This week's field includes:
- The field includes only eight of the top 25 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, with two from the Top 10: Ernie Els and Justin Rose. The other six top 25 players in the field are Sergio Garcia, Angel Cabrera, Luke Donald, Geoff Ogilvy, Zach Johnson and Trevor Immelman.
- The field includes seven of the Top 25 of this year's PGA Tour money list. The players in the field are Justin Leonard, Steve Marino, Boo Weekley, Kevin Na, Mike Weir, Luke Donald and Dustin Johnson.
- The field includes 10 past champions: Mark Wilson (2007), Luke Donald (2006), Todd Hamilton (2004), Justin Leonard (2003), Matt Kuchar (2002), Jesper Parnevik (2001), Dudley Hart (2000), Mark Calcavecchia (1998 & '87), Tim Herron (1996) and Joey Sindelar (1988).
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Honda Classic 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 make your predictions is through a special formula worked out in Golfstats that gives us the best average performances at the Honda Classic in the last five years.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Mickelson | T17th | Win | Cut | 2nd | T6th | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Leonard | 4th | DNP | T43 | T43rd | T3rd | 2nd | DNP | T8th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K.J. Choi | T5th | T7th | DNP | T20th | Cut | DNP | Win | T28th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Cink | 2nd | DNP | DNP | Cut | T3rd | T26th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vijay Singh | T5th | T36th | 2nd | Cut | T23 | DNP | T45th | T12th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.B. Holmes | T33rd | T7 | T61 | Win | T44th | DNP | T17th | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Appleby | T9th | T7 | DNP | T4th | T8th | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Stricker | T9th | T11th | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | T4th | 2nd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Marino | 2nd | T46th | DNP | T34th | T23rd | T29th | T4th | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rory Sabbatini | T33rd | T44th | DNP | T34th | T3rd | DNP | 2nd | 17th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Gay | Win | Cut | DNP | T17th | DNP | T38th | T40th | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who's Not: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Demsey | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Hensby | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brenden Pappas | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mathias Gronberg | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Dukes | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | T75th | DNP | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Omar Uresti | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | T67th | Cut | Cut | DNP | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Who to Watch for at the Honda Classic:
Best Bets:
| Boo Weekley | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | - | - | - | - | Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Gave it a good old try last year, look for him to do one better.
| Justin Leonard | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | Cut | T38 | T25 | Win | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Showed last week that he is one of the hottest players on tour in 2008. Look for him to continue the streak.
| Chad Campbell | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | T52 | T9 | T2 | T46 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Our sleeper pick. He played well in L.A. and has a good record, not only in Florida, but on tough courses like PGA National.
Best of the rest:
| Dudley Hart | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
He's getting his life back to normal. In his last start he finished 3rd at Pebble so look for a good finish, just down the road from home.
| Luke Donald | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T46 | Win | - | T21 | - | T30 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
His season is going into overdrive. Look for a good week out of him.
| Lucas Glover | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T62 | - | T9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
He likes playing in Florida and this course should be good for him. Look for a good week.
| Angel Cabrera | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T13 | T51 | T7 | T32 | T28 | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - |
Look for him to taking a liking to this course, especially now that he is a U.S. Open winner
| Sergio Garcia | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | First Honda start | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Could very easily break out of his winless funk this week. The course suits his type of game.
| Justin Rose | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | T14 | T36 | T37 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Rose is still looking for that 2007 magic. It could return this week on this course
Long shots that could come through:
| Matt Kuchar | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T39 | Cut | Cut | Cut | T71 | Win | - | - | - | - | - | - |
His game has been solid of late. He comes back to an event with a lot of happy memories. This could be the week for him.
| Bill Haas | ||||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T13 | Cut | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
A big strong guy who should be able to handle this course and surprise a lot of people.
| Dustin Johnson | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | First Honda Start | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
We have watched his progress this season and he has been the surprise of the year so far.
Player to avoid:
| Ernie Els | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | '99 | '98 | '97 | '96 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | T46 | Cut | T23 | - |
Hard to access what is happening to Els right now, but none of it is good and he is a person to avoid this week.
