Talk:Vijay Singh
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Why Vijay Singh receives so little attention
It is amazing that there is so little discussion on Vijay Singh compared to Tiger Woods. Vijay Singh is one of the best players in the world and was number 1 player in the world until recently. However, he receives so little attention compared to Tiger Woods. Even when he wins a tournament, it is said that "Oh Tiger Woods wasn't doing his best" or that "Vijay plays so many tournaments". A search for "Tiger Woods" on Google receives about 4 million hits. However, search for "Vijay Singh" receives less than 800,000 hits. I wonder what is the reason for this. Is it because Vijay Singh is from a different country?--Tsnatt4 10:25, 21 August 2005 (UTC)
- Everyone falls short in discussions compared to Tiger, who does have ten majors to Singh's three. Plus, Singh has also only really distinguished himself as being the second best golfer in the world behind Tiger since 2003. I think his age works against him a bit too, he was a late bloomer, and he is 42 now and it's not clear how much longer he's going to be at the top of his game. Popularity is a complex factor and there are always going to be a lot of reasons, not just one reason like he's from a different country. It's certainly possible that Singh gets a bit less attention than he might otherwise because he's not American, but recall when David Duval hit #1 in the world, it's not like he got a huge amount of attention for that. As for the "Tiger wasn't doing his best" line, that gets brought up with a lot of other golfers than just Vijay Singh. Re. the Google test, some other golf stars: Mickelson (744,000 hits), Els (349,000), Goosen (251,000), Nicklaus (760,000), Palmer (880,000), Garcia (326,000), Duval (120,000), Faldo (137,000). Dze27 01:35, August 22, 2005 (UTC).
Its American Culture.. if you want Popularity-- you have to be American first.
- I am not sure it is so simple. However, the article needed to say this. Mukerjee 07:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
Now ranked #1 --Rj 03:50, Sep 15, 2004 (UTC)
ten million dollar man --Rj 14:32, Nov 1, 2004 (UTC)
[edit] Annika Sörenstam
That's simply not what Vijay said. I corrected the article, but the page was reverted. Look it up...the associated press reporter admitted that he misquoted Vijay-- citing that his interview notes actually reflected what Singh was actually saying. Vijay spent plenty of years on the tour without making millions-- I think it's admirable that he decided to speak up and defend the male player who would lose a spot so that Sorenstam could putz around and give herself some hype.
It's already not fair that he became the fall guy for cheap media, but Wikipedia...come on guys, let's be fair...do some research. And before you revert a page, look it up. All of what I said can be found on the PGA's website.
- Added a section on his image in the media, elaborating on the previous reference to this episode.Mukerjee 07:48, 4 September 2006 (UTC)
