Vijay Singh has been in the news over the past few days after his dramatic decision to take up the offer of a PGA Tour card for 2026.
Singh will have full status on the PGA Tour in 2026, after he was rewarded for his career earnings.
Once the best golfer in the world, it has been a long time since Singh even made a cut in a PGA Tour event, let alone contended.
The 62-year-old made the cut at The Masters in 2024 and before that, the last weekend action he had on the PGA Tour was in 2020 at the Memorial Tournament.
Who is more deserving of PGA Tour starts in 2026?
Koepka or Vijay Singh…
Singh has played regularly on the PGA Tour Champions but as we all know, the regular Tour is another kettle of fish entirely.
Many believe that Singh should have passed up on the offer of a PGA Tour card for 2026, just like Matt Kuchar did.
And if he played by his own moral code, he would have done exactly that.
Vijay Singh’s Annika Sorenstam comments look awful after PGA Tour decision
With Singh set to tee it up on the PGA Tour in 2026, it’s worth casting our minds back to a hugely controversial incident 23 years ago.
Singh was one of Annika Sorenstam’s most outspoken critics back in 2003 when she teed it up on the PGA Tour at the Bank of America Colonial.
The three-time major champion was insistent that the Swede should not have taken the place of a younger male player trying to earn his PGA Tour card.
“She doesn’t belong out here,“ Singh fumed.
“If I’m drawn with her, which I won’t be, I won’t play.“
Now, those comments have come back to bite Singh.
Vijay Singh falls foul of his own moral code
The Fijian has received huge criticism for taking a PGA Tour card for the 2026 season due to his career money list exemption.
Vijay Singh is making his PGA Tour comeback! 🤯
Who should be next?
Rightly so.
He is doing exactly what he criticised Sorenstam for way back in 2003 but to an even worse extent!
Sorenstam – who was the number one ranked women’s golfer at the time – only played in a single event.
Meanwhile, Singh has status on the PGA Tour throughout the entire 2026 season.
Who knows, perhaps Singh will prove everyone wrong and make plenty of cuts on the PGA Tour in 2026 while contending at a few along the way.
However, even if he does, the crux of the issue will not change.
Singh playing on Tour in 2026 will prevent someone with a potentially exciting future ahead of them in the game from competing at the highest level.
That simply isn’t on and it’s hugely ironic that Singh would have actually agreed with that statement 23 years ago!
