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Which player could win at this weekend's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational? Our experts weigh in:

T.J. Auclair
PGATOUR.com Interactive Producer
Pick: Tiger Woods
Absolute no-brainer. The tournament has been played eight times and he's won it five. Further, in the three that he didn't win, Tiger has been among the top four. Perhaps the only thing that could possibly get in his way at Firestone is the thought of winning another major next week in Tulsa at the PGA Championship. However, he's arguably the most focused player ever to tee it up, so that shouldn't be a problem.

Brett Avery
The Fantasy Insider
PGATOUR.com Contributor
Pick: Tiger Woods
So sue The Fantasy Insider for making this guy yet another default selection. His worst placing in a World Golf Championships stroke-play event is ninth in the American Express Championship in 2004. His next-worst placing? Fifth.

Lauren Deason
PGATOUR.com Editorial Coordinator
Pick: Tiger Woods
Why would you pick anyone else? The man is unbelievable when it comes to World Golf Championships events, having participated in 24 official ones and earned enough money in those alone to qualify for the No. 25 spot on the all-time PGA TOUR Money List. In the Bridgestone Invitational, defending champ Woods has won an impressive five times in the past eight years. Look for Tiger to earn his first win as a proud papa this week.

Melanie Hauser
PGATOUR.com Correspondent
Pick: Tiger Woods
You knew it. And if you didn't, well, c'mon. The guy has won this tournament five of the last eight years. You've got to figure, too, this is a comfort zone -- the perfect place for his putter to find a groove and his swing to stay out of trouble. No, he hasn't done what we've expected lately, but that's about to change.

Dave Lagarde
PGATOUR.com Correspondent
Pick: Tiger Woods
This feels like a copout, but check his record at Firestone. Five wins, one tie for second and another share of fourth. That's more than a modicum of success, wouldn't you say? So how can you pick against him? What's more, it has been a while since Woods has won. Tiger hardly ever goes three months without a victory and this will mark his first as a father. He's a lock.

John Maginnes
PGATOUR.com Contributor
Pick: Tiger Woods
Tiger has won five of the last seven World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitiationals. Most players would be happy to have the number of career wins that Tiger has in Ohio alone. Tiger picks up win No. 1 as a papa -- and career win number 58 -- this week.

Helen Ross
PGATOUR.com Chief of Correspondents
Pick: Tiger Woods
I couldn't do it this time. Sure, I need to make up some ground on my fellow scribes. But I couldn't pick against Tiger Woods at a course he all but owns -- and in a World Golf Championships series where his success is unparalleled. Woods has won five Bridgestone Invitationals and never finished lower than ninth. Need I -- or any of the rest of us -- say more?

Dave Shedloski
PGATOUR.com Senior Correspondent
Pick: Tiger Woods
He holds the 72-hole, 54-hole, 36-hole and 18-hole records at Firestone Country Club's South Course, where he's won five times. He has shot a combined 72-under par there in seven World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational appearances. He probably could walk on water in Akron, if he tried. The TOUR Insider once predicted that Woods would shoot 57 somewhere before he retires. This would be the logical place.

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