Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Tour Ousider: British Open

This week the world of golf is focusing it's attention on Royal Birkdale (UK) as the 3rd major of the year will be contested. Players are going after the claret jug that is rewarded to the winner of this week's British Open

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 S Vijay Singh 9.70
2 S Hunter Mahan 12.50
3 S Stewart Cink 13.70
4 S Phil Mickelson 17.60
5 S Sergio Garcia 18.10
6 S Geoff Ogilvy 18.30
7 S Lee Westwood 18.70
8 S Miguel Angel Jimenez 18.90
9 S Rod Pampling 20.80
10 S Graeme McDowell 24.80
11 S Justin Leonard 27.40
12 S Robert Karlsson 30.00
13 S Soren Hansen 32.90
14 S Jim Furyk 33.40
15 S Adam Scott 34.00

This week I am going to go with Singh as my first pick. His CLi figure is less than 10, which is a good sign, especially in a major.

Then I am going to skip over Mahan, as he has limited playing experience in the British Open. He has been playing well of late, but I just don't think he will fair well at Royal Birkdale because he will have jumpy jitters.

I will pick the next 3 in Cink, Mickelson and Garcia. Cink is solid in the British. Mickelson is the top ranked player in the field. Garcia played well last year in the British and wants a major after having won the Players Championship earlier in the year.

For my final pick, I want a European player. Westwood is looking good, however, I see one that I like even better down the list. It is another Spainard: Jimenez. If Jimenez keeps his cool when he hits a dire shot and doesn't have any big numbers on his scorecard, he should fair rather well this week.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the British Open are:

Rank Player CLi
1 S Vijay Singh 9.70
2 S Stewart Cink 13.70
3 S Phil Mickelson 17.60
4 S Sergio Garcia 18.10
5 S Miguel Angel Jimenez 18.90

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

We have 2 players in common in this tournament: Mickelson and Garcia.

7 comments:

  1. Hey Johnny,

    I posted a response on the results for last week....a pretty good week for my picks overall. This week, for our pick one, we are considering Jimenez, Karlsson, Els, Romero, and Rose. Those are not my top 5. We can only use each golfer once a year. My top 5 this week are Jimenez, Karlsson, Els, Cink, and Garcia. Vijay has been a little inconsistent for me. I like Mickelson, just not as much as Els. And, I like Karlsson this week based on his US Open results.

    Baummer

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  2. Johnny,

    Did you ever find someone to help you out with your website(s)?

    Baummer

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  3. Sergio Garcia
    Justin Leonard
    Lee Westwood
    Stewart Cink
    Ernie Els

    GL guys.

    -E

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  4. Sergio Garcia
    Ernie Els
    Justin Leonard
    Lee Westwood
    Stewart Cink

    GL guys.

    -E

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  5. Baummer, it looks like you were correct with Singh being inconsistent. He didn't make the cut.

    I would have thought that Jimenez would have played well. However, he ballooned in the second round and missed the cut. Ugh.

    As for finding someone to help out with the GolfSolutions.com web sites, I have interest from a number of people and companies. However, I have not locked down on one person or company as I have not felt completely comfortable yet with the arrangement with each. I need to feel comfortable with the person or company first, and then I will look at the terms they are offering or what services they can bring to the table. Hopefully, I will get time to look at that over the next couple of weeks....after my family and I finish the move to Kentucky. Right now we are living out of a moving truck and hotels. :-(

    - JM

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  6. Jeff / -E, nice picks. For a difficult tournament, your picks turned out good. All but Cink made the cut for you. - JM

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