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Bill Haas tied for 19th last week at Firestone Country Club.

Editor’s note: Bill Haas, the reigning FedExCup champion, will be writing a blog for PGATOUR.COM each week leading up to, and through, the Playoffs. Here is his most recent installment.

KIAWAH ISLAND, S.C. -- I've watched the Weather Channel religiously this week. I'll bet everybody has. We've had a lot of thunderstorms and a lot of rain delays the last few days. I think it's going to be more of the same once the PGA Championship gets under way, too. It looks like there's a good chance for thunderstorms every day. But if anything, the last few days might just have prepared us to get used to coming off the course and hanging out in family dining and the locker room until the horn blows again. Hurry up and wait, I guess. Yesterday I was able to get nine holes in before play was suspended. Then I went in and had lunch and when I got done they opened the course up again so I played the front. Today I came out here later. When I woke up this morning it was thundering and lightning so I figured I'd just sleep in. I was able to play the back nine pretty easily this afternoon. So I definitely worked my way around the weather.

I think I got as much preparation in as I wanted, though. I played 18 holes yesterday and nine today, and that's pretty common for me before a tournament. I think probably I wouldn't have stopped yesterday if I'd had the choice. But I'm still working on certain things in my swing, and I feel like I've seen the course enough to play it. The way I look at it, pretty much if you execute golf shots, you'll be fine. And if you hit some bad ones you can't blame lack of preparation.

I've played a good number of rounds of golf here on the coast of South Carolina, too. My parents have a beach house a little bit north of here and growing up in South Carolina I played some tournaments down here. So I've certainly played golf in the ocean breezes. But I don't know if that gives me an edge or not. Like I said, if you hit bad shots the wind is going to affect you but if you hit good ones, you can usually get around that. So I don't know if I'll have an advantage at all but I've certainly seen breezes like this.

This is a week you're just going to need to be patient. That's something my dad stresses with me all the time. I don't think I'm as patient as I can be. But that's just something where you come in, maybe you've made a couple of birdies and the horn blows and you're frustrated. Well, once you get in, you see everybody else has stopped, too, and you're not the only one who's affected. I do think there are going to be guys who play a full 18 holes with no stopping and others who stop two or three times in a round. That's just is what it is and you have to deal with that and hopefully it all works out.

I feel a little bit better overall after the way I played last week at the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational. I did have a bad finish again, just like at the British Open. I was 3 under through 11 holes on Sunday and shot even par. So I certainly would have liked to have turned that around, but I shot some good scores on a tough golf course so I have some good vibes. I feel good with the driver and my putting has come around. I think putting certainly can make or break a good or bad round. Your putting can make up for a lot of bad shots. But I think if my irons can be a little more consistent I'd be a little bit better. So I've been working hard on it.

We're staying on the island this week, which is really nice. My wife and I and the Watneys have rented a house together and we're having a good time. I really like Nick and our wives get along well. Monday night we had a group -- the Snedekers, the Clarks and the Hoffmans -- over for dinner. My wife and I cooked Mexican, and some of the others brought some dips and things. So we had a big time. We've been doing little things like that but nothing crazy. I enjoy cooking in. We went to dinner at the Sanctuary last night so maybe we'll cook again tonight. The girls went into Charleston today for lunch and shopping. They're probably having more fun than we're having. But I can't complain. This is a great job I have.

I'm looking forward to the first round, too. I've felt a lot of support from the fans so far this week. I've heard a lot of "Go, Deacons" -- there are lot of Wake Forest people down here -- and certainly with it being in the state there's a good number of people here from Greenville, where I live. So it's nice to have people behind you. Hopefully I give them something to cheer about this week.

Ready or not, it starts tomorrow. I'm itching to get out there and post a number.

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Bill Haas ranks 24th in the FedExCup.

Editor's note: Bill Haas, the reigning FedExCup champion, will be writing a blog for PGATOUR.COM each week leading up to, and through, the Playoffs. Here is his first installment.

AKRON, Ohio -- The World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational marks the start of a busy stretch of golf for me. I took last week off, even though I really like the course where the RBC Canadian Open was played, and got away from the game a little. I wanted to be ready. I always felt like the plan was to play here, the PGA, Greensboro, and then the FedExCup Playoffs start, and those weeks become a really big deal.

