Defending champ James Hahn returns to Northern Trust as a recognizable face

James Hahn ( Getty Images )James Hahn lives about 10 minutes from TPC Scottsdale. So when fans mistook him for Danny Lee two weeks ago at the Waste Management Phoenix Open, Hahn was understandably a little puzzled.

"Everyone is saying, 'Good luck, Danny; good luck, Danny; good luck, Danny,' " Hahn said. "I'm like, all right, they don't know who I am. This is my hometown … and guys are calling me Danny. I kind of shrug it off. It's no big deal."

This week, however, some 400 miles away in Pacific Palisades, Calif., Hahn will surely get a lot more recognition. Yes, he is the defending champion of the Northern Trust Open at Riviera Country Club. But there's another reason fans won't be calling…