After two consecutive tough defeats, Sergio Garcia had no complaints after finishing equal fifth at the Deutsche Bank Championship.
Garcia, who played the final round with Vijay Singh, could hardly find enough superlatives to describe the magnificent performance by the 45-year-old from Fiji.
Singh carded an eight-under-par 63 at the Boston TPC, turning a three-shot deficit into a runaway five-stroke victory over Canadian Mike Weir.
"That was awesome to watch. He played amazing," said Garcia, sounding genuinely in awe, rather than offering a half-hearted platitude.
"Vijay made a lot of putts, but to shoot eight-under in these conditions, with the wind and as firm as the greens were, it's just impressive.
"With all due respect, I don't think you guys realise how good that was, because you don't know how tough the course was playing.
"When Vijay's playing like this and rolling the ball like he's rolling it, it's hard to get him, because we all know how good a ball-striker he is."
Garcia offered Singh the ultimate compliment, comparing him with Tiger Woods.
"It's like when Tiger's playing well. You want to beat him, but you've got to give it up to him," said the Spaniard. "You're watching history."
At the PGA Championship and at last week's event in New Jersey, Garcia had a right to feel hard done by, both times finishing a close runner-up.
Padraig Harrington edged the Spaniard at the PGA, before Singh won a three-way play-off last week. On both occasions, Garcia, with a bit of luck, could have won.
On Monday, however, he acknowledged that he could have played an outstanding final round and still not even have come close on this occasion.
"A lot of things had to happen to me to shoot eight-under and get into a play-off," said Garcia, who made three straight birdies from the second hole, only to stumble with back-to-back bogeys at the ninth and 10th, both times lipping out as the putting gods deserted him.
"That's the way it goes sometimes, but I'm still happy," he said.
"I still feel like I performed well. I missed a couple of opportunities today but overall, the only thing you can say is well done to Vijay."
While Singh finished at 22-under 262, Garcia was a distant nine strokes back after a 72.
That was enough to remain in second place on the United States PGA Tour's FedEx Cup play-off standings, with two events down and two to go.
But Singh has such a massive lead that he is almost certain to win the play-off points race and collect a Ј5.5million bonus.
Seventy players qualified for this week's BMW Championship in St Louis, Missouri, with Brian Davis and Martin Laird the only British players advancing, as Paul Casey bowed out after dropping to 74th in the standings.
Not that Casey will probably be too bothered, after gaining one of Nick Faldo's two captain's picks on the European Ryder Cup team.
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