Groups we're watching: FBR Open, Round 1

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Jan. 30, 2008

Another LIVE@ week looms. We'll be hanging out at the 16th hole all weekend. Wonder who'll get booed when these groups go by.

All times eastern.

Boo Weekley, Vijay Singh, Rod Pampling
Tee time: 10:25 a.m.
Total TOUR Wins: 35
Why you should watch: Weekley should get plenty of reaction when he strolls up to No. 16 on Thursday. He'll be making his second FBR appearance after a T54 effort last season. Singh, meanwhile is a two-time winner at TPC Scottsdale. His most recent FBR win, in 2003, was punctuated with a stellar 63 on Sunday. Pampling also has some great Scottsdale history. He has two top-15 finishes, including a T8 in 2002.

2008 Stat Comparison

Player	Events	Cuts Made	1st	2nd	3rd	Top 10	Top 25	Scoring Avg.
Weekley	4	3	--	--	--	1	3	71.35
Singh	3	3	--	--	--	--	2	70.89
Pampling	2	2	--	--	--	--	--	71.42

Phil Mickelson, Paul Goydos, Dean Wilson
Tee time: 10:43 a.m.
Total TOUR wins: 35
Why you should watch: One start -- and one top-10 finish for Mickelson so far in 2008. A little home cooking never hurts, as the Arizona State grad heads back to TPC Scottsdale, where he's held the winner's trophy twice, most recently in 2005. Goydos, whose most recent victory came at the Sony Open in 2007, is off to a decent start in 2008, with two made cuts in three events. Wilson, meanwhile, is coming off his first made cut of the season, a T29 at Torrey Pines.

2008 Stat Comparison

Player	Events	Cuts Made	1st	2nd	3rd	Top 10	Top 25	Scoring Avg.
Mickelson	1	1	--	--	--	1	1	70.09
Goydos	3	2	--	--	--	--	--	73.44
Wilson	3	1	--	--	--	--	--	72.45

Mark Calcavecchia, Charley Hoffman, Jason Bohn
Tee time: 2:17 p.m.
Total TOUR wins: 15
Why you should watch: In 2001, Calc rewrote the record books at TPC Scottsdale, making new marks for the lowest 18 (a 60 in round 2 that tied him with Grant Waite's round in 1996), lowest first 36 (125), lowest consecutive 36 (124 in rounds 2 and 3), lowest 54 and lowest consecutive 54 (189) and lowest 72 (256). Hoffman is off to a solid start in '08, with two top-20 finishes in his first three events of the year, and Bohn has made the cut in both events he's played so far this season.

2007 Stat Comparison

Player	Events	Cuts Made	1st	2nd	3rd	Top 10	Top 25	Scoring Avg.
Calcavecchia	4	2	--	--	--	1	1	72.54
Hoffman	3	3	--	--	--	1	2	71.85
Bohn	2	2	--	--	--	--	1	71.15

Justin Leonard, Aaron Baddeley, Chris DiMarco
Tee time: 2:44 p.m.
Total TOUR wins: 44
Why you should watch: Leonard starts the week eighth in the FedExCup standings on the strength of top-10 finishes in each of his first three starts this season. Baddeley, meanwhile, is the tournament's defending champion, will be playing in his adopted hometown and is coming off two top-15 finishes in his first three starts of 2008. DiMarco made his first cut of the year last week at Torrey Pines.