Vijay Singh celebrated back to back victories on the European Tour as he took the Singapore Masters with two strokes to spare.

England's Warren Bennett, who contemplated quitting the game last year, eagled the final hole to snatch second place behind Masters champion Singh at Singapore Island Country Club.

The Fijian, who celebrated his 38th birthday on Thursday, carded a final-round 68 for a 21 under total of 263 to claim the £97,662 first prize, which followed on last week's play-off victory over Ireland's Padraig Harrington in the Malaysian Open.

Bennett's eagle three saw him match Singh's 68 to finish 19 under par, pipping playing partner Colin Montgomerie to second place by a shot.

Montgomerie, himself chasing back-to-back wins after claiming the Australian Masters title last week, also fired a closing 68, missing from six feet for birdie on the 18th, to share third place with Holland's Maarten Lafeber.

Harrington was a further shot adrift alongside Denmark's Anders Hansen, the Dubliner calling a one-shot penalty on himself on the 16th hole.

Singh began the day one shot ahead of the pack and soon extended that to three with birdies on the first and fourth holes.

But he had to endure a few anxious moments after dropping shots at the seventh and eighth to see his lead cut down to just one before a birdie on the ninth restored a two-shot cushion.

He then added two more birdies on the back nine to effectively seal victory, his ninth in total on the European Tour.

Harrington was left hoping that his run of bad luck was now at an end after the third unfortunate incident in recent months.

He called a penalty on himself during the US Open at Pebble Beach last year and infamously was disqualified when leading a tournament by five shots after three rounds for failing to sign his first round scorecard.

This time Harrington, who lost out in a play-off to Singh in Kuala Lumpur, was addressing his second shot to the par-four 16th when the ball moved a fraction of an inch.

The Ryder Cup player instantly turned away in disbelief knowing that it would cost him a one-shot penalty and effectively end whatever chances he might of had of victory.

Rules officials were called to confirm what Harrington already knew and after replacing the ball in its original position, the 29year-old played his third shot to the green and missed from 25 feet to save par.

"I'm not superstitious but they say these things happen in threes so it's a good way to try and forget about it," Harrington said. "It definitely moved, there was no doubt about it.

"It certainly made my next shot harder but by the time I got to the 17th I had forgotten that. I didn't do anything disastrous so I can't say it made that much difference."

"Overall I'm happy with how things are going, the long-term picture is good. The last two weeks have surpassed expectations."