VIJAY Singh withstood a mid-round challenge from Tiger Woods to win the Deutsche Bank Open and take over the number one ranking in the world.

With his tour-leading sixth victory of the year, Singh ended Woods' reign of 264 consecutive weeks as the world's top-ranked player.

"Thank you. You guys look so sad," Singh said with a laugh after being congratulated for winning.

"I have worked pretty hard for this. I finally achieved what I wanted to do starting at the beginning of the year.

"Coming down the stretch got pretty tight there, but I got focused and I played pretty good coming down."

After the round ended, Woods took off his cap, congratulated the winner and Singh acknowledged the crowd by raising his fist in the air. Tweet