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I will take you step by step through one week of handicapping:

It is Thursday. Unfortunately I did not make it home in time and I missed the 3-6 P.M. golf match. No matter, I will just check out the results on pgatour.com. My eyes fall upon a thumbnail of Sean O’Hair atop the leader board, so I pick him to over Luke Donald. Suddenly I realize that O’Hair looks a lot like Ewan McGregor from “Star Wars”.

Luke Donald is behind by two shots. This one may not have gone so well, but my other picks are doing well: John Rollins shoots an even 70 and Arron Oberholser shoots 71. Heading into Friday I find myself worried that Donald is so close.

It is Friday. I go online at about 11:30 and see that O’Hair is still in the lead. He went to -6 after he birdied the first hole. Later in the day I go online again and see that he dropped one on the second, while Brett Wetterich birdied the second, joining O’Hair. I look for Oberholser and Rollins, my other picks, but they are so far down the page that I get bored of scrolling down and just give up. I’ll just wait for them to move up, why should I scroll down so much just to get to them?

I go back online a few hours later and I check on O’Hair. He’s eagled the 7th. I remain online long enough to see his little head birdie the ninth. O’Hair is now -8. I jump for joy, but then I remember that I shouldn’t get this excited. It is not the first time that my pick is in the lead on Friday or Saturday and then messes up on Sunday.

It is now Friday evening and I decide to go out. But since I do not want to miss anything, I go to Dreamer’s Pub. The owner is a close friend of mine and he is also a golf fan. This means I can have a nice night out, have a beer, and watch the Golf Channel in peace. O’Hair bogeys 13, then 15. I am going nuts by now. I keep telling myself that he should just stay under par for the round. I will be glad to see him take pars for the last three holes. On 16 he has a short birdie try and doesn’t hit it enough. On 17 he leaves another just short. Donald is in the lead and Oberholser and Rollins make the cut at even and +1, respectively. They’ll be teeing off hours before TV starts tomorrow, so I will have to go online to check for their progress. I’ll do that tomorrow at about 11. I can’t shake the feeling that Donald will beat O’Hair.

It is now Saturday. I go online and look for results. I must make sure that the Red Sox really won their last six meetings against the Yankees, who are 8-13. The NFL draft is scheduled to begin at 11:00.

At about 10:00 I visit pgatour.com . John Rollins managed to bogey the first and he is now pretty much out of the race. O’Hair is scheduled to tee off at 12:31. I will not be at home, I will be at the community garden.

At 3:00 I come back from the community garden. O’Hair is even through six. Michael Allen is -5 through 10 holes, and one behind Scott Verplank, who’s -3 on the day, -8 for the tournament and in the lead. Rollins went -4 and stands at -3 for the tourney. Oberholser is so far down the page that I do not even bother to scroll down so far.

At 4:00 I am at having a beer and watching the Golf Channel at Dreamer’s Pub with my friend. O’Hair has three holes to play and he’s six shots behind Donald, who is in the lead. Just my luck again! He messed up on Sunday. Typical.

It is now Sunday. At around 2:00 I go online and check on Rollins. He is -4 through six holes, -7 for the tournament, three back of Donald. I also check other sports related news and find out that the Patriots traded a 4th rounder for Randy Moss.

Verplank wins and none of my guys are in sight by the end. My game is Nationwide Tour at best on the weekend.

In one weekend I managed a double loss, a unit and a half, bringing my season total to -7.3 units.

The Wachovia Championship is a difficult course. The more challenging parts are in Quail Hollow and on the 17th, which is long, vicious, and watery.

Take Tiger Woods (5-2), 1/6 unit. This is a warm-up for TPC, but you know how Tiger is. Any other player will find it amusing to play against Michael Jordan, but not Tiger.

Take Vijay Singh (18-1), 1/6 unit. The FedEx Cup leader seems to be having a great year. Not to mention that his putting has considerably improved. I am pretty much sure that he will win another one.

Take Stephen Ames (80-1), 1/6 unit. His game is consistently good and he doesn’t get rattled easily, which make him a good bet on a tough course.

In the head-to-head, take Vaughn Taylor over Luke Donald (6-5), 1 unit.