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This weekend, the nation will be celebrating the completion of the Declaration of Independence.  We'll be celebrating with BBQs, lots of beer, and blowing stuff up with fireworks.  In the nation's capital, we'll also be celebrating at Congressional CC (for the last time until 2012) while the PGA Tour plays Tiger Woods' AT&T National.

Woods is not the defending champion of his own event - rather, Anthony Kim is.  He has struggled with poor play, some injuries, and other issues this season.  It is not expected that he will be able to defend his title succesfully, though he did show some signs of life at the US Open and the Travelers Championship.

The only other champion in the history of the event is KJ Choi.  He has been having a marginal 2009, but has come out nicely from the three event stretch in March and April where he missed all of the cuts.  Pass on him, too.

Frankly, you'd be a fool to not play Tiger Woods.  And I sure think that Paul Casey has a great chance this weekend.  Casey is having a career year in 2009.  He hasn't played in this event before, but seems ridiculous to think he will not do well on a major caliber course.

I'm going to keep riding the Hunter Mahan train.  He has finished top 15 in the history of the National and has been playing well of late.  Along the same lines, I like where Ryan Moore is going with his game.

Another player with a good record in the National is Jim Furyk.  He has finished in 3rd both years and Sal Johnson notes that his caddy Mike "Fluff" Cowan is a member at Congressional.  Furyk will keep it going.

Congressional is a ballstriker's course and Robert Allenby is one of those few pure ballstrikers on Tour.  Sure he can't putt worth a lick, but he's bound to be a force this weekend.  Likely, he'll disappoint on Sunday like at Southwind.

I would pick Ernie Els if he were in the field since he won his second US Open here in 1997.  So, Colin Montgomerie was my backup.  Then it was Tom Lehman.  So then I circled back and tried to pick a South African.  Instead, I'm going with Charley Hoffman.