Singh to cut back play this season

Vijay Singh is defending his title this week at the Mercedes-Benz Championship in Hawaii, the first tournament of the 2008 PGA Tour season.  Singh has always been known to play a lot of tournaments--30 times in 2005, and 27 tournaments in each of the past two seasons. But at age 44, Singh has pledged to cut back in 2008.  In an article by Bob Harig on ESPN.com, Singh is quoted as saying, "I'm going to pick and choose my tournaments a little bit more. The few that I don't need to play, I won't be playing. I just [want] to be more ready when I get back out there and not feel tired after a good run…It's going to be easier if I take a little bit more time off."  With a new trainer, Singh is still in extremely good shape.  He expects to continue to play well on the PGA Tour even when he turns 50.  "I'm pretty big size-wise, and if I get my body in good shape and in good tone, I think the size itself is going to make a big difference to how far I can hit the ball and how long I can stay out here and be competitive."