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The tournament remains one of the best-attended events in world golf, with the lush and well-watered Scottsdale course located in the Sonoran Desert and surrounded by the McDowell Mountains.

Designed by Tom Weiskopf and Jay Morrish - and opened in 1986 - Scottsdale is traditionally a low-scoring venue and since 1993 the winning total has only once been higher than 270.

The average round score last year was a stunning 69.52, while home players have emerged victorious in 12 of the last 14 stagings.

So who hopes their form will get hot this weekend?

Rickie Fowler: Runner-up in Arizona two years ago and a creditable 13th in California on Sunday.

Phil Mickelson: Feels at home at TPC Scottsdale (he went to college at Arizona State) where he has twice been a winner and in 2005 even carded a round of 60 en route to the title. He has had six top-10s here since 2000. The one downside for Lefty is his current mediocre form - just one top-six finish since last April.

Scott Piercy: All three previous appearances in this tournament have yielded top-20 finishes. And, in last week's event at Torrey Pines, there was another top-20 performance.

Camilo Villegas: Runner-up on his Scottsdale debut in 2006. The Colombian has shown signs in recent weeks that he may be returning to the sort of form that made him one of the best young prospects in the game.

Bubba Watson: The big-hitting American posted four steady rounds en route to finishing in a tie-for-13th in San Diego on Sunday.

Mark Wilson: The defending champion who has already tasted victory this season in the deserts of Palm Springs.

SELECTED PLAYERS with GOOD to REASONABLE FORM at TPC SCOTTSDALE

Last Eight Years

Player: '04 / '05 / '06 / '07 / '08 / '09 / '10 / '11

Robert Allenby: 14 / 45 / 55 / - / 25 / - / 8 / 62
Jonathan Byrd: MC / 61 / 7 / - / 13 / 25 / MC / 37
Stewart Cink: 14 / 11 / 15 / 69 / MC / MC / - / -
Chris Couch: - / - / 50 / MC / - / MC / 4 / 8
Ben Crane: MC / - / - / - / 4 / MC / 36 / 18
Brendon de Jonge: - / - / - / - / - / 25 / MC / 22
Rickie Fowler: - / - / - / - / - / 58 / 2 / 13
Brian Gay: - / 71 / 33 / 23 / 17 / 6 / 68 / 18
Charley Hoffman: - / - / - / MC / MC / 2 / MC / 29
JB Holmes: - / - / Won / MC / Won / MC / 43 / 5
Charles Howell: 24 / 40 / 40 / 23 / 25 / MC / 4 / MC
Ryuji Imada: - / 36 / MC / 14 / Wd / MC / 14 / 13
Phil Mickelson: 7 / Won / 7 / MC / 2 / MC / 24 / 29
Ryan Moore: - / - / 40 / MC / MC / 6 / 14 / 73
Kevin Na: - / 2 / - / 67 / 4 / 3 / 53 / MC
Joe Ogilvie: - / MC / 12 / 32 / MC / 60 / 8 / 13
Jeff Overton: - / - / - / - / 25 / 60 / 24 / 41
Ryan Palmer: - / MC / 2 / - / - / 60 / 14 / MC
Tom Pernice: 59 / 11 / 27 / 23 / 20 / - / - / -
Kenny Perry: Wd / 7 / 12 / 32 / 17 / Won / 53 / MC
Scott Piercy: - / - / 15 / - / - / 6 / 8 / -
John Rollins: 63 / 11 / 15 / 2 / 30 / 70 / 53 / 53
Vijay Singh: 3 / 11 / 20 / 7 / MC / - / - / 3
Brandt Snedeker: - / - / - / 23 / 9 / MC / 43 / 8
Kevin Sutherland: 9 / 19 / MC / MC / 4 / 21 / MC / MC
Vaughn Taylor: - / MC / 40 / 11 / MC / 53 / 7 / 49
Camilo Villegas: - / - / 2 / MC / 34 / MC / 8 / Wd
Nick Watney: - / 49 / MC / 32 / 34 / 12 / 24 / 5
Bubba Watson: - / - / - / 8 / MC / 25 / 36 / 29
Mark Wilson: - / - / - / - / 9 / 48 / 14 / Won
YE Yang: - / - / - / - / - / - / 3 / 8

SELECTED PLAYERS with POOR to MEDIOCRE FORM at TPC SCOTTSDALE

Last Eight Years

(No Top-25 Finishes in Three or More Starts since 2004)

Player: '04 / '05 / '06 / '07 / '08 / '09 / '10 / '11

Brian Davis: - / MC / 27 / 44 / MC / MC / MC / 49
James Driscoll: - / MC / 40 / - / - / - / 36 / -
Ken Duke: - / - / - / MC / MC / MC / - / -
Harrison Frazar: MC / 36 / 64 / - / MC / MC / - / -
Paul Goydos: - / - / - / - / MC / - / 70 / 62
Jerry Kelly: - / - / - / - / MC / MC / - / MC
Davis Love: - / - / MC / 44 / - / - / MC / 57
George McNeill: - / - / - / 39 / - / MC / MC / -
Rocco Mediate: MC / - / MC / MC / 50 / 35 / Wd / Wd
Chez Reavie: - / - / MC / - / 58 / MC / MC / 41
Kevin Stadler : - / - / - / - / Wd / - / 70 / MC
Kevin Streelman: - / MC / - / - / - / 35 / 36 / MC
Chris Stroud: - / - / - / - / MC / - / MC / MC
Johnson Wagner: - / - / - / MC / MC / MC / 60 / -

LEADING 12 STROKE AVERAGES at TPC SCOTTSDALE

(Last Four Years - 2008/11)

(No. of Rounds in Brackets)

67.50: YE Yang (8)
68.25: Scott Piercy (8)
68.44: Mark Wilson (16)
68.63: Nick Watney (16)
68.70: Chris Couch (10)
68.71: JB Holmes (14)
68.71: Kevin Na (14)
68.75: Rickie Fowler (12)
68.75: Matt Kuchar (8)
68.79: Ben Crane (14)
68.79: Brandt Snedeker (14)
68.88: Brian Gay (16)

(Min. No. of Rounds = 8)

LOWEST ROUNDS at TPC SCOTTSDALE since start of 2000

60: Mark Calcavecchia (2001)
60: Phil Mickelson (2005)
61: JJ Henry (2006)
62: Six times (twice by Steve Stricker)

Note: All three scores of 61 or less were recorded in the second round, while no one has carded a score as low as 62 in the final round of the tournament since 2000. Kiwi Grant Waite fired a 60 at Scottsdale in 1996.

TPC Scottsdale: Par 71; 7,216 yards

Winning Totals (Last Three Years):

2011 - 266 (Mark Wilson)
2010 - 268 (Hunter Mahan)
2009 - 270 (Kenny Perry)