The big news on the this week is that Tiger Woods makes his first start in the United States this year as the Tour heads back to California for the AT&T National Pro-Am. Place your PGA golf bets at WagerWeb.com.

Tiger will play in the AT&T for the first time since 2002 as he will look to win the title that he triumphed in back in 2000 – he has played here since 2002, that in the 2010 U.S. Open. Also in the field this week is three-time champion Phil Mickelson along with past winners Dustin Johnson, Vijay Singh and Davis Love III

Also in the field is Arron Oberholser, who has been injured and hasn’t played in this event since he won it back in 2006, another coming back from injury is Mike Weir. Making his first start of the year is Jim Furyk as the field will be playing on three of the best courses in golf, Pebble Beach, Spyglass Hill and Monterey Peninsula. There is a 54-hole cut and the pros and amateurs finish at Pebble Beach.

Despite not having won an official worldwide event since November 2009, Tiger is the +500 favorite this week at WagerWeb.com. Tiger shared the 54-hole led two weeks ago in Abu Dhabi on the European Tour. But Tiger shot a final-round 72 that left him 2 strokes back of Robert Rock. Woods had just two fairways hit in the final round and only six greens in regulation. But his tie for third gives him a run of three consecutive top-3s in stroke-play events.

He has gone 26 tournaments dating to November 2009 without winning an official event. Woods will play the first round at Spyglass Hill on Thursday (10:01 a.m. local time), followed by Monterey Peninsula on Friday (9:17) and Pebble Beach on Saturday (8:22).

Of 21 par 72s in non-majors in 2011, Spyglass (+0.426) and Pebble Beach (+0.381) respectively ranked fourth- and fifth-most difficult even though both measure under 7,000 yards. Monterey Peninsula checked in at sixth-easiest of 14 par 70s in non-majors at 0.160 strokes under par.

Though he hasn’t done much so far this season, it’s hard to bet against Dustin Johnson, who is at +1900. He has two wins, a 7th and a 55th in four trips to this tournament. When the U.S. Open was held there in 2010, he blew a 3-shot lead on Sunday with an 11-over-par 82.

Hunter Mahan and Rickie Fowler are at +2000. Mahan comes off a missed cut in Qatar on Sunday. He shared sixth place at Torrey Pines two weeks ago. Runner-up here last year during which he carded a pair of bogey-free, 5-under 31s on the front nine at Pebble.

Phil Mickelson is at +2200 on WagerWeb.com. He’s yet to crack the top 25 in three starts this year. But he has three wins and four other top-10s in 16 career starts here.

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