PALM HARBOUR, Fla. – Nov. 2, 2004 – Vijay Singh of Fiji became the first player in US PGA Tour history to break the $10 million mark for a season when he claimed his ninth title of the season by winning the Chrysler Championship at Palm Harbour in Florida.

Singh, an Honorary Member of The European Tour, birdie the final hole for a final round of six under par 65 for an 18 under par total of 266, five strokes clear of Sweden’s Jesper Parnevik and American Tommy Armour III.

The winner’s cheque of $900,000 took the World Number One’s season’s earnings to $10,725,166, breaking Tiger Woods’s record of $9,188,321 set in 2000. Incredibly Singh has won more than $5 million more than Phil Mickelson, who is second on the Money List.

"I'm really excited, an unbelievable day today," Singh said after his record-breaking victory. "I really wanted to win this one. I wasn't going to let it go. I achieved what I set out to do this morning and just played solid golf, focused all the way out. I'm really glad to have completed this task."

Singh becomes the first player to win nine titles in a season since Woods in 2000 and the Fijian, whose victories this year included a third Major Championship title in the US PGA Championship, now has his sights trained on a tenth title at this week’s Tour Championship.

The last player to win ten times in a single season was Sam Snead in 1950 when he won 11 tournaments. "I'm not one for stats, not one to keep records," Singh said. "I just feel it's been an incredible year for me. These wins, I just haven't really sat down and really thought about it, what I've done.The wins keep coming and I’m enjoying every bit.”

Singh birdied the first two holes and never looked back, maintaining at least a two-stroke advantage over his closest challengers throughout the day before sealing the five stroke winning margin.