Tiger on the tee at the 2007 Wachovia Championship

Tiger Woods returns to the links this weekend as the PGA Tour tees off at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina for the Wachovia Championship. Tiger hasn't played since finishing second at The Masters almost a month ago, so he should be well rested and ready to compete.

Woods will be looking for his first career win at Quail Hollow in his third try at the Wachovia. Woods' best finish in this tournament came back in 2004 when he tied for third, while he tied for 11^th place a year later in 2005.

Woods decided to skip this tournament last season when Jim Furyk finished at 12-under par and won the tourney by defeating Trevor Immelman in a playoff. That was the third straight year that the Wachovia had been decided in extra holes. It was also the second straight year that Furyk was involved in the final playoff. The previous year Furyk faced Vijay Singh and Sergio Garcia in a three-way battle, which Singh went on to win.

In 2004 Joey Sindelar went to a playoff with Arron Oberholser and came away with the tournament victory. The first year the Wachovia was played in 2003 was the only year the tournament was not decided in a playoff. David Toms won the inaugural tournament that year with a 10-under par score.

Alongside Woods, Furyk and Singh, the rest of the PGA's biggest names will be in North Carolina this weekend. Some of these big names will include Luke Donald, Ernie Els, Retief Goosen, Masters champ Zach Johnson, Phil Mickelson and Adam Scott.

Another name to keep your eye on this weekend is Scott Verplank. The veteran Verplank is coming off a big win in last weekend's EDS Byron Nelson Championship after edging Luke Donald by a single stroke. Verplank was a rock on the final three holes of the Byron Nelson, and he'll need the same sure hand on the back end of the Wachovia. The final three holes at Quail Hollow rank up there with some of the toughest holes on the PGA Tour, which makes mounting a late comeback difficult to pull off, and makes a playoff must-see TV.

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