The dark side of Singh; World No. 1 also sport's 'heavy'.(SPORTS)

Washington Times, The, April, 2005

Byline: Barker Davis, THE WASHINGTON TIMES AUGUSTA, Ga. - When the star wars begin tomorrow at the 69th Masters, there's no doubt who will be playing the role of Darth Vader. Vijay Singh is gruff. Lefty signs autographs. Vijay signs checks. He's tactless. When the rest of the golf world was scoring diplomacy points rooting for Annika Sorenstam at the 2003 Colonial, Singh wanted her sent home before the weekend.

He's contentious. When Tiger Woods wished him good luck on the first tee before their final-round duel at the 2003 American Express Championship, Singh famously ...