"I'm going to try," Singh said. "It's a run I hope never ends. I'm enjoying it so much and I feel like every time I enter a tournament, I should win it. I'm really proud of the way I'm playing right now."
Singh led from start to finish for his fifth victory in six tournaments, the best such streak since Woods won six in a row to end 1999 and start 2000. Singh has won seven times in his last 16 events.
In only three weeks, Singh has ended Woods's run of more than five years as the world's No. 1-ranked golfer and taken away one of Woods's lines in the PGA record book. Maybe that's why Woods pulled out of the 84 Lumber after unexpectedly committing last week -- he didn't want to see Singh knock him out of yet another lead.
"It's ridiculous the way [Singh's] playing right now," said Chris DiMarco, who tied for third with Pat Perez and Zach Johnson.
"He's going nuts," an envious John Daly said.
Still, Singh willingly concedes this: As good as 2004 has been to him, it's not comparable to Woods's 2000 because Woods won the US Open, British Open, and PGA. Singh's only major win came at the PGA.
"Tiger won three majors, so I don't really look at it that way," Singh said. "I'm just trying to enjoy this. I don't think I can play any better than I am right now."
Singh's 3-under-par 69, his third round in the 60s in four days, left him at 15-under 273. Cink went 67-65 over the final two rounds to finish at 14-under 274 despite trailing by 10 strokes after the second round.
Cink, five off the lead when the day started, had five straight birdies from No. 7 through No. 11 to make a move, but a bogey on the par-4 14th dropped him three back. Singh then held on despite a bogey on the par-4 18th and Cink birdies on Nos. 17 and 18.
"I want to win, I want to play well, and it's a good habit," Singh, 41, said. "I had my driver working, my irons working, and I made the putts I needed to make."
