Golf Rankings for The Honda Classic

After finishing with a share of second at the Sony Open, Howell finished outside of the top 30 in four straight events until recording a T16 last week at Mayakoba. While the competition this week is a big step up, Howell finished a career-best T10 in the Honda last year.

After missing the cut at the Honda in 2007 and 2009, Moore skipped the event the last two years. He’s coming off two consecutive top-20 finishes and ranks fourth in birdie average.

From 2000-05 prior to the change in venue, Furyk competed in the Honda on four occasions with two top-five finishes and finished no worse than ninth. Since then he’s only played at the Champion Course once, a T31 in 2007. After an uneven performance at Pebble, Furyk recorded a T11 the following week at the Northern Trust Open.

Even though Fowler missed the cut in his first two starts at the Honda, he should not be dismissed completely. He opened the year with a T13 and T26 until struggling in his last two stroke play events. Fowler is 10th in total driving and is among the best young players on Tour.

In his four stroke play events this season, all on the European Tour, Bjorn has collected one top-five, two top-10s and has not finished outside of top-25. Last year Bjorn made just four stroke play Tour starts, highlighted by a solo fourth in The Open Championship.

Kelly would be a solid pick among lower-tier drivers if not for a poor start to 2012. He’s scored three top-20s in his last four Honda events, including a career-best solo third last year. However, Kelly has missed two cuts this season with only one top-30 in four starts.