The 2013 Tampa Bay Championship Presented by Everbank Discussion Thread

[Rick Martin]

Defending champ: Luke Donald along with Adam Scott, Matt Kuchar are entered. Not the best field, but the course gets a lot of positive comments as one of the PGA tour player's favorites.

I'll be out there Tues, Thursday, Friday, and most likely Saturday - being the golf groupie. Can't get enough of watching PGA events in person.   This tournament is having sponsor problems and could be the last year if a 2014 sponsor doesn't come forward.

Innisbrook Copperhead Course.....who says Florida doesn't have hills and pine trees?

[Beachcomber]

Luke Donald needs to get his game in gear.  He looked lost out there playing with Tiger and Rory.  Even when Rory was playing poorly... Luke just looked deflated and uninterested.

Pretty sad when he is the 3rd ranked player in the world... And playing nowhere near their caliber of play.

[Rick Martin]

Els withdraws - medical ailment (undisclosed). Hope it isn't his wisdom teeth.

[Stretch]

Hip problem. He's an old stager now.

[Old1964]

Matt Kuchar and Brian Gay are the two highest ranked player in this year's Fedex points who will be playing this weekend in Tampa Bay.  If Kuchar won this weekend, it would put him in first place. Many of the crowd's favorites aren't slated to play.

Other notables on the Fedex List: Michael Thompson, Josh Teater, and Jimmy Walker.

Stuart Cink just changed clubs...it would be nice to see him show up with his best game!

Who looks good to you for this weekend?

[Beachcomber]

I take it you didn't like the other thread that was already started?

[Rick Martin]

Originally Posted by Beachcomber

I take it you didn't like the other thread that was already started?

Today: raining cats n' dogs. Was going to go out for practice rounds. Still might as the showers are supposed to go away this afternoon. Much cooler temps here 60s expected for the start of the tournament.  Course hasn't gotten much rain until today so I don't know how this will affect play of the course.

Will watch a few of the up and comers this week - will also look for some bigger names.

[Rick Martin]

Field
Allenby, Robert	Ames, Stephen	Appleby, Stuart
Baddeley, Aaron	Bae, Sang-Moon	Barnes, Ricky
Beljan, Charlie	Blixt, Jonas	Bohn, Jason
Bowditch, Steven	Bradley, Michael	Cabrera, Angel
Campbell, Chad	Cantlay, Patrick	Castro, Roberto
Cauley, Bud	Chalmers, Greg	Chappell, Kevin
Choi, K.J.	Cink, Stewart	Claxton, Will
Coetzee, George	Compton, Erik	Crane, Ben
Daly, John	Davis, Brian	Day, Jason
de Jonge, Brendon	DeLaet, Graham	Donald, Luke
Driscoll, James	Dufner, Jason	Duke, Ken
Els, Ernie W/D	English, Harris	Estes, Bob
Every, Matt	Fisher, Ross	Flores, Martin
Fritsch, Brad	Furyk, Jim	Gainey, Tommy
Garcia, Sergio	Gardiner, Scott	Garrigus, Robert
Gay, Brian	Gillis, Tom	Glover, Lucas
Gomez, Fabian	Goosen, Retief	Guthrie, Luke
Hahn, James	Harman, Brian	Hearn, David
Henry, J.J.	Herron, Tim	Hicks, Justin
Hoffman, Charley	Horschel, Billy	Huh, John
Immelman, Trevor	Ishikawa, Ryo	Johnson, Zach
Jones, Matt	Kaymer, Martin	Kelly, Jerry
Kelly, Troy	Klauk, Jeff	Knost, Colt
Kohles, Ben	Kokrak, Jason	Kuchar, Matt
LaBelle II, Doug	Laird, Martin	Langley, Scott
Lee, D.H.	Lee, RichardH.	Leishman, Marc
Leonard, Justin	Lingmerth, David	List, Luke
Mallinger, John	Marino, Steve	Mathis, David
Matteson, Troy	McGirt, William	McNeill, George
Molder, Bryce	Moore, Ryan	Na, Kevin W/D
Noh, Seung-Yul	Norlander, Henrik	O'Hair, Sean
Ogilvy, Geoff	Oosthuizen, Louis	Overton, Jeff
Owen, Greg	Palmer, Ryan	Parnevik, Jesper
Percy, Cameron	Perez, Pat	Perry, Rod
Pettersson, Carl	Piercy, Scott	Points, D.A.
Potter, Jr., Ted	Presnell, Alistair	Pride, Dicky
Reavie, Chez	Reed, Patrick	Ridings, Tag
Rollins, John	Romero, Andres	Sabbatini, Rory
Scott, Adam	Senden, John	Short, Jr., Wes
Simpson, Webb	Singh, Vijay	Snyder III, Joey
Stadler, Kevin	Stallings, Scott	Steele, Brendan
Stefani, Shawn	Streb, Robert	Streelman, Kevin
Stroud, Chris	Stuard, Brian	Summerhays, Daniel
Sutherland, Kevin	Teater, Josh	Thompson, Michael
Thompson, Nicholas	Tomasulo, Peter	Toms, David
Tringale, Cameron	Verplank, Scott	Villegas, Camilo
Walker, Jimmy	Watney, Nick	Weekley, Boo
Weir, Mike	Wi, Charlie	Williams, Lee
Wilson, Mark	Wittenberg, Casey	Woodland, Gary
Yang, Y.E.

Still have some respectable golfers to watch this weekend......

[Rick Martin]

[Rick Martin]

[meenman]

Of course, Michael Bradley playing in his backyard because I am not going this year. He never plays when I go, yet always does when I dont.

[Rick Martin]

Tenth hole- Par 4 looking up from the green to the tee.

Typical of the Copperhead course - lots of elevation changes and pine trees - unusual for Florida courses.

[preisman]

Looks like a great field for an event I have never watched. I will be sure to catch as much as I can. Looking at pictures of the course and it looks like a fun one to play. Should be a fun event to watch.

[Rick Martin]

Lumpy, Pat Perez,  Jespar on the range.

[Rick Martin]

[Rick Martin]

Gary Woodland (winner 2011) approach shot to par 4, 3rd hole.

[Rick Martin]

Jeff Overton

[Rick Martin]

Followed Woodland a lot today. Spoke w/ him briefly (thanked him for visiting MacDill AFB last year to give a clinic to members of the military).  Really nice guy -