Report: Singh pulls out of Sony, opts for knee surgery
Add Vijay Singh to the list of golfers with knee injuries.
First Tiger Woods went down in June after winning the U.S. Open on one leg, then Adam Scott dislocated his knee cap for the sixth time while running on a beach. Now Singh will have surgery for a torn meniscus, according to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin.
Singh, 45, will tough it out this week at the Mercedes on the hilly Plantation course, but he has withdrawn from next week's Sony Open and will be out five weeks. It has to be frustrating for a range rat like Singh, who went a whole month in the off-season without touching a club to allow tendinitis in his left arm to heal. It looked like he would come into 2009 in prime condition. He easily won the FedEx Cup in October, and beat a star-studded field at Tiger's charity event in December.
UPDATE: Singh said on Wednesday he hopes to only be out three weeks. If everything goes well with his surgery, he will return to the Tour at the AT&T at Pebble Beach next month.
"If I can come out then, then it will be okay, but I don't know what the doctor is going to tell me," Singh said. "He said my legs are really strong, which is a big advantage, having an operation like that. So I should be all right."
Posted by: dan | Jan 10, 2009 1:25:10 PM
Vij is a great player ... so is Woods. Even golf players get injured, especially the good ones because they really work hard at it and we know how many times Vij plays during a year.
I'm a Woods fan - more than VJ - but i don't like to see anyone have to pull out ... it doesn't provide the real competition real winners need. A real winner has beaten the best players
Posted by: vijay rules | Jan 9, 2009 9:29:08 AM
vijay is very nice and helps charities and children. He isnt selfish like tiger woods. Get well soon vijay!
Posted by: harryboy | Jan 8, 2009 5:09:20 AM
Real story. I stood, with two friends, quite close to VJ on a high tee at Wentworth. The tunnel of wind from his follow through almost knocked us over.
And that was when he was 'skinny'.
Hope it makes you laugh VJ ...
Posted by: Ringo Demaret | Jan 8, 2009 2:38:51 AM
Vijay is one tough middle aged man. But aiming to come back five weeks after knee surgery? Best of luck on that.
Posted by: DJ | Jan 7, 2009 9:37:00 PM
That sucks. He likes that Sony Open course.
Posted by: Younas | Jan 7, 2009 1:53:34 PM
I am very sad to know about the injury of Mr. Singh. He is a good fighter. I am ver much surre that he will come back with more fine tune player.