This week's field includes:
- The field includes 49 of the top 50 players in the Official World Golf Rankings. Only one missing: Padraig Harrington, who decided to take this week off.
- The field includes 20 of the Top 25 from this year's PGA Tour money list. The players in the field are Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, K.J. Choi, Justin Leonard, Stewart Cink, J.B. Holmes, Vijay Singh, Sean O'Hair, Daniel Chopra, Steve Stricker, Ryuji Imada, Rory Sabbatini, Luke Donald, D.J. Trahan, Ernie Els, Stuart Appleby, Brandt Snedeker, Boo Weekley and Hunter Mahan.
- The field includes all three past WGC-CA champions: Tiger Woods (1999, '02, '03, '05, '06 & '07), Mike Weir (2000) and Ernie Els (2004).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the WGC field are these performance charts. Since this is played on a course that held a past event we have four different performance charts one with the players listed alphabetically for those with records at Doral and the other with the players listed by alphabetically with their history in the WGC-CA Cahmpionship,
one with the players listed by average finish at Doral and the other with the players listed by average finish in the WGC-CA Championship.One final way to check history at the course is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Ford Championship at Doral in the last five years (2003-'06) and for the last five years at the WGC-CA Championship.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Palmer | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | Win | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Cink | DNP | T2 | DNP | 2nd | DNP | DNP | Cut | T3rd | T26th | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vijay Singh | T3rd | DNP | DNP | T5th | T36th | 2nd | Cut | T23 | DNP | T45th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Mickelson | T21st | DNP | DNP | T17th | Win | Cut | 2nd | T6th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Leonard | DNP | DNP | T30 | 4th | DNP | T43 | T43rd | T3rd | 2nd | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Marino | T21st | T14th | T24th | 2nd | T46 | DNP | T34th | T23 | T29th | T4th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K.J. Choi | DNP | DNP | DNP | T5th | T7th | DNP | T20th | Cut | DNP | Win | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sean O'Hair | T3rd | Win | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | T50th | T49th | DNP | T50th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Appleby | Cut | T10th | DNP | T9th | T7 | DNP | T4th | T8th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Donald | Cut | DNP | 2nd | T17th | T3 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Gay | T21st | Cut | DNP | Win | Cut | DNP | T17th | DNP | T38th | T40th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Allenby | DNP | T14th | T4th | T33rd | T7th | DNP | T25th | T35th | T12th | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ryuji Imada | DNP | T2nd | DNP | DNP | T5th | DNP | WD | 2nd | T16th | T69th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who's Not: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Palmer | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaun Micheel | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | T62nd | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rocco Mediate | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | T62nd | Cut | T50th | Cut | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Todd Demsey | DNP | DNP | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.P. Hayes | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | T40 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Duval | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | WD | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Johnson Wagner | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | T38th | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Hensby | DNP | WD | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Billy Andrade | Cut | T61st | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Who to Watch for at the WCG-CA Championship:
Best Bets:
| Tiger Woods | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | Win | Win | 9 | Win | Win | - | T5 | Win | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
Nobody will dispute him as the clear-cut favorite.
| Geoff Ogilvy | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
His game is coming around, plus he played very well last week at Bay Hill.
| Phil Mickelson | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T23 | - | T29 | - | T38 | T23 | - | - | T40 | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
Didn't play all that bad at Bay Hill. If it's calm this week with a lack of wind he could play very well.
Best of the rest:
| Vijay Singh | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T11 | T56 | T6 | - | T2 | 3 | - | T3 | T16 | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
He hit the ball great last week. If it wasn't for five bad holes on Saturday he could have won. He has a good record on the Blue Monster.
| Ernie Els | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T11 | 5 | - | Win | T12 | T23 | - | WD | T40 | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
The week off should of cleared his head. He has played well at Doral, winning in 2002. He could be the one to derail the Tiger express.
| Adam Scott | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T61 | T2 | T29 | T36 | T40 | T39 | - | - | - | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
The Dr. Jeckel and Mr. Hyde of golf, you never know when a good week will come. He doesn't have a good record at Doral, but you can't count him out.
| Sergio Garcia | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T3 | T32 | T3 | T4 | T12 | 7 | - | T5 | T7 | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
Has a ton of good finishes in this event. He is going to win again and he would be thrilled to be the one to stop Tiger's streak.
| Jim Furyk | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T35 | 4 | T15 | T36 | T12 | T33 | - | - | T11 | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
His game showed signs of improvement last week, but he suffered a terrible finish on weekend. Still, he looked and putted a lot better.
| Aaron Baddeley | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
Putting is always the key with him and this is the type of course he has putted well on.
| Zach Johnson | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9 | T45 | T43 | -10 | - | - | - | - | -- | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
He has a good record at Doral. You have to think that with the Masters coming around he would like to get his game sharp again.
Longshots that could come through:
| Niclas Fasth | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T6 | - | T37 | - | T16 | T11 | - | - | -- | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
He has a good record in Florida, played well last week and had a solid performance at Doral last year
| Lee Westwood | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | T32 | T51 | T13 | T35 | - | - | 2 | T4 | |||
Full WGC-CA Championship record
He's never played at Doral, but his game is good enough for the course and it has been coming around.
| Bubba Watson | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | first time in event | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
With his length, this course could be perfect for him.
