Honda Classic, round four: Why I hope it's Boo-hoo

A bit of self-belief could go a long way at the Honda Classic Monday. A more tentative playoff foursome I could hardly imagine. But then I couldn’t have imagined a playoff group where the highest rated had opened the betting Thursday at just under 100.

My preference would be Mark Wilson, both for Friday’s act of supreme honesty - turns out he caught his caddie giving club advice to his playing partner’s caddy and, although no one else witnessed it, immediately called a two stroke penalty on himself - and the way he saved his life Sunday with those two huge putts of 45ft on the 16th and more than 30ft on the first playoff hole, the 18th. Problem is he keeps saying he’d be happy enough with second place!

I still can’t be having Boo Weekley, if only because of his name. It’s bad enough the crowds crying “Luuuuuuuke” in the days when Luke Donald could muster a decent round. But God forbid we should have to endure more of the disconcerting boos that followed Weekley around yesterday. I thought “get in the hole” was bad enough, but this is infinitely more aggravating.

Monday they start on the 10th hole, where Jose Coceres has the best record, with par in each round, and Camilo Villegas the worst, with two bogeys and two pars. Wilson has just the one bogey and Weekley two bogeys a birdie. In reality the nerves will probably be a bigger factor and it’s anyone’s for the taking.

Actually, the one I really don’t want to win is Villegas. Sunday’s excitement largely lived up to its promise on the laying front - with lucrative support roles played by Robert Allenby and Steve Stricker - but overconfidence got the better of me at one point, leaving me somewhat in the red on Villegas if he wins. Naturally, I fear the worst.

So everyone seems agreed the PGA National is an excellent golfing test. If that’s the case haven’t our top golfers been found rather embarrassingly wanting? Allenby was a huge let-down, missing the playoff by just one shot. Davis Love III, David Toms, Jim Furyk, Donald - where were they when the going got tough? Getting blown away, it seems.