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• You might want to look for an international player to emerge victorious this week at the Nissan Open. Seven of the last 10 Nissan Open's have been won by players born outside the U.S., including the last four.

• Phil Mickelson's victory last week at Pebble Beach was the 30th of his career. Only 18 players have reached that mark in TOUR history. Vijay Singh accomplished the feat earlier this year. The first-place check also boosted Mickelson's career earnings past the $40-million mark. Tiger Woods and Singh are the only others to do so.

• Mickelson also improved his standings in the FedExCup by a whopping 115 places, but he made only the third-largest jump of the week. John Mallinger improved 133 places, but that still trailed Greg Owen who moved up 141 spots.

• For the fourth consecutive week, there's a new leader in the FedExCup race. Vijay Singh has reclaimed the top spot over John Rollins while Phil Mickelson and Kevin Sutherland join the Top-10 for the first time this year.

• This week's Nissan Open features a strong field that includes eight of the world's Top-10 players and 20 of the Top 25. Ernie Els and Retief Goosen will both make their PGA TOUR season debuts this week in Los Angeles.

• Sometimes you just have to get used to a course. Mike Weir missed the cut at the Nissan Open in each of his first four tries before winning in back-to-back seasons (2003-04).