{"id":640,"date":"2005-04-21T01:19:09","date_gmt":"2005-04-21T06:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/uncategorized\/vijay_singh_to_become_youngest_member_of_hall_of_fame\/"},"modified":"2005-04-21T01:19:09","modified_gmt":"2005-04-21T06:19:09","slug":"vijay_singh_to_become_youngest_member_of_hall_of_fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/b\/pga\/vijay_singh_to_become_youngest_member_of_hall_of_fame","title":{"rendered":"Vijay Singh to become Youngest Member of Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vijay Singh\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/pga\/vijay_singh_pic.jpg\" class=\"bordered\" \/>The white smoke has risen from Vatican City after the election of the new Pope and the white smoke in the form of a press conference by PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem has risen from the Hall of Fame after the election of Vijay Singh. Without a doubt Vijay Singh deserves to be in the World Golf Hall of Fame, but why was this decision made so early in his career?<br \/>\n<!--more--><br \/>\nVijay Singh has become the youngest player to be elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame at the age of 42. Singh has had a remarkable career playing both on the PGA Tour and internationally. Vijay Singh has carved his path to success with 25 PGA Tour victories to date, including three major championships. Vijay also has 22 international victories on his r&eacute;sum&eacute;, including wins in Malaysia, France, Nigeria, the Ivory Coast, Morocco, Zimbabwe, Singapore, Spain, Germany, England, South Africa, Sweden, Taiwan and Canada.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2004 season, Vijay Singh clearly showed that he deserved to be the number one golfer in the world after winning nine times and earning a record setting $10,905,166. Singh became the first player to win over $10 million in a single season and also was honored as the PGA Tour Player of the Year.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"\nhttp:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/other\/singh_leads_hall_of_fame_2005_ballot\/\" title=\"Singh Leads HoF 2005 Ballot\">written on The Sand Trap earlier this year<\/a>, Vijay Singh was one of thirty-three players listed on the ballot. Singh received 56 percent of the votes on the returned ballots. One must receive 65 percent of the votes to be elected. How was he elected with less than the required number of votes? Another rule states that when nobody receives the &#8220;required&#8221; 65-percent the highest vote-getter will be inducted. Larry Nelson was Singh&#8217;s closest competitor with 55 percent of the votes. Other players on the ballot to receive a high number of votes were Curtis Strange (50 percent), Henry Picard (49 percent), and Craig Wood (41 percent).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Vijay Singh and Tiger Woods\" src=\"\/b\/imgs\/pga\/tiger_vijay_tour_championship.jpg\" class=\"bordered\" \/>Now you are probably left thinking, &#8220;If Vijay Singh can be inducted to the World Golf Hall of Fame this year then why couldn&#8217;t Tiger Woods have been?&#8221; Well Tiger Woods is only 29 years old and according to the rules of eligibility of the Hall of Fame a candidate must be at least 40 years of age. While Vijay Singh may meet both the age requirement and the skill requirement, could this decision have been made prematurely? The fact that 44% of the voters chose not to vote him into the Hall seem to indicate that there was some dissension in the ranks. There is a chance that the 44% of the voters found Singh&#8217;s youth to be a factor in their decision. The fact that he has only won three majors may have played a role in not voting for him also. Fortunately for Singh, his record set him apart from the other candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Vijay Singh was elected through the PGA Tour\/Champions Tour voting council and he is just one among other players to be inducted. Other players will be elected through the International ballot, LPGA ballot, and Veterans ballot. Additional inductees for 2005 will be named at a future date. The induction ceremony will be held November 14, 2005 at the World Golf Hall of Fame in St. Augustine, Florida. If you are interested in attending the induction ceremony you can contact the World Golf Hall of Fame by telephone at 904-940-4123 to request more event information.<\/p>\n<p>Feel free, also, to <a href=\"http:\/\/thesandtrap.com\/forum\/showthread.php?t=210\" title=\"Discuss the 2005 WGHOF Ballot\">discuss this in our forums<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Vijay Singh has been elected to the Hall of Fame but did his youth hamper his ability to win all of the votes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[98,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hot_topics","category-pga"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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