Monday, May 7, 2007

Tour Outsider: The PLAYERS Championship

The US PGA Tour heads home to Ponte Verda Beach, Florida to what some call the 5th major on this circuit. The PLAYERS Championship is the gem of the US PGA Tour. The twist this year is that the tournament has moved dates from March (before the Masters) to May (after the Masters).

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 Phil Mickelson 14.70
2 Tiger Woods 14.70
3 Vijay Singh 20.35
4 Jerry Kelly 21.95
5 Ernie Els 23.50
6 Bo Van Pelt 25.75
7 Vaughn Taylor 28.95
8 Tom Lehman 30.75
9 Adam Scott 30.80
10 Scott Verplank 30.80
11 Luke Donald 31.05
12 Retief Goosen 39.00
13 Jeff Maggert 39.05
14 Padraig Harrington 40.00
15 Robert Allenby 40.35

This week I am going to go with the top 5 in the CLi, as Phil Mickelson (placed 3rd in the past two tournaments), Tiger Woods (won last week at the Wachovia), Vijay Singh (Sawgrass is his home course), Kelly (plays well at Sawgrass), and Ernie Els all look like good picks. Easy picks; let's hope the CLi formula did it's job.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the PLAYERS Championship are:

Rank Player CLi
1 Phil Mickelson 14.70
2 Tiger Woods 14.70
3 Vijay Singh 20.35
4 Jerry Kelly 21.95
5 Ernie Els 23.50

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

The only pick in common is Tiger Woods this week.

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