Tour Outsider: EDS Byron Nelson Championship

The US PGA Tour heads to Irving, Texas, just outside of Dallas (as well as being just outside of Ft. Worth). The tournament is being played on two courses: TPC at Las Colinas and Cottonwood Country Club.

Let's look at the Golf CLi and see who the top 15 players are for the tournament ranked by the CLi figure.

Rank Player CLi 1 Sean O'Hair 3.25 2 Stephen Leaney 11.10 3 Vijay Singh 15.05 4 Bo Van Pelt 17.05 5 Jerry Kelly 18.50 6 Luke Donald 31.45 7 John Senden 31.50 8 Robert Allenby 37.00 9 Jason Bohn 38.00 10 Jonathan Byrd 39.35 11 Sergio Garcia 40.60 12 Bob Estes 40.75 13 Brett Wetterich 41.40 14 Briny Baird 41.70 15 Tommy Armour III 41.85

Sean O'Hair looks like a good pick. He has been playing well of late, and has played well at this tournament in tbe past.

Stephen Leaney hurt me last week at the Zurich in New Orleans, missing the cut. However, he is playing well, and these two course this week suit his game. So I will stick with him again this week. [ this pick could hurt me again, but hopefully not ]

Vijay Singh plays well here. I will pick him as well.

Bo Van Pelt looks like a good pick. However, I am liking two players behind him more (Jerry Kelly and Luke Donald). So i will have to pass on Van Pelt this time (I picked him last week in the Zurich).

Jerry Kelly is playing well and is a fighter. I can see him playing and placing well this week, however, I do not see him winning. I still feel good about him, so I will include him in my picks this week.

Luke Donald likes these courses, and he is playing well. So I will round out my 5 picks with him.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the EDS Byron Nelson Championship are:

Rank Player CLi 1 Sean O'Hair 3.25 2 Stephen Leaney 11.10 3 Vijay Singh 15.05 4 Jerry Kelly 18.50 5 Luke Donald 31.45

Note: I also picked O'Hair and Leaney last week in the Zurich. O'Hair was a good pick last week (placed 15th); Leaney was not a good pick last week (he misssed the cut). Hopefully both of them play to their strengths this week.

Some of the strong players that are in the top 15 of the CLi which I left out of my picks, but have a good chance to play well this week include Robert Allenby, Jonathan Byrd, Sergio Garcia, Bob Estes, Jason Bohn (birthday boy this week), and Brett Wetterich (last year's winner).

The Tour Insider's (Dave Shedloski) picks are:

• 1 Sergio Garcia
• 2 Luke Donald
• 3 Shigeki Maruyama
• 4 Rory Sabbatini
• 5 Brett Wetterich

So the only pick in common is Luke Donald. As with last week, when we ended up in a draw, it will be interesting to see how our picks compare at the end of the tournament.