Singh tries to reach 10 wins, $10 million

LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Ken Griffey Jr. walked down the practice range Wednesday morning and stopped to watch Vijay Singh, two world-class athletes with not much else in common.

One guy rarely plays in the fall.

The other plays his best golf this time of the year.

Singh has won his last three PGA Tour events, and five of his last six. Next up is the Funai Classic at Disney, where he is the defending champion. It's the start of a three-week sprint to the end of the season, and the 41-year-old Fijian wants to finish strong.

Despite having wrapped up all the major awards, his goals are clear.

Already an eight-time winner on tour, Singh wants to reach 10 victories. Not since Sam Snead won 11 times in 1950 has anyone won so much in one year. Singh also is $544,434 away from becoming the first $10 million man in golf.

"There's three more tournaments to go and this so-called '10' mark they all talk about," Singh said. "I'd like to achieve that. I want to end on a high note. I just want to keep it going and see if it's going to last.

"I just don't want to see it end, put it that way."

Singh is relentless, and he really seems to surge in the fall. He started his ascent to No. 1 in the world about this time last year when he won Disney. He has won 12 times the last two seasons, with five of those victories coming in the final two months of the season.

"There is nobody out there working harder than him," Chris DiMarco said.

Singh already has played 26 tournaments and will finish the year by playing Disney, next week in Tampa (he finished second last year), followed by the season-ending Tour Championship.