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Despite a change of sponsor from the Chrysler Championship to the PODS Championship, the host venue remains the Copperhead course at the Westin Innisbrook Resort in Tampa Bay. So far, so good. However, the tournament has switched from its usual October slot to March which leaves us wondering how reliable past course form will be.

For example, some players perform better later in the season when they're trying to win their cards or perhaps qualify for the Tour Championship while those same factors can cause others to crumble.

And there is also the serious question of how differently the course will play.

We've been given some help on that front by PGA Tour pro John Huston, who lives nearby and has probably played it more than anyone in the field.

The word is that the course has been made to look extremely green - and hence more pleasing to the eye - but such makeovers often mean softer greens and fairways, easier rough and a course there for the taking.

However, Huston told the St Petersburg Times: "They've been fortunate we haven't had too much cold weather. They haven't had to keep the water going, so it should play pretty fast. It should be fairly similar to the fall, and I think everyone will say really good things about the golf course."

Add to that the usual Florida constants - wind and Bermuda greens - and there's certainly no need to throw past course form out of the window despite the change in date.

So, that's why I like the look of the man who finished runner-up here in October - Brett Wetterich.

The American closed 67-66 to tie for second and that weekend score was actually four strokes better than winner KJ Choi.

Wetterich also topped the Greens in Regulation stats for the week and strong iron play has proven the most reliable indicator to success at the par 71 Copperhead course.

A look at his past performances suggests Wetterich is one to watch carefully in Florida.

Wetterich's last six starts there have produced a second, a sixth and an eighth - that latter result coming at last week's Honda Classic. In fact, had Wetterich birdied the par five 18th rather than produced his only bogey of the round he would have made it into the play-off.

Still, there was much to like about his performance (he finished tied ninth for G.I.R.) and it's worth noting that his win last year (at the Byron Nelson) also came on Bermuda greens.

Frustratingly, the 66s and 50s has gone but 40s is still worth playing.

Now the Tour has returned to Florida, Stephen Ames is another man I expect to come to the fore.

Ames' last start there produced his stunning victory in the Players Championship at Sawgrass and, before that career performance, he was seventh at the Honda.

Top 10s at Bay Hill in 2003 and 2004 are also on his Florida CV while, at this course, he was ninth on debut in 2003.

Ames grew up on Bermuda and admits he's more comfortable putting on such greens so his liking for Florida is easily explainable.

Ames has had a slow start to the year after implementing swing changes but there were some positive signs in the World Match Play at Tucson where he beat Robert Karlsson, Vijay Singh and Stewart Cink before losing at the final hole in the last eight.

"I take a lot of positives out of this, going into the next couple of events," said Ames as he made his exit so hopefully his game can kick on again and he'll be primed to make a big challenge for the title.

Take Ladbrokes' generous 80/1.

The Florida theme continues with our third pick - Chad Campbell.

Campbell can boast a win at Bay Hill, two second places, a fourth, a sixth, an eighth, a ninth and two other top 20s in 17 Florida starts between 2003 and 2006.

One of the runners-up finishes (2005) and the fourth (2003) came at this week's venue so he's obviously a big fan of the Copperhead course.

The big negative against him is his 2007 form which was fairly wretched until he was a surprise semi-finalist in the WGC Match Play.

The key to the turnaround was Campbell's driving. "Overall I drove it really well this week," Campbell revealed. "I haven't been driving it well at all. I haven't been driving it well for about close to a year now."

If he gets to play more second shots from the fairway, Campbell will be a dangerous customer and his history of playing well at the start of the year in windy conditions on Bermuda greens has to bode well.

Have some 40/1.

At the front end of the market, Vijay Singh can boast a win and a second place here although he hasn't really kicked on since winning the season-opening Mercedes Championship.

KJ Choi, a two-time winner at Copperhead, has to be given plenty of respect and finishes of fourth, eighth and 22nd in five strokeplay events in 2007 suggest that another big performance is on the cards.

The 25/1 is a decent price too although his record when defending US Tour titles is pretty modest (no top 30s in three attempts so far).

Trevor Immelman and Justin Rose are both Florida residents who should go well but I'll have a little on a former winner who seems to have slipped off the radar a little.

Carl Pettersson performed heroically on the final day in 2005 to win this event and had marked punters' cards with an eighth place the year before.

More recently, a pair of 69s on the weekend gave him a tied 22nd place at the Honda last week while he also performed well on another ball striker's course when tied 13th at the Nissan Open.

Last year, Pettersson did what many find it hard to do by clinching his second US Tour the season after his first.

That came at the Memorial so, comparing his achievements to some of the players shorter in the betting, makes you realise that 66/1 is not to be sniffed at.

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