Joining the Asian Tour he had to face negative publicity, since he was suspected to have manipulated his score card which he denies until today. Singh qualified for the European Tour in 1988 and has won 12 titles on this tour until today. In 1993 he joined the PGA Tour and became the „Rookie of the Year.“ His most successful season Singh played in 2004, when he managed a winning streak of nine tournaments including the PGA-Championships and winning the tour money list as the PGA Tour Player of the Year 2004. Vijay Singh is the first professional golfer ever who won more than 10 Million Dollars of prize money in only one year.