Vijay Singh, ranked No. 5 in the world, will play in this weekend's Mercedes-Benz Championship in Kapalua, but will reportedly be out the following five weeks due to knee surgery.

Two-time Mercedes-Benz winner Tiger Woods, still recovering from the left knee surgery he had after winning the U.S. Open, is among three 2008 winners who are skipping this week's tournament.

Two-time Mercedes-Benz winner Tiger Woods, still recovering from the left knee surgery he had after winning the U.S. Open, is among three 2008 winners who are skipping this week's tournament.

There were few changes to this week's Rolex Women's World Golf Rankings.

The process for calculating the women's world golf rankings has been modified to allow a more consistent outcome for each week's list.

FACTS AND STATS: Course Architect: William S. Flynn (1928). Year Opened: 1897. Location: Huntingdon Valley, Pennsylvania. Slope: 132. Rating: 73.5. Par: 70. Yardage: 6,936.

People used to say that the only things that could stop Tiger Woods would be marriage and children, then possibly an injury.

Tiger Woods' lead at the top of the world rankings has been trimmed by more than seven points since the same time last year.

Richard Sterne won the South African Open Championship on Sunday -- his second victory in as many weeks -- and climbed 31 spots to No. 43 in the world rankings.

The 2008 PGA Tour season was full of twists and turns. One major injury changed the course of the entire season, but also created one of the most dramatic major championships ever.

Richard Sterne is peaking.

Anthony Kim shot a five-under 67 on Saturday and took the third-round lead at the Chevron World Challenge when Jim Furyk double-bogeyed the 18th hole.

Lee Westwood posted his second consecutive four-under 68 on Saturday and moved atop the leaderboard after the third round of the South African Open.

Jim Furyk bogeyed the last hole on Friday, but still managed a one-under 71 and stayed atop the leaderboard after the second round of the Chevron World Challenge.

Jim Furyk posted a four-under 68 on Thursday to take the first-round lead of the Chevron World Challenge at Sherwood Country Club.

Fabrizio Zanotti fired an eight-under-par 64 Thursday to take a one-stroke lead after the opening round of the South African Open Championship.

Tiger Woods spoke publicly Wednesday from the Chevron World Challenge, a tournament hosted by Woods that benefits the Tigers Woods Foundation, about the health of his surgically-repaired knee and addressed recent comments by caddie Steve Williams about fellow PGA-tour star Phil Mickelson.

Bernhard Langer was named Champions Tour Player of the Year and Rookie of the Year, it was announced on Tuesday by PGA Tour Commissioner Tim Finchem.

Brendon de Jonge was selected as the Nationwide Tour's top player for 2008.

Padraig Harrington won just twice on the PGA Tour in 2008, but those victories at the British Open and PGA Championship were enough to make him the Player of the Year.