The Most Famous
GOLFERS from Fiji
Top 1
The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Fijian Golfers of all time. This list of famous Fijian Golfers is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.
1. Vijay Singh (1963 - )
With an HPI of 36.15, Vijay Singh is the most famous Fijian Golfer. His biography has been translated into 27 different languages on wikipedia.
Vijay Singh (Fiji Hindi: विजय सिंह pronounced [ˈʋɪdʒəj sɪ̃ɦ]; born 22 February 1963), nicknamed "the Big Fijian", is a Fijian professional golfer. He has won 34 events on the PGA Tour, which is the most by a player from outside of the United States, including three major championships: one Masters title (2000) and two PGA Championships (1998, 2004). He is the first person of South Asian descent to win a major championship. He was elected to the World Golf Hall of Fame in 2006. Singh reached world number one in the Official World Golf Ranking for 32 weeks in 2004 and 2005. Vijay was the 12th man to reach the world No. 1 ranking and was the only new world No. 1 in the 2000s decade. Singh was the leading PGA Tour money winner in 2003, 2004 and 2008. He also captured the FedEx Cup in 2008.
Pantheon has 1 people classified as golfers born between 1963 and 1963. Of these 1, 1 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living golfers include Vijay Singh.
