`: Everyone falls short in discussions compared to Tiger, who does have ten majors to Singh's three. Plus, Singh has also only really distinguished himself as being the second best golfer in the world behind Tiger since 2003. I think his age works against him a bit too, he was a late bloomer, and he is 42 now and it's not clear how much longer he's going to be at the top of his game. Popularity is a complex factor and there are always going to be a lot of reasons, not just one reason like he's from a different country. It's certainly possible that Singh gets a bit less attention than he might otherwise because he's not American, but recall when David Duval hit #1 in the world, it's not like he got a huge amount of attention for that. As for the ``Tiger wasn't doing his best`` line, that gets brought up with a lot of other golfers than just Vijay Singh. Re. the Google test, some other golf stars: Mickelson (744,000 hits), Els (349,000), Goosen (251,000), Nicklaus (760,000), Palmer (880,000), Garcia (326,000), Duval (120,000), Faldo (137,000).    `