Sal Johnson

The 2007 AT&T National

Our picks page

July 3, 2007

By SAL JOHNSON
Publisher, GOLFOBSERVER
E-mail me at: Golfersal@aol.com

This week's field includes:

• The field includes just 11 of the top 25 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, with six from the top-10, Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Jim Furyk. The other two top 25 player in the field are Trevor Immelman and Charles Howell III.
• The field includes 15 of the top 25 of this years PGA Tour money list. The ones in the field are Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Vijay Singh, Charles Howell III, Adam Scott, Jim Furyk, K.J. Choi, Aaron Baddeley, Geoff Ogilvy, Boo Weekley, Woody Austin, Steve Stricker, Hunter Mahan, Jerry Kelly and Robert Allenby.
• The field includes 13 champions from this year: Vijay Singh (Mercedes & Arnold Palmer), Charley Hoffman (Hope Chrysler), Tiger Woods (Buick Inv., WGC-CA Championship & Wachovia), Aaron Baddeley (FBR), Phil Mickelson (AT&T Pebble & Players), Charles Howell III (Nissan), Fred Funk (Mayakoba), Mark Wilson (Honda), Adam Scott (Shell Houston), Boo Weekley (Verizon Heritage), K.J. Choi (Memorial), Woody Austin (Stanford St. Jude) and Hunter Mahan (Travelers).

Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:

Who's Hot: (Those with *** are in the Buick Open field)
Player	Buick	Travelers	U.S. Open	St.Jude	Memorial	Colonial	AT&T	Players	Wachovia	EDS
***Jim Furyk	T5	DNP	T2	DNP	T23	T2	DNP	T28	Cut	DNP
Angel Cabrera	DNP	DNP	Win	DNP	DNP	DNP	Cut	DNP	DNP	DNP
***Tiger Woods	DNP	DNP	T2	DNP	T15	DNP	DNP	T37	Win	DNP
David Toms	DNP	T6	T5	3	DNP	T18	T30	T64	DNP	DNP
Scott Verplank	T5	DNP	T7	T8	DNP	T7	DNP	T44	Cut	Win
***Jerry Kelly	DNP	T15	T7	DNP	T45	T7	DNP	T28	T43	T3
***Vijay Singh	DNP	DNP	T20	T30	T15	DNP	DNP	T44	T7	T13
***Hunter Mahan	DNP	Win	T13	T17	DNP	Cut	T68	Cut	Cut	Cut
Rory Sabbatini	DNP	DNP	T51	DNP	DNP	Win	T24	T44	T3	T3
***Woody Austin	T2	T43	Cut	Win	T45	Cut	DNP	Cut	T43	DNP
Niclas Fasth	DNP	DNP	T4	DNP	DNP	DNP	Cut	Cut	Dnp	Dnp
***Brandt Snedeker	T10	DNP	T23	T5	Cut	T29	DNP	T12	Cut	T60
***Phil Mickelson	DNP	DNP	Cut	DNP	WD	DNP	DNP	Win	T3	T3
***Nick O'Hern	DNP	3	T23	DNP	T31	T52	DNP	T28	T22	T19
Stewart Cink	DNP	T75	Cut	DNP	T5	T18	T24	T3	T5	DNP
Carl Pettersson	DNP	T15	T17	DNP	T31	T52	DNP	T28	T22	T19
***Bubba Watson	DNP	DNP	T5	Cut	T23	DNP	DNP	T6	T24	DNP
***Steve Stricker	DNP	DNP	T13	DNP	Cut	T24	DNP	T52	2	T7
***Anthony Kim	DNP	DNP	T20	T25	T35	T18	DNP	Cut	T5	T51
***Justin Rose	DNP	T9	T10	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
***Aaron Baddeley	DNP	DNP	T13	DNP	T9	DNP	DNP	T37	T43	DNP
Zach Johnson	DNP	Cut	T45	DNP	WD	DNP	Win	T16	84	DNP
Tom Lehman	T20	T6	DNP	DNP	T45	T5	DNP	T23	DNP	Cut
***Ken Duke	T34	DNP	T23	T55	T51	Cut	DNP	T37	T7	T7
Nick Dougherty	DNP	DNP	T7	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP
***Adam Scott	DNP	DNP	Cut	7	T5	DNP	DNP	T6	T24	DNP
***K.J. Choi	DNP	DNP	Cut	DNP	Win	T24	DNP	T23	T24	Cut

Who's Not Hot: (Those with *** are in the Buick Open field)
Player	Buick	Travelers	U.S. Open	St. Jude	Memorial	Colonial	AT&T	Players	Wachovia	EDS
***Chris Couch	CUT	CUT	DNP	WD	CUT	CUT	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT
Kyle Reifers	CUT	WD	DNP	CUT	Cut	Cut	Cut	DNP	Cut	Cut
***Johnson Wagner	T64	CUT	Cut	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	CUT
Tom Byrum	CUT	CUT	Cut	Cut	DNP	Cut	Cut	DNP	Cut	Cut
***Greg Owen	T52	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT	Cut	Cut	Cut	Cut	Cut
***David Branshaw	CUT	T65	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	Cut	Cut	Cut	Cut
George McNeill	CUT	CUT	63	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	Cut	WD
Craig Perks	CUT	CUT	DNP	WD	DNP	DNP	DNP	Cut	Cut	Cut
Jarrod Lyle	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	Cut	DNP	DNP	Cut
Jim Rutledge	CUT	CUT	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	Cut	DNP	DNP	Cut
Matt Hendrix	CUT	CUT	DNP	Cut	DNP	DNP	CUT	DNP	DNP	CUT
***Todd Hamilton	CUT	DNP	Cut	CUT	66	WD	DNP	T75	Cut	Cut

Who to Watch for at the Buick Open:

Best Bets:

Tiger Woods

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Is there anyone else that you would chose? You know he will be around on Sunday and that is half the battle to winning.

Jim Furyk

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Again has had a great season under someone else's standards, but for Furyk it hasn't been the best. Finished T5th at Congressional in '97 I think he is very close to putting together the puzzle of getting that win.

Adam Scott

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Was runner-up in '05 so he knows how to play Congressional. Back for a little vacation hopefully the time off gave him the time to forget what was bothering him in Memphis and Oakmont.

Best of the rest:

Justin Rose

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Could be on the cusp of a big win, has shown a lot the last couple of weeks. Look for him to contend and play well on this course

Geoff Ogilvy

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

hasn't been very sharp since the Accenture, look for him to have solved all of his problems.

Vijay Singh

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Again the course is perfect for him and if he could get the putter rolling could be dangerous.

Steve Stricker

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Looking to get consistent, that is his big problem now.

Woody Austin

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Still on a high from the last couple of months of good play.

Justin Leonard

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Was told by his agent last month that he was close to playing good again, we can't underestimate what he can do under the right circumstances.

K.J. Choi

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

May we forget that he won a couple of weeks ago at the Memorial and could do it again this week.

Longshot's that could come through:

Jason Gore

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Only a matter of time before he wins, just getting things together now.

Anthony Kin

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

He is going to be a winner one day, is game hasn't been that sharp of late but we still feel he could win.

Forget about him, he won't be around by Sunday:

Mike Weir

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Has been pressing to get his game into shape for the Presidents Cup, still hasn't shown much and will continue that play this week.

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