Groups we're watching: Final round

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Sean O'Hair and Tiger Woods
Tee time: 1:50 p.m.
Tee: No. 1
Total TOUR wins: 65
Why you should watch: Other than the fact that this is the last group and it contains an already two-time TOUR winner in 2008 (sure, you're wondering which one, right?), this group also came about by some serious shuffling during Saturday's round. Tiger Woods overcame his so-so start to the tournament with a 6-under-par 64 after receiving a morning pep talk from none other than the tournament's namesake, Mr. Arnold Palmer. While Woods' fine efforts propelled him up the leaderboard from a previous tie for 20th, the collapse of other players ahead of him also had a hand in his share of the lead going into Sunday. But this group is not all about Tiger. Let's not forget Sean O'Hair's perfect bogey-free 63 early in the day. The 25-year-old is fresh off a win last week at the PODS Championship, and whether his third-round performance has him pondering a second win in as many weeks, it certainly has us thinking about it. The question is: Can he stand up to the famous Tiger domination down the stretch?

Nick Watney and Tom Lehman
Tee time: 1:20 p.m.
Tee: No. 1
Total TOUR wins: 6
Why you should watch: After a promising start to the day with eagles on holes six and 10 that moved Nick Watney up from a tie for 10th to first place, last year's Zurich Open winner began to struggle as he closed out his round and shocked the leaderboard with a quadruple bogey on No. 16. While the mistake could have cost him much more than it did, Watney goes into the final round tied for seventh and itching to wipe that 16th-hole horror from his mind. Look for the 26-year-old to come out swinging on Sunday and put Saturday behind him. Tom Lehman, on the other hand has been keeping his game slow and steady this week. After a strong first-round 66, Lehman carded a 69 and a 71 in the second and third rounds respectively and only dropped one spot on the leaderboard after Saturday's crazy round at Bay Hill. With all the wild action going on this week in Orlando, consistency might be just what it would take to seal the deal and go home with a trophy.

Steve Marino and Fredrik Jacobson
Tee time: 12:30 p.m.
Tee: No. 1
Total TOUR wins: 0
Why you should watch: Sean O'Hair and Tiger Woods weren't the only guys out there on Saturday who carded big rounds to make the most of moving day. Steve Marino knocked out a solid round also. With a bogey-free, 4-under-par 66, Marino moved 44 spots up the leaderboard and will tee off only four-shots back from the leaders (all five of them). Given the movement the top spots saw on Saturday, that kind of shot deficit could easily mean nothing if Marino plays his cards -- and his clubs -- right. Looking for his first win, Marino has been playing his heart out so far this season with five top-25 finishes, two top-10 finishes and a second-place finish at the Mayakoba Golf Classic a few weeks ago in Mexico. Fredrik Jacobsen, also looking for his first TOUR win, shot a 3-under-par 67 Saturday and other than a bogey to start the day on No. 1, the Swede played out a pretty nice round. He has two top-25 finishes already this year, one of them at the tricky AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am against a tough field, so he won't be scared off by the competition.