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Dean Wilson


Kaneohe native Dean Wilson missed out yesterday on his final chance to secure his PGA Tour card.

Wilson, who entered the final round of the Chrysler Championship tied for 18th and needing a top-20 finish to earn full-time status for next season, shot a final-round 73 and finished tied for 30th.

He will have to earn his card at the tour qualifying tournament.

Meanwhile, Vijay Singh, the world's No. 1 golfer, becomes the first to break $10 million in earnings in one season.

Yesterday, he joined Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Paul Runyan and Tiger Woods as the only players with at least nine wins in a year.

"I just know it's been an incredible year for me," Singh said.

It got even better at the Chrysler Championship, where the 41-year-old Fijian put a quick end to the tournament with birdies on the first two holes, closed with a 6-under 65 and set the tournament scoring record and won by five shots for his ninth victory of the year.

Woods in 2000 also won nine times, the most by anyone since Snead won 11 times in 1950.

Singh won $900,000 to push his season earnings to $10,725,166, a staggering amount considering it took him eight years and 173 starts on the PGA Tour before making $10 million for his career.

"The wins keeps coming, and I'm enjoying every bit of it," Singh said.

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