The tournament wasn't over, however. It was just starting to get interesting.
Mickelson hit from the left rough to inches of the hole on the 11th for a birdie. That gave him the lead when Singh, playing in the group behind him, spun a wedge back 40 feet and three-putted from the fringe.
"I started missing 5- and 6-footers," Singh said. "I tried to hit it as close as possible so I didn't leave myself any putts."
It was a grind the rest of the day for Singh. He answered with a tee shot to 2 feet for birdie and a share of the lead, then found a bunker from the 13th fairway and badly missed an 8-footer for par.
With a chance to seize control on the 16th, Singh's 4-foot birdie putt never hit the cup. Again in control with a sand wedge in his hand on the 17th fairway, Singh spun it back too far again, this time 25 feet away. He left that 4 feet short, and finally coaxed one in.
Westwood, five behind with 11 holes to play, was within one shot until he bogeyed the 14th by electing to hit putter from 60 feet through about 15 feet of fairway, leaving that 20 feet short and taking bogey that turned out to be the difference.
"I just couldn't picture a chip from there," Westwood said. "The fringe ended up being a lot slower. The first time I really putted through the fringe all week. The putt just seemed like the right shot at the time."
The victory came at a perfect time for Singh, who can take loads of confidence -- from winning, not so much his putting -- to the PGA Championship next week at Oakland Hills.
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