The Starter: Round 4, Verizon Heritage

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The final round of the Verizon Heritage is set to begin. Here's a look at Sunday's round:

Groups We're Watching

Tee time Players   1:10 p.m. ET, No. 1 Nick O'Hern, Boo Weekley O'Hern posted the round of the day Saturday. Weekley seeks his third Heritage title. 1:30 p.m. ET, No. 1 Ricky Barnes, Luke Donald Barnes guns for a breakthrough victory, while Donald hasn't won on TOUR since 2006. 1:50 p.m. ET No. 1 Jim Furyk, Brian Davis The final pairing features Furyk, one of the hottest players on TOUR, and Davis, one of the best players without a TOUR win.

MORE ROUND 4: Tee times | Inside the field | Inside the course

INSTRUCTOR'S CORNER: Ed Brill, head instructor at Tour Academy Hilton Head, analyzes the playing conditions this week:

Let's hope someone steps up and agrees to sponsor the current Verizon Heritage, after that long-time partnership ends after this year's tournament. As you've heard countless times on the broadcast, the players love the tournament and the golf course. The golf course is fantastic; you could play it every day and never get bored with it.

It is also a feather in the cap of Pete Dye that very little has been done to the course to keep up with the distance the ball is traveling these days. It is a similar course to another Dye masterpiece down the road in Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla., TPC Sawgrass. The latter has been lengthened marginally but has also stood the test of time. Courses don't have to be 7,500 yards to be a stern test.

Some statistics really show the importance of ball striking and short game:

Sunday's forecast

Parly cloudy Temp: 78 high/59 low Chance of rain is 20 percent with NE winds at 14 mph.

Graham DeLaet, the driving distance leader, is tied for 51st.

These stats really show what is important in golf. You have to drive it well -- not real long -- but reasonably long and accurate. You have to putt it well.

Putting is approximately 30 percent of the game. No matter how good you hit it, you have to get it in the hole efficiently.

In the short game, 60 to 70 percent of your shots are going to come from 100 yards and in. If you're going to miss greens, you better be good with some sort of wedge.

Practice those three clubs and you're game will show improvement.

The Film Room

PGA TOUR Today Jim Furyk, who is looking for his second win on TOUR this season, leads at the 2010 Verizon Heritage. Casey Black previews final-round Sunday. Watch it Round 3 Highlights The lead changed hands all day, but Jim Furyk finally prevailed, shooting a 4-under 67 to take the 54-hole lead into Sunday's final round at the 2010 Verizon Heritage. Watch it Shots of the Day: Trevor Immelman, Charles Howell III Both Trevor Immelman and Charles Howell chip in from off the green for eagle on the 15th hole during the second round of the 2010 Verizon Heritage. Watch it

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