Well, with all the other things going on in the world of sports lately, regular tournament golf will be back to a prominent role this weekend with the final individual World Golf Championship taking place at Harding Park in San Francisco. From my understanding, that muni underwent an extensive facelift to get into shape for this event, and this event will be a good test of those upgrades. The course looks spectacular, and the field is stellar as always in the WGCs....should be a nice weekend of golf for those who watch between the NFL, NCAA and MLB games on the docket.

Any picks for contenders? The course looks a little tight and not too long at par 70, 7086 yards, so length probably won't be a huge factor. Possibly a guy like Dimarco, Goosen or Mickelson will build on their successes at the President's Cup a few weeks ago...Dimarco in particular is due for a win. Of course, you can never dismiss Tiger and Vijay, although this course likely won't play to their strengths, although when they're playing well that doesn't typically matter. For some sleepers, I like Shigeki Maruyama, coming off a good showing this past week, and Luke Donald, who should be at home in the cooler, wetter San Francisco climate and this would seem to be the type of course that would favor an excellent shotmaker like him.