Singh knocks Woods from No. 1

NORTON, Mass. -- Vijay Singh won a head-to-head matchup with Tiger Woods to end his record reign atop golf's ultimate leaderboard.\nSingh shot a 69 to beat Woods and Adam Scott by three strokes in the Deutsche Bank Championship Monday, clinching the No. 1 ranking in the world with his sixth victory of the year. Woods had been first for more than five years -- a record 264 consecutive weeks.\nSingh took a three-stroke lead into the final round, but he and Woods were tied at 13-under after Singh bogeyed No. 13 at the par-71, 7,415-yard Tournament Players Club of Boston. Woods bogeyed the next hole and Singh birdied 15 to pull ahead by two strokes before adding birdies on the final two holes to finish 16-under and win the $900,000 first prize.\n"It feels great," said Singh, who has won the last eight times he took a lead into the final round. "I can't wait to celebrate."\nScott, the defending champion, started the day seven strokes behind Singh before making the turn with four consecutive birdies to get into contention. He birdied the 18th hole to finish 13-under, and Woods matched him; John Rollins and Daniel Chopra were another two strokes back at minus-10.\nSingh is the top winner on the tour this year with six victories, including the PGA Championship, and $7,889,566 in earnings. He needed only to finish ahead of Woods to take over the No. 1 ranking that he has been closing in on all year.\nThe computer rankings factor in performance over the past two years, taking the strength of field into account; Woods held a 12.09-11.91 lead heading into this week. The new numbers were expected to be released later Monday, but Singh's will be the first player other than Woods to hold the No. 1 ranking since Aug. 8, 1999.\n"That's not too bad, is it?" Woods asked. "I've had a good run."\nSingh improved to 15-under with a birdie on the first hole; Woods left a 15-footer on the rim of the cup.\nOn the second hole, a par-5, 553-yard dogleg right, both players got into trouble. Singh couldn't find his ball and took a drop, hit to 14 feet of the pin and then two-putted for bogey; Woods found his among the rocks in front of the green, but when he swung at the ball he hit a rock instead, jamming his wrist, breaking his club and costing himself a stroke.\nShaking off the pain, he punched his way up the hill, chipped onto the green and two-putted from 18 feet for a bogey.\n"It hurt all day," Woods said.\nSingh birdied No. 10 to move back to minus 14 and then Woods moved back within a stroke with a birdie on No. 12, chipping in from 64 feet. But by this time, Scott had moved just one stroke behind Woods with four consecutive birdies, making putts of 16, 20, 12 and 8 feet to get to minus 12.\nSingh hit his second shot over the green on the par-4 13th, then two-putted from 7 feet for bogey to fall to 13 under, tied with Woods. But Woods missed a 9-footer for par on 14, three-putting for a bogey, and Singh knocked his second shot within 4 feet on 15 for birdie; Woods missed a 20-footer to keep pace.