Updated: January 9, 2007, 1:33 PM ET

Experts' selections for the Sony Open

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We'll spoil the suspense for you: Our experts aren't picking Michelle Wie to win this week.

David Toms defends his Sony Open title, Vijay Singh looks to go 2-for-2 in Hawaii and a bevy of talented rookies make their debuts in Honolulu.

If not Wie, whom do the experts like this week? Here are their predictions:

Sony Open experts' predictions
Bob Harig
ESPN.com contributor
Jason Sobel
ESPN.com golf editor
Ron Sirak
Golf World executive editor
Brian Wacker
GolfDigest.com associate editor
Birdie Buster
Singh
Singh
Vijay Singh's game appears to be without rust.
Toms
Toms
It took him four days, but David Toms finally looks comfortable with those new TaylorMade clubs.
MacKenzie
MacKenzie
Why not Will MacKenzie? He's the flavor of the month, and his laid-back style should play as well here as it did at Kapalua.

Love
Love
Davis Love III always has been one of the tour's best in birdie average and got his season off to a good start last week, when he was third in birdies.
Horse for the Course
Toms
Toms
Defending champion David Toms has two other top-13 appearances in his three most recent Sonys.
Wilson
Wilson
Hawaii native Dean Wilson has been snubbed here before. Time to get even.
Watson
Watson
Bubba Watson went low here last year, carding a 65, 66 and 67 on his way to a fourth-place finish.
Singh
Singh
Vijay Singh has posted 21 straight rounds of par or better at the Sony, which he won in '05.
Super Sleeper
Rutledge
Rutledge
47-year-old rookie Jim Rutledge gets his first shot on the PGA Tour.
Azinger
Azinger
Paul Azinger has won here before. His low-trajectory shots won't be affected by the wind.
Rutledge
Rutledge
Canadian rookie Jim Rutledge makes a splash in his PGA Tour 2007 debut.
Kim
Kim
The youngest rookie on tour, Anthony Kim, 21, finished T-13 at Q School after a T-2 at the '06 Texas Open.
Winner
Singh
Singh
Vijay Singh. Why not two in a row to start the year?
Appleby
Appleby
Let's just say a little birdie told me to go with Stuart Appleby. The King of Kapalua becomes the King of Hawaii.
Immelman
Immelman
If Trevor Immelman putts even a little better than he did at the Mercedes -- and it's hard not to -- he will win.
Love
Love
It's been three years since Davis Love III has played in the Sony, but Waialae sets up well for him.