Ponte Vedra Beach resident Vijay Singh shot a final-round 69 on Sunday, Oct. 18, to win the PGA Tour Champions SAS Championship by two strokes.

The 63-year-old World Golf Hall of Fame member finished at 9-under-par 207 at Prestonwood Country Club in Cary, N.C., earning $345,000, according to The Florida Times-Union. It was Singh's first victory in more than three years and his sixth on the PGA Tour Champions.

Singh entered the final round in a three-way tie with Tim O'Neal and Sweden's Freddie Jacobson. His co-leaders jumped ahead early. O'Neal birdied the first and fourth holes to reach 8 under, and Jacobson birdied the second and seventh to match him, Field Level Media reported. Singh trailed by two through seven holes.

Everything changed at the ninth. O'Neal made a double bogey and Jacobson a bogey. Singh stuck his approach close and converted the birdie putt to pull even at 7 under.

A chip-in birdie at No. 10 put Singh in front for good. He added another birdie at the par-5 12th to open a three-stroke cushion, then parred his way home over the final six holes.

"This was a big one," Singh told the Associated Press. "It's been a tough year, all year, and then I didn't know how I was going to play this morning. My back doesn't do very well in cold. …"

The victory made Singh the second-oldest player to win on the PGA Tour Champions' 50-and-older circuit, the AP reported. Only Bernhard Langer, who won at age 67, is older.

Singh had not recorded a top-10 finish in 2026 before the SAS Championship. He last won at the 2023 Ally Challenge. A three-time major champion with 34 PGA Tour victories, Singh was reunited with longtime caddie Wayne De Haas for the week.

Ernie Els, playing the day after his 57th birthday, closed with a bogey-free 69 to finish second at 7 under. O'Neal's bid ended when his fairway bunker shot on the par-5 17th hit the lip and tumbled into a creek, leading to a double bogey-bogey finish that dropped him into a tie for fifth. Jacobson shot 74 and tied for 10th. Defending champion Alex Cejka and Tag Ridings tied for third at 6 under.

The win moved Singh 24 spots up the money list to 33rd. The Charles Schwab Cup Playoffs begin in St. Louis, with 72 golfers qualifying for the three-tournament postseason. The grand finale is the Charles Schwab Cup Championship at Phoenix Country Club, Nov. 12-15.