All in all, taking last week off was probably a good idea. I just felt like I hadn't been playing that great recently. This summer I didn't play as much as I normally do, and so in that sense I earned the right -- or had the reason -- to focus on these last seven events, even though I'm probably going to be tired come the BMW Championship because it's going to be six weeks in a row. I may be tired, but I think your adrenaline can overcome that. And I feel like I'm working on some good things that hopefully can help me through this.

In order for me to play well my putting is going to have to improve. It just needs to be more consistent. I've struggled on the greens one, two days a week, and then the other two days it feels pretty good. So I'm just looking for consistency and hopefully the practice pays off. I don't think you can ever do too much on the greens. A 30-footer is a 30-footer, however you pull the putter back or what you do in the whole stroke. It doesn't really matter. It's going to be all feel and just natural ability that takes over. The more you practice, the more you hit putts, I think that's what helps you there.

That said, I did play four or five times last week. But when you're home you can hop in a cart and play 18 holes in two hours. Some days like that you do more good than you would if you go to the range for four hours. So overall I feel pretty comfortable with my game. It's just come Sunday if you're in the hunt, seeing how it holds up, and these next few weeks are going to be big.

All in all, I feel pretty good about this week. This is only the third time I've played in the Bridgestone Invitational. The first year I really felt like I played well. I ended up tied for 21st but I shot 66 in the second round and I remember feeling like I could win here. Last year I did not score well. I played okay but wasn't even close. So I've had both feelings here. The greens seem fast this year, faster than I remember here, so again, putting is going to be a premium. But the guys that have won here, Tiger, Adam Scott, they're long and they hit the ball really straight and consistent. So I do think ball-striking is a premium here.

I got to Akron on Tuesday and played a few holes. I am going back out today and really try to get a feel for the course. But since there's no cut and you know you'll be playing four days it makes it less stressful, especially Thursday morning. If you make a couple of bogeys early, you don't get as bent out of shape -- or at least I don't get as bent out of shape as I maybe normally would. I just keep telling myself that over four rounds I feel like I can compete with these guys, and hopefully on Sunday I'll have a chance.

Everybody here at Firestone is a world-class player. I'm excited. I still have the feeling that being here and playing in a World Golf Championships is special. I know the Phils and the Tigers of the world might not feel quite the same. But when these events were created, I remember thinking my dad, when he got into these, how big of a deal it was, and it was to him, too. I'm certainly not beyond saying how special it is just to be here. So to play well this week and hopefully next week in the PGA would be great.

The Playoffs should be interesting. Two of the courses -- Bethpage and Crooked Stick -- are new. I was at Bethpage for the final round in 2002 when my dad tied for 12th but otherwise, I've only seen it on TV. I know it's an Open-style golf course, big and the rough can be pretty nasty. I think it'll be good, though. I think it'll be one thing where it'll weed out people who are struggling, and the guys that play well I think will excel in the Playoffs.

I think I realize how lucky I was in a sense for everything to work out last year. Sure, I did what I had to do and won the TOUR Championship. But I could go and do what Luke Donald did last year -- he never finished lower than 18th in the Playoffs and was fourth or better in the other three events -- and lose. I understand that I can play my best golf here in this stretch and still not win the FedExCup again. Somebody else just has to play a little better, or through our system of recalculating points in the TOUR Championship, it can go someone else's way. So I don't know that I'm exactly geared up to successfully defend, or that's my goal. I think my goal is just more to give myself the opportunity again, and in order to do that, I still have to play well.

The pairings have been unveiled for this week’s PGA TOUR Matchups Game on Facebook. You can check out the Matchups for The Greenbrier Classic below, or on the PGA TOUR’s Facebook page.

Participants have until 6 a.m. ET Thursday to make their picks. Log on to the PGA TOUR Facebook page and click the Matchups link to make your picks for this week, or to sign up.

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Tiger Woods vs. Bill Haas	A pair of former FedExCup champs square off
Keegan Bradley vs. Jim Furyk	It's the bomber vs. the plinker on a classic track
Camilo Villegas vs. Webb Simpson	Can Camilo upstage the new U.S. Open champ?
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Tuesday, July 3
11:30 a.m. -- Scott Stallings
Noon -- Jimmy Walker
12:30 p.m. -- Billy Hurley III
1 p.m. -- Tiger Woods
2 p.m. -- Tom Watson

Wednesday, July 4
After pro-am -- Phil Mickelson

TBD
Bill Haas
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Bubba Watson's shot from the pine straw was still being talked about two days later.

