Our AT&T National picks and who's hot and who's not
This week's field includes:
- The field includes 8 of the top 25 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, with four from the Top 10, Tiger Woods, Paul Casey, Jim Furyk and Vijay Singh The other four top-25 players in the field are Sean O'Hair, Anothony Kim, Lucas Glover and Mike Weir.
- The field includes 11 of the Top 25 on this year's PGA Tour money list. Those players include Tiger Woods, Sean O'Hair, Lucas Glover, Nick Watney, Paul Casey, Jim Furyk, Kevin Na, Mike Weir, Brian Davis, Charley Hoffman and Hunter Mahan
- The field includes both past champions: Anthony Kim (2008) and K.J. Choi (2007).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Travelers Championship are these performance charts, one with the players listed alphabetically and the other with the players listed by average finish.
One last way to check who is the best is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the AT&T National in the last two years.
A a good cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmakers in England.
Another cheat sheet is this list of odds from the top bookmaker in Las Vegas.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Travelers | U.S. Open | St. Jude | Memorial | Colonial | Byron Nelson | Valero Texas | The Players | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lucas Glover
(493.67 pts) | T11 (39) | Win (450) | DNP | T45 (5.33) | T41 (6) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tiger Woods
(313.33 pts) | DNP | T6 (180) | DNP | Win (100) | DNP | DNP | DNP | 8 (33.33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ricky Barnes
(311.33 pts) | T59 (4) | T2 (300) | T47 (8) | DNP | DNP | T60 (2.67) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Phil Mickelson
(308 pts) | DNP | T2 (300) | T59 (4) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T55 (4) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Hunter Mahan
(304.67 pts) | T4 (80) | T6 (180) | DNP | T14 (24) | T27 (15.33) | T45 (5.33) | DNP | T71 (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Duval
(294.33 pts) | DNP | T2 (300) | CUT (-10) | T58 (3.33) | DNP | DNP | T63 (1) | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henrik Stenson
(225 pts) | DNP | 9 (135) | CUT (-10) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win (100) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kenny Perry
(222.33 pts) | Win (150) | 44 (27) | DNP | T27 (15.33) | T34 (11.33) | DNP | DNP | T22 (18.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Stricker
(215 pts) | DNP | T23 (81) | DNP | T27 (15.33) | Win (100) | DNP | DNP | T22 (18.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Toms
(208.67 pts) | T2 (100) | CUT (-30) | T2 (100) | DNP | T27 (15.33) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | T9 (30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ross Fisher
(203.33 pts) | DNP | 5 (210) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Paul Goydos
(196.67 pts) | T2 (100) | DNP | T4 (80) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | T3 (30) | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Mike Weir
(195.33 pts) | DNP | T10 (120) | DNP | T10 (26.67) | T64 (2) | T16 (22.67) | DNP | T14 (24) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jim Furyk
(194.33 pts) | DNP | T33 (51) | DNP | 2 (66.67) | T9 (30) | DNP | DNP | T5 (46.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ian Poulter
(193.33 pts) | DNP | T18 (96) | DNP | T53 (4) | 8 (33.33) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | 2 (66.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ryan Moore
(180.67 pts) | T4 (80) | T10 (120) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | 70 (0.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Soren Hansen
(180 pts) | DNP | T6 (180) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Matt Bettencourt
(176.33 pts) | T34 (17) | T10 (120) | DNP | T5 (46.67) | T46 (5.33) | CUT (-6.67) | T67 (0.67) | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vijay Singh
(162 pts) | T51 (7) | T27 (69) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | T6 (40) | T16 (22.67) | DNP | T9 (30) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Bubba Watson
(158.67 pts) | T14 (36) | T18 (96) | DNP | T23 (18) | DNP | DNP | DNP | T37 (8.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Who's Not | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Travelers | U.S. Open | St. Jude | Memorial | Colonial | Byron Nelson | Valero Texas | The Players | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Greg Kraft
(-63.33 pts) | DNP | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Eric Axley
(-60.67 pts) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | T47 (2.67) | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Darron Stiles
(-60 pts) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Allan
(-60 pts) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Peter Tomasulo
(-60 pts) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-3.33) | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Scott Gutschewski
(-56 pts) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | T67 (0.67) | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Stuart Appleby
(-53.33 pts) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-30) | DNP | T72 (0) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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J.P. Hayes
(-51.67 pts) | DNP | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | T57 (1.67) | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Padraig Harrington
(-41.33 pts) | DNP | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | DNP | DNP | T49 (5.33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Chad Campbell
(-41.33 pts) | T59 (4) | CUT (-30) | DNP | DNP | WD (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | T60 (1.33) | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rickie Fowler
(-40 pts) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-30) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dean Wilson
(-38.33 pts) | DQ (-5) | DNP | CUT (-10) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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James Kamte
(-36.67 pts) | DNP | CUT (-30) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ken Duke
(-35.33 pts) | CUT (-10) | CUT (-30) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | 75 (0) | T23 (18) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Campbell
(-33.33 pts) | DNP | CUT (-30) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | WD (-3.33) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Martin Laird
(-32.67 pts) | DNP | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | DNP | T39 (7.33) | DNP | T71 (0) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brandt Snedeker
(-32 pts) | T47 (8) | CUT (-30) | CUT (-10) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Steve Lowery
(-31.67 pts) | CUT (-10) | DNP | WD (-5) | T58 (3.33) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Parker McLachlin
(-30 pts) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-10) | CUT (-6.67) | CUT (-6.67) | DNP | DNP | CUT (-6.67) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kevin Silva
(-30 pts) | DNP | CUT (-30) | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Who to watch for at the AT&T National
Best Bets:
| Hunter Mahan | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T12 | T8 | ||||||||||
Has the game, has been knock on the winners circle for the last couple of weeks and has a good record here
| Tiger Woods | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T6 | |||||||||||
You never know with Woods, interesting to see which Tiger shows up the one that had a easy Memorial win or the tough U.S. Open week
| Paul Casey | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Playing for the first time | |||||||||||
Worked his way to the top of the pack of golfers
Best of the rest:
| Jim Furyk | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | T3 | ||||||||||
Loves course and his caddie "Fluff" is a member, but we are getting tired of waiting for his putting to improve
| Lucas Glover | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T54 | T12 | ||||||||||
Playing a U.S. Open course, could the "karma" from Bethpage roll into this week
| Robert Allenby | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | T6 | ||||||||||
Good record on this course, look for him to contend again
| Vijay Singh | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T12 | |||||||||||
In a way getting tired of his poor play, is that something we are going to get use to with Singh
Solid contenders:
| Ryan Moore | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CUT | T25 | ||||||||||
Have to wonder when it's going to be his time, way overdue
| Anthony Kim | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | T25 | ||||||||||
Be interesting to see if a change of his game and coming back to a place of a big win will help him.
| Boo Weekley | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T12 | |||||||||||
Plays well this time of year
| Alex Cejka | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9 | |||||||||||
Loves playing L.A. North but it's time for him to return to the PGA Tour.
Long shots that could come through:
| John Senden | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T18 | T40 | ||||||||||
good record in this event, could break out
| Nick O'Hern | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | CUT | ||||||||||
will be surprised of his Nats departure so look for a good week for him.
| Brian Davis | |||||||||||
| 2008 | '07 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T79 | T30 | ||||||||||
Always seems to be knocking on the door of success.
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