Sleepers: Ginn sur Mer

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Editor's note: PGATOUR.COM has tried to make our experts work a little harder when they make their picks each week. The favorite can be anyone in the field, although Tiger Woods could only be used seven times during the year. Sleepers can't have won in 2008 or had a top 10 in their last five starts. A sleeper can't be ranked in the top 30 in the field, either.

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T.J. Auclair
PGATOUR.COM Interactive Producer
Pick: George McNeill
McNeill is certainly making the most of the Fall Series. In three starts, he's finished no worse than a tie for 22nd, highlighted by a tie for 11th last week at the Frys.com Open. All in all, it's been a nice year for McNeill -- 18 cuts made in 27 starts, two top-10s, including a tie for second at the PODS Championship and over $1 million for the year. A win in Palm Coast would just put the exclamation point on a fine season.

Lauren Deason
PGATOUR.COM Editorial Coordinator
Pick: Chip Deason
I'll admit, I picked him because of his last name. However, he also enters the week after a solid showing in the first stage of q-school at St. Johns Golf and Country Club. He tied for fifth there and has to have confidence heading into this week's PGA TOUR event. Deason has Nationwide Tour experience and, since this course will be new to everyone in the field, is not at a disadvantage for his lack of PGA TOUR experience.

Melanie Hauser
PGATOUR.COM Correspondent
Pick: Bubba Watson
This course is made for his game. It's time for Bubba to snap out of the lull, finish strong and jumpstart 2009.

Dave Lagarde
PGATOUR.COM Correspondent
Pick: Jason Gore
I'm just playing a hunch that Gore can become this week's Cameron Beckman.

John Maginnes
PGATOUR.COM Contributor
Pick: Daniel Chopra
It isn't all that often that the defending champ can be a darkhorse. But Chopra hasn't had that great a summer or fall. His only top-10 this season was a victory at the Mercedes-Benz Championship. But friendly confines and life changing memories may just be enough to inspire the Swede. Let's see if he can end the year in style.

Scott Pianowski
The Fantasy Insider
Pick: Patrick Sheehan
He's made 12-of-13 cuts as he tries to stay in the top 125 on the money list, and that shows me he's relishing the challenge, not faltering in the face of it. Look for another top-30 outing here, and a weekend run would not surprise me.

Helen Ross
PGATOUR.COM Chief of Correspondents
Pick: George McNeill
He's been right there the last couple of weeks -- tying for 15th in his title defense at the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Classic and 11th at the Frys.com Open. McNeill has only shot over par twice in his last 12 rounds, so he's playing extremely well. A win on the Palm Coast would be a popular one for the Florida State product.

Dave Shedloski
PGATOUR.COM Senior Correspondent
Pick: Bubba Watson
Four rounds of par or better at the Frys.com Open suggests that his game is on solid ground. The extent of the ground players have to cover this week at the Conservatory Course puts the long-hitting left-hander among the very top of the contender list, in our estimation.

John Swantek
PGA TOUR Productions Fantasy Insider
Pick: Jason Day
Two strong trends at work here; five players outside the top 125 on the money list have won the first five Fall Series events and Day, at 136th, is motivated. Secondly, the Aussie's last five finishes have alternated between a missed cut and a top 25, with a MC last week. Typically inconsistent results for a 20-year-old rookie. At 297 yards a pop, he can bomb it and will turn that raw power loose on the monster Conservatory Course.