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 stops at TPC Summerlin Golf Course in Las Vegas, Nevada, for the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.
Horse for the CourseFarrell Evans, ESPN.com senior golf writer: Martin LairdThe Scot won this event at TPC Summerlin in 2009 and one year later had a runner-up finish. He had a tie for third last week at the Frys.
Bob Harig, ESPN.com senior golf writer: Webb SimpsonThe defending champion also tied for fourth at TPC Summerlin in his only other appearance in the Vegas event.
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Evans: Billy HorschelThe 27-year-old former Florida standout won his last two events in the 2013-14 season playoffs to take the FedEx Cup championship. For the first time in his brief career, he's a marquee player on tour with loads of expectations.
Harig: Sang-Moon BaeThe South Korean golfer posted his first top-10 since winning in 2013 when he captured the season-opening Frys.com Open. Bae moves on to Las Vegas with a nice head start on the 2014-15 season.
Super Sleeper
Evans: Hudson SwaffordIn just his second full year on the regular tour, the Georgia grad started the new season last week with a tie for eighth at the Frys.com.
Harig: Billy Horschel
Only because the reigning FedEx Cup champ is unlikely to have been getting much sleep after his daughter was born recently. Horschel won his last two starts of the 2013-14 season and now tries to begin anew.
Winner
Evans: Webb Simpson
The 2013 Shriners winner is poised this week to get the new season off to a hot start after a lackluster showing in the Ryder Cup at Gleneagles.
Harig: Brooks KoepkaNow a full member of the PGA Tour, Koepka tied for eighth last week at the Frys and has top-11 finishes in his past four worldwide starts. He also remains a member of the European Tour, where he contended recently in Amsterdam.