Born on the 22nd of February 1963 in Lautoka, Fiji, Vijay Singh is a legendary golfer who has won 3 major championships and several honors and awards as a golfer. Born and brought up in Fiji, Vijay Singh was inspired by his father who was an airplane technician. Having keen interest in the game of golf Vijay started taking lessons from a golf teacher. In the year 1982 he turned to become a professional golfer and two years later won his first title at the Malaysian Open in the year 1984. Next year he was alleged to have cheated during the Asian tour and immediately was suspended from the tour. In the year 1988, Vijay joined the European PGA Tour and kept on playing for over five years. In the year 1993 after joining the US PGA tour he was honored with the Rookie of the Year award.

Seven years later, in 2000 Vijay added another title to his name by winning the Masters title. Since 2003, Vijay’s career taking off and continued till the entire season of 2004. In the year 2004, Vijay was among the Top 12 in the world for the 10th time in a row. Until then he had won 9 PGA titles which made him the only player to do so. He eventually became the first golfer to have earned $10 million in only a single season. In the same year 2004, Vijay was ranked as the worlds No-1 golfer. Ultimately, he lost the position the next year however he still continued his run. In 2006 he once again won the 1st position and in the year 2007, he started with a victory at the Mercedes Benz Championship.