Vijay Singh Returns To The PGA Tour Aged 62

Vijay Singh takes a shot at the Insperity Invitational

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World Golf Hall of Fame member Vijay Singh is reportedly making a PGA Tour comeback at the grand old age of 62.

The former World No.1 and three-time Major champion in fact turns 63 in February, but has used his standing on the PGA Tour career money list to restore full status for him in the 2026 season.

But, as first reported by the Associated Press, two-time PGA Championship winner and Masters champion Singh has taken up the opportunity to return to PGA Tour action.

The Fijian veteran has not played a PGA Tour event since the 2021 Honda Classic, but after 34 career victories on the circuit and three Majors he still sits in sixth place in the career money list on $71.2m.

And Singh is in the field for next week's Sony Open, which this year starts the new PGA Tour season in Hawaii.

Singh has been playing on the seniors circuit since 2013, winning five times on the PGA Tour Champions including the 2018 Senior PGA Championship.

As a past champion Singh can play in the two Majors he won - he's not played in the PGA Championship since 2018 though and and although he continues to play at Augusta National he missed last year's Masters with injury.

Singh is still fit and active despite his advancing years, and played 20 times on the PGA Tour Champions last season - finishing second once with six top 10s.

Teeing it up at a full-field PGA Tour event again will be a different prospect altogether though - and he'll have plenty of eyeballs on him to see how he gets on.

That's because his impending return has already brought plenty of reaction on social media, and mixed reaction at that with some criticism of the money list rule allowing him full status on the tour.

Some argue Singh will take up a place at tournaments that younger players could be fighting for - while some responses have been that after ammassing over $70m over a Hall of Fame career he's more than earned that right.

What do you think? Should Vijay Singh play in the PGA Tour again? Should the money list rule even exist? Join the conversation below and let us know....

Paul Higham is a sports journalist with over 20 years of experience in covering most major sporting events for both Sky Sports and BBC Sport. He is currently freelance and covers the golf majors on the BBC Sport website. Highlights over the years include covering that epic Monday finish in the Ryder Cup at Celtic Manor and watching Rory McIlroy produce one of the most dominant Major wins at the 2011 US Open at Congressional. He also writes betting previews and still feels strangely proud of backing Danny Willett when he won the Masters in 2016 - Willett also praised his putting stroke during a media event before the Open at Hoylake. Favourite interviews he's conducted have been with McIlroy, Paul McGinley, Thomas Bjorn, Rickie Fowler and the enigma that is Victor Dubuisson. A big fan of watching any golf from any tour, sadly he spends more time writing about golf than playing these days with two young children, and as a big fair weather golfer claims playing in shorts is worth at least five shots. Being from Liverpool he loves the likes of Hoylake, Birkdale and the stretch of tracks along England's Golf Coast, but would say his favourite courses played are Kingsbarns and Portrush.

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