Sal Johnson

Wachovia Championship

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May 1, 2007

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

This week's field includes:

• The field includes 27 of the top 30 in the latest Official World Golf Rankings. The only top players not playing is Paul Casey, Justin Rose and David Toms, who was entered but had to withdraw due to person reasons.
• Same story in the way the field includes 28 of the top 30 of this years PGA Tour money list. Those not in the field are again Toms and Mark Calcavecchia.
• The field includes 3 of the 4 past champions: Jim Furyk (2006), Vijay Singh (2005) and Joey Sindelar (2004).

A perfect way for fantasy golfers to check on the past performance of all the players in the Wachovia 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 Wachovia Championship in the last four years.

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

Who's Hot: (Those with *** are in the Wachovia field)
Player	Zurich	Heritage	Masters	Shell Houston	WGC-CA	BAY Hill	PODS	Honda	Accenture Mayakoba	Nissan
***Zach Johnson	DNP	DNP	6	Win	DNP	T9	T42	T14	DNP	T33
***Tiger Woods	DNP	DNP	DNP	T2	DNP	Win	T22	DNP	DNP	T9
***Rory Sabbatini	T3	DNP	DNP	T2	DNP	T35	Cut	DNP	DNP	T17
***Jerry Kelly	T3	DNP	T8	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5
***Retief Goosen	DNP	DNP	DNP	T2	DNP	T58	T18	DNP	DNP	T17
***Vijay Singh	T13	DNP	DNP	T13	DNP	T11	Win	T19	DNP	T17
***Luke Donald	2	DNP	DNP	T10	DNP	T26	8	DNP	T46	T17
***Henrik Stenson	DNP	DNP	DNP	T17	DNP	T19	T22	DNP	DNP	Win
***Vaughn Taylor	DNP	DNP	T4	T10	T27	DNP	3	T48	DNP	T55
Mark Calcavecchia	DNP	T5	T23	T20	DNP	T32	T28	Win	Cut	T41
***Geoff Ogilvy	DNP	DNP	DNP	T24	DNP	T3	T14	DNP	DNP	2
Justin Rose	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	T5
***Ian Poulter	T3	DNP	DNP	T13	DNP	T16	DNP	DNP	T46	T9
***Padraig Harrington	DNP	DNP	DNP	T7	T24	T19	DNP	DNP	T13	T17
Paul Casey	DNP	DNP	DNP	T10	DNP	T9	T14	DNP	DNP	T5
***Stuart Appleby	Cut	DNP	DNP	T7	T2	T35	T45	Cut	DNP	T33
***Scott Verplank	Win	DNP	T59	T30	DNP	DNP	T18	DNP	Cut	T33
***Boo Weekley	DNP	Cut	Win	DNP	Cut	DNP	T14	Cut	T2	6
David Toms	DNP	T44	DNP	T9	T27	T45	DNP	DNP	T20	T9
***Stephen Ames	DNP	DNP	T21	T24	DNP	T28	T9	DNP	DNP	T5
***Phil Mickelson	T3	DNP	DNP	T24	DNP	T23	T36	DNP	DNP	T17

Who's Not Hot: (Those with *** are in the Wachovia field)
Player	Nelson	Zurich	Heritage	Masters	Shell Houston	WGC-CA	BAY Hill	Pods	Honda	Accenture Mayakoba
***Todd Hamilton	Cut	DNP	Cut	Cut	DNP	DNP	Cut	Cut	Cut	DNP
***Corey Pavin	Cut	DNP	Cut	DNP	DNP	DNP	Cut	Cut	Cut	DNP
***Robert Gamez	Cut	Cut	Cut	DNP	Cut	DNP	T28	Cut	Cut	T66
Tom Johnson	DNP	T44	DNP	DNP	Cut	DNP	T70	Cut	Cut	Cut
***Ted Purdy	Cut	T64	WD	DNP	Cut	DNP	Cut	Cut	DNP	T48
Craig Lile	Cut	T78	DNP	DNP	Cut	DNP	DNP	DNP	Cut	Cut
***Daisuke Maruyama	Cut	Cut	Cut	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	Cut	WD	T35
***Richard S. Johnson	Cut	Cut	Cut	DNP	DNP	DNP	T65	73	T68	Cut
***Craig Perks	Cut	Cut	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	WD	Cut	DNP	DNP

Who to Watch for at the Wachovia Championship:

Best Bets:

Tiger Woods
2006	'05	'04	'03
-	T11	T3	-

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Loves playing tough courses and this is one. Has been doing a lot of practicing with the driver after what happened at the Masters, if he drives it well nobody can beat him.

Jim Furyk
2006	'05	'04	'03
Win	T2	-	Cut

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Knows how to handle course, if his putting is on he will be tough to beat.

Adam Scott
2006	'05	'04	'03
3	T16	-	-

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

This is one of the courses suited for his game, has played well here in the past and look for him to play well this week.

Best of the rest:

Vijay Singh
2006	'05	'04	'03
T38	Win	T10	T2

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

In 12 rounds at Quail Hollow has only been over par twice, the first round he played and the 81 he shot in final round last year.

Phil Mickelson
2006	'05	'04	'03
T35	T7	T5	-

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

The proof is in the pudding they say, we will see if there is any proof that the Butch Harman relationship is starting to work this week when we see how well Phil drives the ball. I think we will see results

Luke Donald
2006	'05	'04	'03
WD	-	T15	Cut

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Playing well just has to be a bit better in the clutch.

Jerry Kelly
2006	'05	'04	'03
T31	-	T66	Cut

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Has played great since the Masters, look for him to pull a big surprise and win real soon, could be this week.

Geoff Ogilvy
2006	'05	'04	'03
T10	T22	T10	-

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Always plays well on hard courses, look for this to be no exception to the rule

Longshot's that could come through:

Vaughn Taylor
2006	'05	'04	'03
T6	T5	Cut	-

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

He will be the sleeper pick this week, look for a good week out of him.

D.J. Trahan
2006	'05	'04	'03
T14	9	-	-

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

Seems to have taken a liking to Quail Hollow. Don't be surprise to see him play well

Forget about him, he has too many other problems at the moment:

Ernie Els
2006	'05	'04	'03
T38	-	-	-

Full Wachovia Championship record

Full 2007 PGA Tour record

This could be too much golf course for him, hasn't shown us much this year.

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