This week's field includes:
- The field includes only seven of the top 25 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings, with three from the Top 10: Ernie Els, Steve Stricker and Justin Rose. The other four top-25 players in the field are Stewart Cink, Geoff Ogilvy, Zach Johnson, Trevor Immelman and Scott Verplank.
- The field includes 15 of the Top 25 on this year's PGA Tour money list. Those players include J.B. Holmes, Daniel Chopra, Stewart Cink, Steve Lowery, Steve Stricker, Ernie Els, D.J. Trahan, Ryuji Imada, Jeff Quinney, Brian Gay, Steve Marino, Stuart Appleby, Robert Allenby, Boo Weekley and John Mallinger.
- The field includes four of the six champions: Mark Calcavecchia (2008 & '02), Carl Pettersson (2005), Retief Goosen (2003) and John Huston (2000). The event was not played in 2001 because of the 9/11 tragedy.
A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the PODS Championship 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 PODS Championship in the last five years.
Time to look at our who's hot and who isn't:
| Who's Hot: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tiger Woods | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | Win | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Justin Leonard | T30 | 4th | DNP | T43 | T43rd | T3rd | 2nd | DNP | T8th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Phil Mickelson | DNP | T17th | Win | Cut | 2nd | T6th | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stewart Cink | DNP | 2nd | DNP | DNP | Cut | T3rd | T26th | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| K.J. Choi | DNP | T5th | T7th | DNP | T20th | Cut | DNP | Win | T28th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vijay Singh | DNP | T5th | T36th | 2nd | Cut | T23 | DNP | T45th | T12th | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Luke Donald | 2nd | T17th | T3 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Marino | T24th | 2nd | T46 | DNP | T34th | T23 | T29th | T4th | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stuart Appleby | DNP | T9th | T7 | DNP | T4th | T8th | DNP | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.B. Holmes | DNP | T33rd | T7 | T61 | Win | T44th | DNP | T17th | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Steve Stricker | DNP | T9th | T11th | DNP | Cut | DNP | DNP | T4th | 2nd | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Robert Allenby | T4th | T33rd | T7th | DNP | T25th | T35th | T12th | Cut | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Brian Gay | DNP | Win | Cut | DNP | T17th | DNP | T38th | T40th | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Who's Not: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player | Honda | Accenture Mayakoba |
L.A. | Pebble | FBR | Buick | Hope | Sony | Mercedes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Todd Demsey | DNP | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mark Hensby | DNP | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ken Dukes | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | T75th | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Shaun Micheel | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | Cut | DNP | T62nd | Cut | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.P. Hayes | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | Cut | Cut | DNP | T40 | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| David Duval | Cut | DNP | WD | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| J.L. Lewis | Cut | DNP | DQ | Cut | DNP | Cut | Cut | DNP | DNP | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Who to Watch for at the PODS Championship:
Best Bets:
| Ernie Els | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | T6 | - | - | T34 | - | - | - | ||||
Playing well, he has a good record on the Copperhead course. A good performance this week will give him lots of confidence going into Doral and Augusta.
| Kenny Perry | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T19 | - | - | T8 | T17 | - | - | T27 | ||||
Perry is one of the best ball strikers in golf on a course that demands good ball striking.
| Justin Rose | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Another of those good ball strikers. He should do very well this week.
Best of the rest:
| Chad Campbell | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | T19 | 2 | T62 | T4 | Cut | - | - | ||||
If the wind blows he could lap the field. He's played so-so this year, but is on the verge of something good.
| Stewart Cink | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | T19 | T3 | Cut | T58 | T41 | - | - | ||||
Played well in his last start. He plays well on this course. Look for a good week.
| Jonathan Byrd | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T8 | T4 | T44 | T44 | T13 | - | - | - | ||||
Good record on this course. He had two impressive wins in Match Play.
| Joe Durant | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | T4 | Cut | 4 | T44 | - | - | 5 | ||||
Could be a very dangerous player on this course. Just has to make a few putts.
| Stuart Appleby | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cut | T31 | T27 | Cut | - | - | - | - | ||||
He's a good ball striker, but you just never know when he will show up with his "A" game.
| Robert Allenby | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Cut | Cut | T6 | - | - | - | - | ||||
He's been plotting along all year. He's ready to strike big time.
Long shots that could come through:
| Matt Jones | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | Playing 1st PODS | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
Showed a lot last week in the Honda. He could stay hot this week.
| Brian Gay | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T4 | T9 | Cut | T50 | Cut | Cut | - | T33 | ||||
He has a good record on this course and won just two weeks ago in Mexico.
| Jesper Parnevik | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| T48 | T6 | T52 | T2 | T24 | - | - | - | ||||
Don't disregard Jesper. He can be a big surprise and do well.
Player to avoid:
| Mark Calcavecchia | |||||||||||
| 2007 | '06 | '05 | '04 | '03 | '02 | '01 | '00 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Win | T19 | Cut | T44 | T24 | - | - | - | ||||
Hard finish for Calc at the Honda. I just don't think that he has two good weeks in a row in him.
