Wednesday Preview - The Honda Classic

The PGA Tour leaves the West Coast behind and heads to Florida for The Honda Classic. This is the first event in the Florida Swing, as the PGA Tour will park itself in the Sunshine State for the next month (with the exception of the alternate field Puerto Rico Open).

Course: PGA National, measuring at 7,100 yards. Players who played Riveria last week won't get much of a reprieve this week, as PGA National plays almost as difficult. Single digit under par will be the winner once again. The "Bear Trap", holes 15-17, will ruin a bunch of people's tournaments.

Strength Of Field: B+. The best field we have seen, and one of the best fields of any non-major. Jason Day, Adam Scott, and Henrik Stenson are among the notable misses, but Rory McIlroy makes his 2015 debut, and all eyes will be on the number one player in the world.

Extra Tidbits: Tim Petrovic, Roberto Castro, Wes Homan, and Jhared Hack are the Monday Qualifiers. Petrovic, 48, has been in and out of the PGA Tour for years...This event was massively rejuvenated when Jack Nicklaus redesigned the PGA National. The event was having a tough time attracting big name players until Nicklaus made the course tougher and a truer test of skills...Six players within the top 35 in the world rankings have a home within 45 minutes of PGA National.

Fantasy Four:

Rory McIlroy - Past winner. Finished second last year. World number one coming off a win on the European Tour. Absolutely dominate right now, and begins his PGA Tour season at a golf course he loves. Look out.

Sergio Garcia - Said he wasn't playing good golf last week, and still finished one shot out of the playoff. Seems to be mentally tougher, and is the kind of player who can contend several weeks in a row. Needs to eliminate the head scratching bad shots we saw last week.

Victor Dubuisson - As close to a sleeper pick as I can find, though no one would be shocked if he won. Pulled out of his last two commitments, which is concerning, but has finished T4 and T2 in his last two European Tour events. 

Sang-Moon Bae - Playing so well this season that he deserves a look. He is a little too inconsistent for my liking, but he seems ready to take the next step, though the impending legal battle against the South Korean government is a concern. It doesn't appear to be bothering him, however.

Last Weeks Team:

Bubba Watson: T14

JB Holmes: T22

Colt Knost: CUT

Nick Watney: T22