Wilson is listed as the fourth alternate for the PGA Tour's first full-field event at the Waialae Country Club.

"Are you kidding? He's the only player from Hawai'i on tour. I think it's a shame. You've got to support your local guy," said Weir after shooting a 10-under-par 63 yesterday at the Plantation Course for a 36-hole score of 133.

Singh carded his second straight bogey-free round for a 65 and a 15-under 131 total to top a glitzy leaderboard that included Ernie Els, Sergio Garcia and Tiger Woods.

Getting back to Wilson, Weir adding, "I could never believe when they wouldn't get him in the last time (2001). This time it's embarrassing. I hope you write that."

Now, Weir hopes to write a different ending to what happened in last year's duel in the Canadian Open with Singh as they're paired together in the final twosome going into today's third round.

Weir bogeyed the 72nd hole in Canada and wound up losing on the third playoff hole to Singh, who was playing in his first tournament as the world's No. 1.

"He won the tournament ... but I felt like I gave it to him in that particular event," Weir said.

"I don't think about it anymore. But, you know, for a long while I thought about what I could have been doing better to have not been in that situation because I was putting so poorly that week."

It hurt personally, too, because Weir wanted to win so badly for his fellow native Canadians.

"I didn't finish the year off so well after the Canadian Open so I had more time to think about it," Weir said.

Said Singh: "I felt bad for Mike the way it ended up. He had a good chance to win. But you just have to forget and go on with it. Tomorrow is another day, and I'm going to be out there fighting as hard as he will be."

And he isn't only looking out for No. 1.

"It's still important to know who is around. I keep a good eye on the scoreboard," said Singh, who threw in Weir's name on the A-list of golfers along with Ernie, Tiger, Phil Mickelson and Retief Goosen.

"Well, what's his ranking? He's still in the top 10, isn't he? Yeah, he's one of the better players out there," Singh said about the 2003 Masters champion.

Weir's 63 — matching his best round in the 2002 Mercedes Championships — is sort of a good news and bad news for him.

"Yeah, that was the highlight of the year, I think. My first round of the year. So hopefully this isn't a sign of 2002," said Weir, who didn't post a single top-10 finish and finished 78th on the money list that year after back-to-back $2 million years in 2000 and 2001.

He has been on a roll ever since, earning a career high $4.9 million in 2003 to finish fifth on the money list and $2.7 million the past year in winning the Nissan Open to be in this year's elite 31-player Mercedes field.

So Weir hopes that's the only similarity about his 63's here.

"I wasn't expecting to shoot that low of a round because I've been off for seven weeks and haven't been playing any golf at all," Weir said about his round in which he had 14 one-putts.

"I knew I had to shoot a low (round) because the guys, Vijay and Ernie, and I know Tiger, is probably going to shoot a low one at some point.

"I figured I needed to finish this round strong the way he's (Singh) going," said Weir, who birdied 16, 17 and 18 to join Singh in the final twosome for today.

"It's just a given he's going to be there," Weir said about Singh.