Many of you only follow golf one week out of the year. I understand that. It makes sense. There are other sports I only follow one week out of the year, too. But because of this, you don’t necessarily know who to root for this week at the 2017 Masters. Who is someone you can get behind for one reason or another.

There are an endless array of reasons to root for a variety of PGA Tour characters, and some are more enduring than others. Who could forget Tiger Woods becoming the first African-American to win at Augusta National in 1997? Or Phil Mickelson embracing his wife Amy when he won in 2010 as she was battling breast cancer?

There aren’t any stories as big as those two coming into this year’s Masters, but there are still several golfers to get behind over the next week. Here is a look at our root-ability rankings from 1-10.

1. Jason Day -- His mother was recently diagnosed with lung cancer and is undergoing treatments. There was question over whether he would play, but Day has decided to give it a go. The emotion that would flow at the final hole if he won would be probably unforeseen in Masters history.

2. Gary Woodland -- He and his wife recently lost one of their two twins currently in utero. Winning the Masters obviously can’t make up for that, but it would be a sweet gift during a tough time. 

3. Sergio Garcia -- I don’t know how many different ways there are to say that Garcia has been unlucky at major championships, but he is testing us to exhaust them all. I understand why some detest the Spaniard, but at an older age (at least for golf), he has become incredibly likable for those paying attention throughout the entire year. Garcia is engaged and happy, and hey, how could you not root for a guy who hits it like him and does this in his downtime?

4. Marc Leishman -- The big Australian is coming off of a win at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, which is not necessarily a reason to root for somebody. But Leishman’s story runs deeper than that. He had to withdraw from the 2015 Masters because his wife almost died. To come back two years later and win it would be outrageous.

5. Rory McIlroy -- If you’re rooting for McIlroy, you’re rooting for history. Only once since 1966 has a golfer won all four major championships (Tiger Woods has done it three times). This is McIlroy’s third bid for it. There is also not a more engaging, thoughtful personality at the top of the sport. He’s an easy favorite to root for.

6. Rickie Fowler -- He’s still looking for his first. The rock star persona and dirt bike image will shroud the fact that he’s as kind and as generous with his time as anyone. Rooting for Fowler is easy because he’s a great golfer, but it’s also easy because you know the rest of his colleagues would be right there with you.

7. Phil Mickelson -- More history here with Mickelson. Only Arnold Palmer, Woods and Jack Nicklaus have four green jackets. Those are giants of the game, and Mickelson can simultaneously join them and crack Nicklaus’ record for oldest to ever win the Masters. He turns 47 in June. 

8. Adam Hadwin -- The winner of the Valspar Championship in March is supposed to be on his honeymoon right now. What better gift could there be to his new wife than a green jacket to keep her warm on a flight to wherever they decide to travel to after this tournament. 

9. Brandt Snedeker -- He once said he would trade all his wins for a green jacket. I believe him. 

10. Matt Kuchar -- Either Snedeker or Kuchar would do for me. Both are kind and good golfers who have never won major championships. Both would be crowd favorites and awesome champions.