Singh set for surgery after Kapalua
KAPALUA, Maui -- Vijay Singh will have knee surgery following this week's Mercedes-Benz Championship and will miss up to five weeks of the PGA Tour season.
According to Golf Digest.com, Singh said he hurt the knee three weeks ago at the Chevron World Challenge, which he won. He didn't say when or how he hurt the knee.
"More than anything, it's just wear and tear on the meniscus, and it just kind of gave out," Singh told Golf Digest.com. "It's something I needed to get done, and I didn't want to put it off."
Dr. Paul Shirley will perform the operation, Singh said. He told Golf Digest.com that he wants to be back for the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, where he is scheduled to be paired with his son, Qass. That even begins Feb. 12.
The Honolulu Star-Bulletin reported Wednesday that Singh withdrew from next week's Sony Open in Hawaii and that he would have the surgery.
Singh did not give the PGA Tour a reason for his withdrawal.
Singh, who won the Mercedes-Benz Championship in 2007, is the top money winner playing this week on the hilly Plantation Course at Kapalua. Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson and Sergio Garcia, who finished Nos. 2, 3 and 4 on the PGA Tour last year, are all skipping the event.
