Vijay Singh – Age: 37 – Height: 6-2 – Weight: 198 Birthplace: Lautoka, Fiji – Turned Pro: 1982 – Facts: Got into the Grand Slam with a win three-stroke victory over Ernie Els at the Masters . . . This
Vijay Singh
– Age: 37
– Height: 6-2
– Weight: 198
Birthplace: Lautoka, Fiji
– Turned Pro: 1982
– Facts: Got into the
Grand Slam with a win three-stroke victory over Ernie Els at the Masters . . .
This will be Singh’s second appearance at the Grand Slam of Golf. The Fiji
native finished second to Tiger Woods in 1998 . . . Singh has won two majors —
the 199 PGA Championship is the other — and nine total tournaments on the PGA
Tour . . . he is fifth on the 2000 money list with $2,573,835 . . . family
includes wife, Ardena Smith, and boy Qass Smith (6/19/90)
Tom
Lehman
– Age: 41
– Height: 6-2
– Weight: 190
– Birthplace:
Austin, MN
– Turned Pro: 1982
– Facts: Got into the Grand Slam as an
alternate by finishing sixth at the Masters, tied for 23rd in the U.S. Open and
tied for fourth in the British Open . . . This will be Lehman’s second
appearance at the Grand Slam. He won the event in 1996 . . . Lehman has won one
major and five total tournaments on the PGA Tour . . . he is 12th on the 2000
money list with $2,068,499 . . . family includes wife, Melissa, and kids:
Rachel (5/30/90), Holly (8/13/92) and Thomas (7/24/94)
Paul
Azinger
– Age: 40
– Height: 6-2
– Weight: 175
Birthplace: Holyoke, MA
– Turned Pro: 1981
– Facts: Also got into the
Grand Slam as an alternate by finishing 28th in the Masters, tied for 12th in
the U.S. Open, tied for seventh at the British Open and tied for 24th in the
PGA Championship . . . This will be his second appearance in the Grand Slam. He
finished second in 1993 . . . has won one major and 12 total PGA Tour events .
. . he is 27th on the 2000 money list with $1,597,139 . . . family includes
wife, Toni, and kids: Sarah Jean (12/28/85) and Josie Lynn
(4/21/89)
Tiger Woods
– Age: 24
– Height: 6-2
Weight: 160
– Birthplace: Cypress, CA
– Turned Pro: 1996
n Facts:
The most dominating player in the game today, got into the Grand Slam with wins
in the U.S. Open (by 15 strokes), British Open and PGA Championship . . .
Fourth Grand Slam appearance in a row. Woods won in 1998 and ’99 . . . Has won
five majors — ’97 Masters and ’99 PGA Championship — and 24 PGA Tour
victories overall . . . Won nine Tour events in 2000 . . . Is first on the 2000
money list with $9,188,321 (career earnings: $22.5 million worldwide) . . . Is
currently single
