Golf Central

Just as we were about to plonk ourselves in front of the box to watch the BMW Championship, they've only gone and suspended play at the first round in St. Louis due to crappy weather. Slugger White, the excellently-named tournament director said, 'We've got a mess out there... Might be as bad as I've seen in a long, long time.' Normal service will resume on Friday, but players will have to endure 36 holes on Saturday. Oh the pain...

Talk about finding some form at the right time, eh? Vijay Singh laughed all the way to the Deutsche Bank yesterday as he won his second tournie - and more importantly second FedEx Cup event - on the trot. In doing so, Singh passed the $60 million dollar mark in career earning. Nice for some...

The Fijian sealed the deal with a final round of 63 (his fourth knock in the 60s) to finish on 22-under par, a whopping five strokes ahead of Mike Weir. Ernie Els and IGWT fave Camilo Villegas finished tied for third and, if you listen to our Bet Detective, Sergio Garcia (T5) provided a small each-way finish. Better than a punch in the face, I guess...

Other names to finish well included Chav Campbell, Justin Leonard and Jim Furyk (all T7). For a second week running, however, it was all about Vijay. Notoriously nervy with the putter, Singh's putts have indeed started to drop, which means he's well ahead in the FedEx Cup standings with 120,500 points.

You'd usually be pretty happy with a 62 in the second round of a tournament, unless you're South Africa's Tim Clark, who was this close to carding a 59 on the second day of the Deutsche Bank Championship.

Clark managed two eagles in the space of three holes as well as seven birdies, but two bogeys on the final pair of holes denied him the magic number. Still, it was good enough to put him on 14-under, one shot clear of Canada's Mike Weir, who carded a 68 to go with his first round 61.

Things are certainly hotting up at TPC Boston, as Ben Curtis, Vijay Singh (both tied for third), Jim Furyk, Kevin Streelman, IGWT pick Sergio Garcia and Ernie Els (all tied fifth) fins themselves within three of the South African.

Players to miss the cut include birthday boy Padraig Harrington, Paul Casey, Sean O'Hair and Ian Poulter. See how much Poults cares though, what with a Ryder Cup wildcard pick already in the bag...

He may have got rid of his playoff beard, but that didn't stop Canadian lefty Mike Weir carding a half-decent ten-under 61 in the first round of the Deutsche Bank Championship. That was good enough to put him at the top pf the pile if you hadn't already gathered...

Weir pocketed ten birdies and holed 120 feet worth of putts - including a 60-footer for eagle at the last - matching Vijay Singh's course record set in 2006. Speaking of Vijay, the Fijian finds himself in second place with John Merrick, Briny Baird and Heath Slocum, all of whom opened with 64s.

Other players in the mix include Ben Curtis (T6), Ernie Els, and IGWT faves Anthony Kim and Kevin Streelman (all tied eighth). Out of our picks, Sergio Garcia and Geoff Ogilvy are both tied for 19th, but Robert Allenby has a lot to do down in tied 67th.

Poor Sergio Garcia, eh? We never usually root for him to be honest, but up against Vijay Singh in a playoff at The Barclays on Sunday, we had no choice. Anyway, Garcia ended up losing out to Singh on the second extra hole at Ridgewood CC to give 'The Big Fijian' a record fourth victory at The Barclays.

Kevin Sutherland also found himself in the playoff, but couldn't cut the mustard and was knocked out after the first extra hole. Garcia made an absolute hash of things on the second hole, however, hooking his drive into the left rough, landing his ball next to a mole hole...

Elsewhere, IGWT pick Kevin Streelman ended up in a tie for fourth (despite starting the day in pole). Justin Leonard, Mike Weir and Paul Casey all finished tied for seventh, with Phil Mickelson and Steve Stricker tying for 19th.

Singh now finds himself at the top of the FedEx Cup playoff standings on 109,500 points, with Garcia in second on 104,375 and Kevin Sutherland in third with 101,856 points. Lefty and Justin Leonard occupy the fourth and fifth spots respectively. Things are hotting up...