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Last year Tim Herron defeated Richard Johnson in a sudden-death playoff at Colonial. The year before that Kenny Perry won and prior to then it was Steve Flesch.

Point is, the Crowne Plaza Invitational has become a tough one to call. Of course, that won't stop our experts from giving their predictions for this week's event.

Colonial experts' predictions
	Bob Harig ESPN.com contributor	Jason Sobel ESPN.com golf editor	Ron Sirak Golf World executive editor	John Antonini Golf World senior editor
Horse for the Course	Toms Colonial should be the perfect venue for David Toms, who has four top-10s at the tournament.	Quigley A premium on accuracy over distance and the need to shape shots makes Brett Quigley the ideal candidate to contend at Colonial.	Perry Kenny Perry is a two-time winner here and the answer to the trivia question: Who won Colonial when Annika Sorenstam played in the event?	Pampling A second-round 63 a year ago lifted Rod Pampling to a T-3 finish at Fort Worth. A strong finish this week will give him a nice Texas two-step to go along with his top-10 at the Nelson a few weeks ago.
Birdie Buster	Perry Kenny Perry is not having his best season, but he has won two of the last four Colonials and set a scoring record in the process.	Oberholser Arron Oberholser says he'll "never miss" this tournament as long as it's on the schedule. His love for the course should translate into some red numbers.	Campbell Chad Campbell is a Texan with a Texas game, especially if the wind blows.	Sabbatini Rory Sabbatini has come back to earth a bit after three straight top-three finishes and he may be tired playing in his fifth straight event, but a pair of top-10s in his last four starts at Colonial get him noticed.
Super Sleeper	Furyk How is the third-ranked player in the world a sleeper? Because Jim Furyk has done very little since early in the year. He has no top-10s since the Nissan Open in February.	Kanada Last year's Tour Championship winner on the Nationwide circuit, Craig Kanada has carried his strong play onto the PGA Tour, with 11 made cuts in 14 starts so far -- all without much fanfare.	Kim Not sure Anthony Kim still qualifies as a sleeper, but the 21-year-old rookie has been making a name for himself all year.	Lonard Peter Lonard's T-3 and T-4 finishes the past two years offset his missed cut at the AT&T Classic. And he was T-6 two weeks ago at the Players.
Winner	Immelman South African Trevor Immelman has been quiet lately but breaks through on a course made for his game.	Toms David Toms calls Colonial his favorite PGA Tour venue and it's no wonder, considering his four top-10 finishes since 2000. He wins about once per year, so here's saying he gets this season's victory under his belt this week.	Furyk When in doubt, take the top-ranked player in the field. This week, that honor belongs to world No. 3 Jim Furyk.	Cink Stewart Cink hasn't missed a cut since his first event of the year and has two top-fives in his last three starts. After a T-24 on his home course of Sugarloaf last week, expect a rebound at Colonial, where he hasn't missed the cut since joining the tour in 1997.