General / Editor / 20 March 2007 / Leave a Comment

Vijay Singh heads into this week's CA Championship in Florida full of confidence after halting his drop down the rankings with victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational on Sunday.

The former world number one's recent form had seen him slip to number nine in the world but his 31st PGA tour title at the weekend saw him rise two places to seventh ahead of Geoff Ogilvy and Retief Goosen.

Despite suffering his worst finish for nine months, Tiger Woods, who also hit a career-worst 43 in the final round at the weekend, retains his status as the world's best ahead of fellow Americans Jim Furyk and Phil Mickelson.

Australian Adam Scott and Sweden's Henrik Stenson complete the top five and all will be in action in Florida this week.

Punters appear not to have read too much into Woods' disastrous Sunday and he remains a strong favourite at 3.6 to win the CA Championship, although he has been matched previously at a low of 3.35.

It is unsurprising as Woods has won at Doral for the last two seasons, although this time the event has earned World Golf Championship status for the first time.

Fijian Singh is next best in the market at 15.5 and he does boast good form in Florida, with eight top-three finishes from the last 21 starts, while his last 12 rounds at Doral's Blue Monster course average out at 68.83.

However, Woods and Singh are both likely to face a stiff challenge from a strong-looking field which includes 'Big Phil' (18), Ernie Els (22), Furyk (23), Goosen (29) and Scott (30).