{"id":686964,"date":"2026-01-10T15:10:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686964\/"},"modified":"2026-01-10T15:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T15:10:18","slug":"vijay-singh-62-to-play-pga-tour-in-26-thanks-to-obscure-rule","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/686964\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijay Singh, 62, to play PGA Tour in \u201826 thanks to obscure rule"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" alt=\"\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"912\" height=\"570\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"html-img h-auto w-full\" style=\"color:transparent\"   src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/c16e4bfd-vijay-singh-golf-epa-09_01_26.webp.jpeg\"\/>A 2022 file image of Vijay Singh, who notched 66 career wins worldwide, including 34 on the PGA Tour. (EPA Images pic)<br \/>\nSUVA: Vijay Singh, who turns 63 in February, has decided to accept an exemption to play on the PGA Tour in 2026 after spending several years on the 50-and-older PGA Tour Champions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Golf.com confirmed Thursday that the Fijian is using an eligibility rule that allows any player in the tour\u2019s top 50 all-time money list to regain full status for a season of their choice.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">A PGA Tour spokesperson told the outlet that Singh \u201cwill likely be eligible for the vast majority of full-field events,\u201d though the big-money designated events are not on the table unless Singh plays exceptionally well and qualifies for them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Singh has committed to the Sony Open in Hawaii that kicks off the 2026 season next week in Honolulu.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">A three-time major champion, including the 2000 Masters, Singh has fared well on the PGA Tour Champions. His five victories on the senior circuit include the 2018 Senior Players Championship, a major.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Facing players half his age \u2014 and younger \u2014 will be another challenge altogether. The last time Singh played non-major PGA Tour events was in 2021, when he missed the cut at the Sony Open and the Honda Classic.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">However, Singh did make the cut at the 2024 Masters, tying for 58th. He did not return to Augusta National in 2025 due to injury. As a former Masters champion, he has a lifetime invitation to Augusta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"py-1.5 mb-4 text-lg\">Singh has 66 career wins worldwide, including 34 on the PGA Tour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 2022 file image of Vijay Singh, who notched 66 career wins worldwide, including 34 on the PGA&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":686965,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[123970,2826,10524,79,16,15,206992],"class_list":{"0":"post-686964","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-exemption","9":"tag-golf","10":"tag-pga","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-vijay-singh"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115871444151394909","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=686964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/686964\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/686965"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=686964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=686964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=686964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}