Jun. 5, 2008
All times Central.
Jim Gallagher Jr., Chris DiMarco, Vijay Singh
Tee time: 12:45 p.m.
Tee: No. 1
Total TOUR wins: 39
Why you should watch: Singh is a favorite to win this week at TPC Southwind, but a good story looms in DiMarco, who is finally playing solidly after a horrible start in 2008. DiMarco has been insisting that his injured shoulder is starting to come around, and he's been right -- he's made three consecutive cuts after making just three cuts in his first 11 starts. Singh should be raring to go after taking two weeks off since missing the cut in THE PLAYERS Championship. Singh and DiMarco will be playing with local favorite Jim Gallagher Jr., a five-time PGA TOUR winner who attended the University of Tennessee.
| 2008 stat comparison |
| Gallagher, Jr. |
4 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
76.44 |
| DiMarco |
14 |
6 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
-- |
1 |
72.63 |
| Singh |
12 |
10 |
-- |
2 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
70.43 |
|
Kenny Perry, Justin Leonard, Corey Pavin
Tee time: 12:27 p.m.
Tee: No. 10
Total TOUR wins: 36
Why you should watch: Perry has seemingly been on top of a PGA TOUR leaderboard since Easter, and it will be interesting to see how he plays this week. Perry has to be exhausted -- he's played seven weeks in a row -- but his 69 last Sunday at Muirfield Village was incredible considering how tough the course was playing. Leonard needs a good result heading into next week's U.S. Open. He hasn't had a top-10 in a stroke play event since January. Pavin's quietly had a pretty good year - he's averaged nearly $60,000 per start and is currently ranked a very respectable 87th in the FedExCup standings despite just 10 starts.
| 2008 stat comparison |
| Perry |
15 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
70.56 |
| Leonard |
14 |
13 |
-- |
1 |
-- |
4 |
7 |
70.47 |
| Pavin |
10 |
7 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
1 |
4 |
70.75 |
|
Sergio Garcia, Mark Calcavecchia, Charles Howell III
Tee time: 7:45 a.m.
Tee: No. 10
Total TOUR wins: 22
Why you should watch: Garcia made his first start last week since winning THE PLAYERS Championship, and the results were mixed -- he finished 45th in the the Memorial Tournament presented by Morgan Stanley. He made the cut last year in the Stanford St. Jude Championship, but finished in just a tie for 55th. Howell has had an up-and-down year, but he was tied for eighth in the AT&T Classic in mid-May. He finished tied for ninth in this event in 2004.
| 2008 stat comparison |
| Garcia |
10 |
9 |
1 |
-- |
-- |
1 |
4 |
71.26 |
| Calcavecchia |
15 |
8 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2 |
4 |
71.79 |
| Howell III |
16 |
12 |
-- |
-- |
-- |
2 |
7 |
71.56 |
|
Vijay Singh
Camilo Villegas
Sergio Garcia
Kuchar, Matt
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