PALM HARBOR, FLA. ? Vijay Singh will need time for this to sink in.

The guy who once gave $10 lessons as a club pro in Borneo is now the first $10 million man in golf. Singh once found work as a bouncer in a Scottish night club when he failed to get through European qualify school. On Sunday, he joined Byron Nelson, Ben Hogan, Sam Snead, Paul Runyan and Tiger Woods as the only players with at least nine wins in a year.

“I just know it’s been an incredible year for me,” Singh said.

It got even better at the Chrysler Championship, where the 41-year-old Fijian put a quick end to the tournament with birdies on the first two holes, closed with a 6-under 65 and set the tournament scoring record and won by five shots for his ninth victory of the year.

Woods in 2000 also won nine times, the most by anyone since Snead won 11 times in 1950.

Singh won $900,000 to push his season earnings to $10,725,166, a staggering amount considering it took him eight years and 173 starts on the PGA Tour before making $10 million for his career.

“The wins keeps coming, and I’m enjoying every bit of it,” Singh said.

He finished in style, hitting out of a fairway bunker to 15 feet and making that for birdie. Singh finished at 18-under 266 to break by one the record set in 2002 by K.J. Choi.

Tommy Armour III (69) and Jesper Parnevik (68) were five shots back, but they were just along for the ride.

The Chrysler Championship was the final full-field tournament of the year.