Singh, 62, opted to use his one-time exemption on the PGA Tour's career money list to play in 2026.
There were some questioning the move but Vijay Singh has perhaps quelled some of the chatter a bit.
Singh, 62 and a regular on the PGA Tour Champions for more than a decade, opted to use his one-time exemption on the PGA Tour's career money list to play on the main circuit in 2026.
That gave him a spot in the 120-player field at the season-opening Sony Open in Hawaii, a tournament he won in 2005. That win came during a four-win campaign and was part of a stretch of 17 wins over three seasons. He has 34 PGA Tour wins in all, good for 14th on the all-time list.
As for that career money, Singh led the Tour in money three times and sits eighth on the all-time earnings list with more than $71 million.
Thursday, he went out and shot 2-under 68 despite a pair of double bogeys, including his first hole of the week. He then followed that up on Friday by shooting even-par 70.
Playing in the second round's early wave, Singh walked off the golf course at Waialae Country Club in Honolulu at 2 under. At the time, 1 under had about a 40 or so percent chance of being the cut, according to datagolf.
As the afternoon wave started teeing off, the projected cut of 1 under jumped to nearly 88 percent.
Oldest player in the field with a chance at the weekend đź‘€
— PGA TOUR Champions (@ChampionsTour) January 16, 2026
62-year-old @VijaySinghGolf finishes inside the projected cutline at 2-under @SonyOpenHawaii. pic.twitter.com/mVxdzPAkgu
Singh is among the 42 players set to play in the PGA Tour Champions season-opener next week on the big island at Hualalai at the Mitsubishi.
This article originally appeared on Golfweek: Vijay Singh, 62, makes cut at 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii on PGA Tour
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