Born in Lautoka, Fiji, where his father Mohan Singh was an aircraft refueller and a first generation immigrant from India, Singh played his first round of golf at the early age of eight. "But," says he, "I had been caddying for my dad since I was six and used to swing the golf club on occasion." His father was captain of the Nadi Airport Golf Club and obsessed with the game. "He was really, really keen. Everyday was golf. He would come back from work and head for the course." Adds Bhoo Prasad Gautam, of the Fijian PGA, who played with Singh in the early '80s: "Vijay used to play with his father every afternoon. That is how he became so keen. He would play golf rather than go to school."