This week's field includes:
- The field includes nine of the top 25 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, with three from the Top 10: Ernie Els, Justin Rose and Jim Furyk. The other six top-25 players in the field are Stewart Cink, Zach Johnson, Aaron Baddeley, Niclas Fasth, Sean O'Hair and Scott Verplank.
- The field includes 11 of the Top 25 on this year's PGA Tour money list. Those players include Stewart Cink, Justin Leonard, J.B. Holmes, Sean O'Hair, Daniel Chopra, Ryuji Imada, Brandt Snedeker, D.J. Trahan, Ernie Els, Jim Furyk and Chad Campbell.
- The field includes 10 past champions: Boo Weekley (2007), Aaron Baddeley (2006), Peter Lonard (2005), Stewart Cink (2004 & '00), Davis Love III (2003, 1998, '91, '91 & 1987), Justin Leonard (2002), Jose Coceres (2001), Glen Day (1999) and Bob Tway (1995).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Verizon Heritage field 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 Verizon Heritage in the last five years.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Masters | Houston | Zurich | CA Puerto Rico |
Palmer | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | 2nd | DNP | DNP | 5th | Win | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Trevor Immelman | Win | Cut | DNP | T40th | T48th | T65th | Cut | T17th | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Cink | T3rd | DNP | DQ | T20th | DNP | T2nd | DNP | 2nd | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vijay Singh | T14th | DNP | DNP | T2nd | T3rd | DNP | DNP | T5th | T36th | 2nd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Padraig Harrington | T5th | T26th | T4th | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | T17th | T3rd | T14th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Mickelson | T5th | T23rd | DNP | T20th | T21st | DNP | DNP | T17th | Win | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Geoff Ogilvy | T39th | T2nd | DNP | Win | T14th | T10th | DNP | T33rd | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brandt Snedeker | T3rd | DNP | DNP | T48th | T14th | T10th | DNP | T33rd | Cut | T58th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Andres Romero | T8th | Cut | Win | T30th | T48th | DNP | DNP | T17th | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who's Not: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Masters | Houston | Zurich | CA Puerto Rico |
Palmer | PODS | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richard Johnson | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | T54th | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chris DiMarco | DNP | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.P. Hayes | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Chad Collins | DNP | Cut | Cut | T61st | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Cody Freeman | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | T59 | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Duval | DNP | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | WD | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Olin Browne | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | T61st | Cut | Cut | Cut | T43rd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brett Rumford | DNP | Cut | 80th | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | 73rd | DNP | Cut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Who to Watch for at the Verizon Heritage:
Best Bets:
| Stewart Cink | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T50 | T27 | T47 | Win | T10 | Cut | T10 | Win | - | - | - | - |
He has been knocking on the door of victory all year. This is a good place for him to get it.
| Aaron Baddeley | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T10 | Win | - | - | - | - | Cut | - | - | - | - | - |
This course, or should I say the greens, are just perfect for him to win. The least he gets is another Top-10 finish.
| Justin Rose | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | T71 | T47 | T7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Look for him to bounce back after a poor finish at the Masters.
Best of the rest:
| Justin Leonard | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T16 | T47 | - | T39 | T47 | Win | Cut | - | Cut | T56 | T30 | T42 |
Has only played well once in this event, when he won it in 2002. Still, his game is sharp and he is putting well. Look for a good finish.
| Sean O'Hair | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
He has had some good finishes in 2008, plus he had some success here last year.
| Jim Furyk | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | 2 | T2 | - | T10 | T15 | - | - | - | T79 | Cut | T32 |
The problem with his game is a balky putter. This would be a good place to get it all together again.
| Ernie Els | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | T7 | - | T3 | T10 | T19 | - | T3 | - | T10 | T68 | - |
Despite missing the cut at the Masters and despite changing teachers he comes to a course he really likes. That should help him this week.
| Vaughn Taylor | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T4 | T3 | T44 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Winners from 2008 like Immelman, Johnson Wagner and Steve Lowery didn't show us much until they won. The same goes for Taylor, but he can play well on this course. Don't be surprised to see him have a good week.
| Stephen Ames | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T21 | - | T6 | T7 | - | T62 | T21 | Cut | - | - | - | - |
Don't be surprised to see a good week out of him. He has played well at Hilton Head.
Long shots that could come through:
| Kevin Na | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T4 | T52 | WD | T11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
He's been struggling with his game, but comes to a course he has played well on.
| Lucas Glover | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | T12 | T47 | T16 | - | Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - |
He's been fighting with his game, but look for a good week on a course he has done well on.
| Davis Love III | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T36 | T47 | T2 | T32 | Win | T5 | T7 | T3 | WD | Win | T9 | 4 |
Awesome record in this event. Look for him to do well this week.
