CORAL SPRINGS, March 15: Fiji's Vijay Singh, helped by an early eagle, shot a 3-under-par 69 and took advantage when Eric Booker's game collapsed on the final nine holes to win the Honda Classic by two shots here yesterday.Booker had led since Friday, and his margin was four shots with 10 holes to go. But the 35-year-old US PGA tour rookie had double bogeys on Nos. 10 and 16 and shot a 77, including a 42 on the back nine.Vijay Singh overcame another day of strong winds at the TPC at Heron Bay to finish at 11-under 277. Payne Stewart closed with a 70 to take second place in the tournament for the fifth time. Booker tied for third at 280 with Mark o'Meara, Paraguay's Carlos Franco and Doug Dunakey. O'Meara bogeyed two holes coming in to fall out of contention.
