Golf Picks - St. Jude

David Toms - Plays the short game well, which is important at the St. Jude Championship. In the last five years, he's won twice here, and finished second, third and tied-tenth in his other three appearance. If there was ever a must-have golfer, it is Toms at the St. Jude.

Pedraig Harrington - A simply dominant golfer going through a rough patch, Harrington is an excellent value pick. Despite missing the cut in his only appearance at St. Jude over the last three years and missing the cut at his most recent tournament, Pedraig leds the PGA tour in birdie average, finished in the top ten in three of seven events, finished in the top twenty in five of seven events, and no worse than 26th in the six of seven events where he made the cut. Harrington is a lock to light up the leaderboard with birdies this weekend.

Steve Lowery - An excellent value pick as a St. Jude ringer. Fredrik Jacobson also falls into this category (and out of my price range). Steve played in three of the St. Jude events over the past five years, finishing (in order) T-12, T-17, and T-3. I'll take that for less than $10M, thank you very much!

Camilo Villegas - While somewhat of a wild card selection, Villegas is electric when it comes to collecting birdies in bunches. Villegas finished in the money during his only two appearance at St. Jude over the past five events. He should be rested after his withdrawl from last week's Memorial. I expect good things.

Other golfers to consider include Justin Leonard, Fedrick Jacobson (noted above), Tom Pernice, Jr., Bob Estes, Brian Gay, Heath Slocum, Fred Funk, Tim Herron and Stephen Ames.