Tough golf tourney to call this week. The problem with the Hope is twofold. One, it's so early in the year, and a lot of the guys just skip Hawaii altogether. So, we have no read on how they are playing. The second problem is that the Hope uses a rotation of, I believe, four different courses during the five round tournament. So, it's difficult to gauge which players will play well on all of the courses. The confusion deepens when we take into account the relatively easy difficulty level of the courses (done to cater to the amateurs, this is Pro-Am week on tour), just about anyone could play well. Still, there are a few with a good history here.
Chad Campbell, Tim Clark, Charley Hoffman, Justin Leonard, Justin Rose, John Senden, Scott Verplank and Mike Weir all have two top tens here in the last five years. Campbell, Hoffman, and Leonard have wins during that span, and Weir has won the tourney as well and comes in as the highest ranked golfer in the field. Pat Perez is the defending champ, and has two starts under his belt already in 2010.
My picks are Campbell, Clark and Rose (who I believe is the most talented golfer in the field). Campbell played well in Hawaii last week, but I like Clark the most, who has a fifth and a second here in three starts. Clark played last week (25th) which makes me feel slightly better.
Good luck,
TFAM
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