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Tiger Woods will make his 2011 season debut this week at Torrey Pines.

Every week of the 2011 PGA Tour season, the editorial staff of the SI Golf Group will conduct an e-mail roundtable. Check in on Mondays for the unfiltered opinions of our writers and editors and join the conversation in the comments section below.

WHAT TO EXPECT OF NO. 3 THIS WEEK?
Jim Herre, managing editor, SI Golf Group: Welcome to another edition of PGA Tour Confidential. Let's get right to it. By winning in Abu Dhabi, Martin Kaymer passed Tiger Woods in the World Ranking and is now second to Lee Westwood. Woods is third for the first time since 2004, and will be making his first start of the season at this week's Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. So, what can we expect from Tiger?

Cameron Morfit, senior writer, Golf Magazine: I think he will either win or come very close. If he doesn't, on that golf course, I think it'll be time to sound the alarms.

Jim Gorant, senior editor, Sports Illustrated: It would be surprising if he's not in the top five this week. He loves the course, has had tons of success there, and has been working hard for weeks. Takes a lot to win, but he should be right there.

Farrell Evans, writer-reporter, Sports Illustrated: Tiger has a new swing and a fresh outlook on his life after a tough past year. He will win at Torrey Pines.

Michael Bamberger, senior writer, Sports Illustrated: He owns the course, but he doesn't own his swing yet, or his new self. My guess is that he's hanging around the lead all week but doesn't win.

Morfit: He just looked so close at the Chevron, and I'd guess he'll want to make a statement this year. That said, his putting is still a question mark and may or may not respond to all the reps.

Alan Shipnuck, senior writer, Sports Illustrated: Red-ass. He'll come strong.

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Gary Van Sickle, senior writer, Sports Illustrated: We don't know what to expect, and that's why Tiger is more exciting than ever right now. He might win, he might miss the cut. I have to believe he's going to finish among the top five, though. A win wouldn't be a surprise, given his track record at Torrey. And that would certainly sex up the race for the No. 1 world ranking.

Morfit: Yes, golf didn't get enough sexing up last year.

Shipnuck: It's true that winning is delicate and he might not yet have the confidence in his swing or putting. Tiger made it look so easy for so long, but it's really not.

Van Sickle: Exactly right, Alan. Tiger's secret to success wasn't a secret: he made clutch putt after clutch putt, and he didn't make bogeys because his short game and putting were so good. It is definitely not easy to climb back to that pinnacle.

Jeff Ritter, senior producer, Golf.com: He's won this thing six times and has had time to get angry and get ready, so you have to think he'll be right there on Sunday. But if he misses the cut or finishes back in the pack? Ominous sign for his '11 season.

Tell us what you think: How do you think Tiger will fare this week at Torrey Pines?

HARRINGTON'S DQ AND ARMCHAIR OFFICIALS
Herre: Interesting development on the armchair official front last week. The Padraig Harrington DQ has both the R&A and the USGA saying they will take another look at the incorrect scorecard rule. Think they'll finally change the rule for signing an incorrect scorecard?

Shipnuck: If not now, when? There's a lot of chatter among the press and players, most of it in favor of abolishing the DQ, some of it for silencing fans altogether. I think it will get amended to a retroactive penalty, which I think is a mistake. I like that the rules of golf are so black-and-white. There's enough shades of gray in sports.

Morfit: If every shot is on video, as it is now at the game's highest level, it seems possible. It shouldn't be that difficult to review the breach in question and give a more specific penalty than what is now given, which is a firing squad.

Charlie Hanger, executive editor, Golf.com: Seems like public sentiment is calling for it, based on the comments on GOLF.com and elsewhere. Whether you agree with armchair officiating or not, it seems unnecessarily harsh to DQ for signing a card you didn't know was wrong.

Gorant: Hope so. It's a terrible rule. You don't want to give anyone an incentive to cut corners, but as long as the player didn't knowingly sign for the wrong score I don't see the point in the ex-post-facto DQ. Assess the strokes and move on.

Bamberger: No, I don't think they'll change. The DQ for singing an incorrect card is the thing that makes golfers hyper-focused on keeping a perfect card.

Van Sickle: No. These are the same guys who think laser rangefinders are a bad look. "The scorecard is sacred" has long been a mantra. I don't think they'll change a concept so central. The PGA Tour could for its events, though.