By Brian Wacker, PGATOUR.COM

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. -- As historic as Louis Oosthuizen’s double eagle was during the final round of the Masters, the shot everyone was still talking about Tuesday at the RBC Heritage was Bubba Watson’s escape from the woods on the second hole of sudden death, the par-4 10th at Augusta National.

“Yeah,” Boo Weekley said with emphasis when asked if Watson was in some strange way better off being in the trees than in the fairway. “Where we grew up, at Tanglewood, we had to learn that shot because the trees are real tight. If there’s anybody out there that’s gonna do it, he’s gonna do it every time.”

Weekley and Watson went to the same high school in Milton (Fla.) in the Florida panhandle.

The shot Watson hit Sunday was a wedge off the pine straw, under a tree then over them from 164 yards. It hooked about 40 yards to set up a two-putt par for the win.

It’s the kind of shot that fellow Scottsdale, Ariz., resident Aaron Baddeley, who came out to watch it, has seen dozens of times from Watson.

“When he gets in a spot in the trees it definitely makes him focus,” Baddeley said. “He can hit a 40-yard fade or 60-yard draw because he does it all the time. He can move the ball so far. He can hit a 50-yard fade off the tee because he can hit it 320. If I hit a 50-yard fade, it will go 260. That’s his go-to shot.”

That go-to shot gave Watson his first career major and fourth win in the last two years.

Bill Haas thinks it’s more than Watson’s length that has paid off.

“The rest of his game is a lot better than he got credit for,” Haas said. “I give him the credit now. He’s really good.”

Haas’ younger brother and caddie Jay Jr. said that Watson moves the ball more than any other player in the game.

“He’s entertaining to watch,” Bill added. “Even for us players.”

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Luke Donald will try to avenge last year's playoff loss to Brandt Snedeker.

The tee times for the first round of this week’s RBC Heritage have been released. CLICK HERE for the tee times. Use the space below to comment about the pairings at Harbour Town.

Here’s a look at some of the notable groups in the first two rounds:

Luke Donald/Kyle Stanley/Brandt Snedeker
All three players have won on the PGA TOUR this year, but the real story is the Donald/Snedeker rematch from last year's playoff at Harbour Town. Or it is the Snedeker/Stanley rematch from this year's playoff at Torrey Pines?

Bill Haas/Ernie Els/Padraig Harrington
Haas, the reigning FedExCup champion, is paired with two international superstars in the midst of career comebacks. Harrington has two top-10s in six starts this year, while Els has three top-fives in his last four starts.

Webb Simpson/Zach Johnson/Bud Cauley
This group almost spans three different generations. Cauley, a 22-year-old rookie, was one of the hottest players on TOUR before the Masters. However, rookies almost never do well at Harbour Town. Simpson, 26, has been under the radar after an epochal 2011, and still has three top-10s already in 2012.

John Daly/Rickie Fowler/Ricky Barnes
With Daly's pants and Fowler's hats, there will be lots of colorful clothes in this group. Barnes nearly won here last year before fading into a tie for fourth. Fowler has two starts here, one of them a tie for eighth in his first try in 2010.

Lucas Glover/Matt Kuchar/Geoff Ogilvy
Glover and Kuchar, a pair of Sea Island, Ga. residents, consider Harbour Town a local event. They will be paired with Ogilvy, who added Harbour Town to his schedule for the first time since 2007.

Now, it’s your turn: Which groups are you most interested in following this week?

By Mike McAllister, PGATOUR.COM

AUGUSTA, Ga. -- Bill Haas has played nine career rounds at Augusta National, the latest one coming Thursday. Thus far, he has yet to break 70 in any of those rounds.

If he wants to add a Green Jacket to the FedExCup trophy he won last year, he knows he'll need to find a way to get into the 60s. Not since Larry Mize's win 25 years ago has the Masters been won by a player shooting four rounds in the 70s.

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Haas started shakily, with two bogeys in his first five holes. Earlier in his career, a start like that would been unnerving. But having won the FedExCup title with a dramatic finish last year, and then rallying to win the Northern Trust Open earlier this year after nearly missing the cut, Haas didn't panic.

Instead, he birdied three of the next four holes to make the turn at 1 under. He remained that way until a bogey at the par-3 16th dropped him back to even par.

"I didn't necessarily lose the golf tournament today with a big number," Haas said. "I think I just kind of kept myself in the mix."