Each week of the season, our experts share their insights into which players fit the criteria for our four categories: Horse for the Course (a golfer who knows the track inside and out), Birdie Buster (a guy who could take it low), Super Sleeper (a player who could unexpectedly contend) and Winner.
This week, the PGA Tour heads to Jackson, Mississippi, for the Sanderson Farms Championship.
Horse for the Course
Michael Collins, ESPN.com senior golf analyst: Jonathan Randolph
How can a rookie on tour possibly be a horse for the course? When said rookie grew up in the area, played for Ole Miss, and has played the Country Club of Jackson as a kid and teen. You don't think the "kid" snuck over and played the PGA Tour course more than a few times, do ya?
Farrell Evans, ESPN.com senior golf writer: Hudson Swafford
This is the event's first year at the Country Club of Jackson, and the 27-year-old Georgia graduate has a game perfectly suited for the par-72, 7,354-yard layout that was updated in 2008 by two-time PGA Tour winner John Fought. Swafford has always had a stellar long game, but now in his second year on the regular tour, he has found more touch with wedges -- leading him to three top-20s, including a tie for eighth at the Frys.com Open to start the new season.
Bob Harig, ESPN.com senior golf writer: Cameron Beckman
This is the first time the event is being played at the Country Club of Jackson, so we'll go with a guy who has at least played in the Mississippi tournament in eight of the last nine years and was runner-up in its last playing in 2013.
Birdie Buster
Collins: Scott Piercy
Still playing on a medical exemption, Piercy has had two solid finishes so far this year and now gets to play a track that doesn't require many drivers. If he plays this course like he played when he won in Canada, a top-five should be reasonably attainable.
Evans: Robert Streb
The 27-year-old Kansas State grad has a win (the McGladrey Classic), a tie for 10th and tie for 31st in his three starts in the new season. At the McGladrey, he finished with a final-round 63 to get into a playoff and take his first tour title.
Harig: Robert Streb
Hot off a victory two weeks ago at the McGladrey Classic, Streb is in position to give himself a big jump in the FedEx Cup standings so early in the season.
Super Sleeper
Collins: Hudson Swafford
Maybe the University of Florida could stop the Georgia Bulldogs on the football field last Saturday, but nothing is going to keep this UGA grad from attaining some serious success this year. Three events down, three top-20s -- including a top-10 -- means a breakout is coming very soon.
Evans: Bobby Wyatt
The former Alabama star, who turned pro this past summer, doesn't have any PGA Tour status, but he has a big tour game. Come Sunday afternoon, don't be surprised to see him on the leaderboard.
Harig: Woody Austin
The defending champion is now on the Champions Tour and had not made a cut on the PGA Tour in 2013 before his surprising playoff victory.
Winner
Collins: Jason Bohn
Yes, it's an outside-the-box pick, but if you look at the courses where he's had success, most are at places where a big driver is not needed. Last year, Woody Austin won while averaging only 272 off the tee. Bohn isn't known for his driver length but has had past success here.
Evans: Tony Finau
With top-15s in his first three PGA Tour starts, the 25-year-old Utah native has been the best rookie so far in the new season. No PGA Tour event is a low-key affair, but with many of the top players in China for the WGC-HSBC Champions, Finau has a very nice window to take his first regular tour victory.
Harig: Ben Martin
Why not another victory to start the year? Martin, who won in Las Vegas a few weeks ago for his first PGA Tour victory, is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 57 in the world.
