PARAMUS, N.J. — Vijay Singh won The Barclays for a record fourth time Sunday, matching Sergio Garcia with a long birdie putt on the first hole of a playoff and finishing off the Spaniard with another birdie on the second extra hole.
The 45-year-old closed with a 1-under-par 70 to match Garcia (70) and Kevin Sutherland (68) at 8-under 276 at Ridgewood Country Club, the first-time site after 41 seasons at Westchester Country Club.
Singh, the 1993, 1995 and 2006 winner at Westchester, earned 11,000 FedEx Cup points in the playoff opener. It was his 33rd career PGA Tour win.
Third-round leader Kevin Streelman (72), Ben Curtis (68) and Mathew Goggin (67) tied for fourth at 7-under, and former Colorado State player Martin Laird (67), Justin Leonard (67), Nicholas Thompson (67), Mike Weir (72) and Paul Casey (72) followed at 6-under.
• New Zealand’s Danny Lee became the U.S. Amateur’s youngest champion, supplanting Tiger Woods by defeating Florida State’s Drew Kittleson 5 and 4 in Pinehurst, N.C.
The 18-year, 1-month-old Lee frittered away most of a six-hole lead before regaining control with consecutive birdies midway through his second trip around Pinehurst’s No. 2 course. He capped his 11th consecutive day of competitive golf by sinking a 30-foot birdie putt on the 14th.
Lee is six months and 29 days younger than Woods was when he won the first of his three Amateurs in 1994.
• Cristie Kerr sank a 15-foot birdie putt on the first playoff hole, defeating Helen Alfredsson and Sophie Gustafson to win the Safeway Classic in Portland, Ore.
Kerr, Alfredsson and Gustafson finished 54 regulation holes at 13-under 203.
• Tom Kite (66) surged past Scott Simpson (71) with three birdies in four holes on the back nine and finished at 14-under to win his second Boeing Classic title in Snoqualmie, Wash.
• Darren Clarke claimed his second victory of the season, shooting a 4-under 66 to win the KLM Open in Zandvoort, Netherlands, by four strokes over Paul McGinley.
Castroneves ends slump
SONOMA, Calif. — Helio Castroneves finally broke through for a victory, winning for the first time in 30 races at the Grand Prix of Sonoma.
More important, the Team Penske star, frustrated until now with seven runner-up finishes this season, kept alive his hopes for an IndyCar Series championship as points leader Scott Dixon had one of his worst days of the season, finishing 12th.
• Ferrari’s Felipe Massa won the European Grand Prix in Valencia, Spain, for his fourth Formula One victory of the season, leading wire to wire to finish comfortably ahead of championship leader Lewis Hamilton.
Red Bulls shut out Dynamo
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Mike Magee had a goal and an assist, and Juan Pablo Angel scored his sixth goal in as many games as the New York Red Bulls beat the Houston Dynamo 3-0 in MLS.
The Associated Press
