| Warwick Hills Golf & Country Club, Grand Blanc, | | | | which should keep the scores down slightly. The |
| Michigan | | | | greens are huge so solid putting is also a priority. |
| "The tournament within a tournament" is what the | | | | The field is a top notch list. Last week's U.S. Bank |
| Buick Open is being called by many. While the winner | | | | Championship winner Corey Pavin and veteran John |
| will receive $864,000, something that is more | | | | Cook were the only notable additions to a field that |
| important to some is the amount of points awarded | | | | already included Tiger Woods, Vijay Singh, Jim Furyk, |
| toward the Ryder Cup. Under the new system for | | | | Chris DiMarco, John Daly and Geoff Ogilvy. From the |
| picking the Ryder Cup team, one that rewards the | | | | PGA Tour money list, the Buick Open has four of the |
| hottest players this season, the winner this week will | | | | top five players, Woods, Furyk, Ogilvy and Singh, as |
| collect 375 points. Anyone currently ranked in the top | | | | well as 28 of the top 50 and 58 of the top 100. |
| 40 and picks up the win will be vaulted into the top | | | | Two time defending champion Vijay Singh will be |
| ten. | | | | trying to become the first player to win the Buick |
| Warwick Hills is a 7,100-yard, par-72 course and was | | | | Open three straight years as well as four times |
| the 13th easiest on the PGA in 2005, averaging a | | | | overall. Singh set the 54-hole record here last year at |
| stroke and a half under par. Many of the holes at | | | | 22-under par and will be making his first start since |
| Warwick are short and there will be an emphasis on | | | | missing the cut at the Open Championship. Prior to |
| driving accuracy since the course has numerous | | | | that, he won the Barclays and finished 6th and 4th at |
| doglegs. Because the course was considered easy, a | | | | the U.S. Open and Western Open respectively. |
| big change at Warwick this year is the higher rough | | | | |