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Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Santonio Holmes (L) keeps both feet in the end zone as he beats Arizona Cardinals safety Aaron Francisco to catch the game winning touchdown pass late in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLIII in Tampa, February 1, 2009. Credit: REUTERS/Brian Snyder

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Singh, Garcia, Sutherland go to sudden death at Barclays

PARAMUS, New Jersey
Sun Aug 24, 2008 6:09pm EDT
Golfer Vijay Singh of Fiji lets go of his club after teeing off on the 13th hole at the Ridgewood Country Club during the first round of the PGA Tour Barclays tournament in Paramus, New Jersey August 21, 2008. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

PARAMUS, New Jersey (Reuters) - Vijay Singh of Fiji, Spain's Sergio Garcia and American Kevin Sutherland were tied at the end of 72 holes on Sunday setting up a sudden-death playoff at the Barclays Classic.

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Singh, who shot one-under 70, Garcia (70) and Sutherland (68) were starting the playoff at the 18th and alternating between 17 and 18 if more holes were needed to decide the opening tournament of the four-event FedExCup playoffs.

Singh, Garcia and Sutherland were locked at eight-under-par 276 after 72 holes at Ridgewood Country Club.

(Reporting by Larry Fine, Editing by Rex Gowar)
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