‘Women Were the Hardest’: Tiger Woods’ Greatest Rival Vijay Singh, Who Worked as a Nightclub Doorman, Once Revealed the Worst Part of His Old Job

Vijay Singh is one of Tiger Woods’ rivals who has gotten his name in history for more than one reason. He once talked about his days before turning professional.

Woods Rival Vijay Singh talks about his life before golf

Vijay Singh’s rivalry with Tiger Woods took its most polished form in 2004. This was the time when Singh overtook Woods for no. 1 in the OWGR rankings.

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That era was famously termed the Woods era. However, Singh took away Tiger’s thunder back in the day. He was at the peak of his game and secured back-to-back wins. As a consequence of his sheer skill and hard work, he was named the PGA Tour’s Player of the Year back then.

He was the first person of South Indian descent to touch the sky so high in the world of golf. However, Vijay has not been given enough media coverage over the years.

However, Singh once opened up about his life before turning pro. He was a doorman at a nightclub in Edinburgh. Detailing his experience, he said, “The women were the hardest ones to handle. When they fight … goodness gracious me.”

He added, “The worst part of the job was telling people they couldn’t come in because they were too drunk. It’s tough to always be the bad guy.”

Vijay also detailed how being the bad guy made him feel unsafe and on the radar of the people. He had to refuse entry as a part of his job. The pro golfer gave an insight to all his players into the struggles he had to face before turning pro.

Tiger Woods played this course before going pro

Woods has a long history in golf. In his initial days, he practiced his game at Emerald Hills in order to avoid galleries and focus on his game. One of the people who saw him playing there recently talked about it.

He said, “Tiger came here to Emerald hills to work on his nine-hole short game.”

It was hard for Tiger to stay lowkey even during his initial days. This is partly due to the fact that his exceptional skills were hard to not notice. His practice sessions invited onlookers as they admired his impeccable shots.