2008 Mercedes-Benz Championship: ’I’m prepared’
By ROBERT COLLIAS, Staff Writer
KAPALUA – There are seven flags flying at the entrance to the Kapalua Plantation Course, each featuring a previous winner of the Mercedes-Benz Championship.
The 10th event starts today with only two of those men – defending champion Vijay Singh and 2001 winner Jim Furyk – in the field.
Singh, with top-eight finishes all eight times he has played on Maui, comes in tied with Furyk for the most experience on the Plantation Course among the 31 players in the field. Furyk is second in top-10s, with five.
Missing are Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Padraig Harrington and Adam Scott, four of the top eight players in the world rankings.
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