Tour Outsider: Wachovia Championship

The US PGA Tour heads to Charlotte, North Carolina after playing in Texas last week.

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 Vijay Singh 6.60 2 Vaughn Taylor 10.20 3 Tiger Woods 15.85 4 Nick Watney 16.30 5 Ken Duke 20.45 6 Stephen Leaney 20.60 7 Scott Verplank 22.40 8 Luke Donald 23.05 9 Bo Van Pelt 24.35 10 Phil Mickelson 26.15 11 D.J. Trahan 27.50 12 John Senden 31.25 13 Sergio Garcia 34.55 14 Retief Goosen 35.15 15 Jeff Maggert 35.50

Vijay Singh, Vaughn Taylor, and Tiger Woods look like good picks. All three are playing solidily at this time.

I will pass on Nick Watney, as he is a little green for this tournament. He played well several weeks ago when he won the Zurich Classic. However, this tournament is a little different than the Zurich Classic.

I will also pass on Ken Duke. As with Watney, Duke has played well over the past several weeks. As well, he had a good showing here last year. However, it is hard to see his top 10 finishes continue this week.

I will pass on Leaney and Verplank, and pick Luke Donald and Bo Van Pelt to round out my 5 picks.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the Wachovia Championship are:

Rank Player CLi 1 Vijay Singh 6.60 2 Vaughn Taylor 10.20 3 Tiger Woods 15.85 4 Luke Donald 23.05 5 Bo Van Pelt 24.35

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

• 1 Vijay Singh
• 2 Jim Furyk
• 3 Ian Poulter
• 4 Rory Sabbatini
• 5 Nick Watney

The only pick in common is Vijay Singh this week.