Woods Doubles His Eagle to Defeat Singh in Hawaii

Tiger Woods eagled the par-five 18th hole twice Wednesday to tie and beat Vijay Singh in a playoff in the PGA Grand Slam of Golf.

Woods, also the 1998 and 1999 winner in the 36-hole tournament for the year’s major champions, hit a six-iron approach from 231 yards to eight feet to set up his tying eagle on the final hole of regulation.

In the playoff, Woods put his second shot in almost the same spot on the green and holed the putt to claim the $400,000 first prize. Singh birdied the hole after missing a long eagle putt.

“I’ve never done something like this before--with everything on the line,” Woods said. “It was nice to execute the way I wanted to.”

Singh, who had been nursing a one-stroke lead since the 15th hole, appeared to have the tournament in hand, rolling in an 18-foot birdie putt on the 18th to open up a two-stroke lead.

Woods was coming off a victory Sunday in the Johnnie Walker Classic in Thailand. He shot a four-under-par 68 and Singh, the Masters champion, had a 70 for five-under 139 totals.

Tom Lehman shot a 70 to finish third at 143, and Paul Azinger had a 74 for a 148 total.