This week on PGA Tour: Quail Hollow Championship

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Easily the best field since the Masters and probably the fourth-best field overall this year will be on hand for this week’s stop on the PGA Tour, the Quail Hollow Championship in Charlotte.

Most of the Tour’s top players took a two-week break from the PGA Tour to relax and recuperate after all the stress that comes with playing at Augusta National. But this week in the field are world No. 1 Tiger Woods, No. 2 Phil Mickelson, No. 3 Sergio Garcia, No. 4 Geoff Ogilvy, No. 7 Padraig Harrington, No. 8 Vijay Singh and No. 13 Anthony Kim.

“The Masters is always a tough week,” said Garcia, who tied for 38th at Augusta. “I wanted to take a little bit of time off, go back home and see my family and friends and relax a little bit and get away from the game.”

All of the tournament’s past champions are here with the exception of Joey Sindelar, who has moved on to the Champions Tour.

Woods won this event in 2007 (formerly called the Wachovia Championship) but missed last year because of knee surgery. Kim is the defending champion here, lowering the course record by three shots with a 16-under 272 in winning his first event.

Kim took off last year following that maiden win but has struggled this season - that 11 birdie round at Augusta notwithstanding. He doesn’t expect 16-under to be good enough to win this year, both because of the course and the field.

“It looks quite a bit different than when I won last year,” said Kim, who is +2000 on WagerWeb.com to repeat. “There’s definitely not as much rough. I’m guessing they want to see a lot of birdies and see a shootout.”

Obviously Tiger is the WagerWeb.com favorite at +175. Previous to his victory here in 2007, he had finishes of 11th and third in recent trips.

Mickelson (+650) has a solid track record at Quail Hollow (12, 4, 35, 5, 7), and he could have some momentum from besting Tiger by a shot in the final round at Augusta. But Lefty’s driving is still erratic, and Quail Hollow has tight fairways and well-developed rough – sort of like a U.S. Open course but certainly not as hard.

Vijay Singh (+3650) has a win in 2005 here and three additional top-10 finishes over the past six years, so don’t rule him out despite his struggles in 2009.

Masters champion Angel Cabrera (+5500 on WagerWeb.com) will tee it up this week for the first time since winning the Masters. After Cabrera won his first major, the U.S. Open at Oakmont in 2007, it took him six months to crack the top 20 in another PGA Tour event.

Kenny Perry, who lost the Masters in a playoff, is skipping this event to join his father, Ken, as grand marshals of the Kentucky Derby Festival’s 54th annual Pegasus Parade in Louisville.