying my category was different," Singh said. "If I was put with her, it means I wasn't given the right attention for my category."
Asked if he spoke for a majority of tour players, Singh said, "I speak for myself."
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