Mayakoba Classic

This week the US PGA Tour has two tournaments: the Mayakoba Classic in Cancun, Mexico and the Accenture World Match Play in Tuscon, Arizona. This post is for the Mayakoba Classic (view post for Accenture event).

Rank Player CLi 1 S Brian Gay 3.00 2 S Cliff Kresge 16.20 3 S Richard S Johnson 16.90 4 S Brendon De Jonge 18.50 5 S Scott Piercy 19.00 6 S Shigeki Maruyama 19.65 7 S Cameron Beckman 20.45 8 S Bill Haas 20.45 9 S Chris Stroud 21.75 10 S Michael Letzig 22.65 11 S John Merrick 24.60 12 S Mark Brooks 25.75 13 S Kevin Stadler 26.25 14 S Vaughn Taylor 26.70 15 S Matthew Jones 28.30

The Mayakoba Classic is a littler easier to make picks for as opposed to the Accenture World Match Play....thank goodness. However, that said, I probably jinx myself with picks for this tournament. Let's hope not, or my words on this page will be worthless.

Brian Gay is a clear favorite. He plays well in this event south of the American border. His CLi figure supports that fact in that it is the lowest for the field, the value is low (3.00), and the closest player to him (Kresge) has a CLi 13 points higher (16.20). So I am definitely going to pick Brian. I will also pick the next 3 players in the CLi list: Kresge, Johnson, and De Jonge. For my final pick, I am going to drop down to the 8th sport and pick Bill Haas.

Below are my 5 picks for the Mayakoba Classic:

Rank Player CLi 1 S Brian Gay 3.00 2 S Cliff Kresge 16.20 3 S Richard S Johnson 16.90 4 S Brendon De Jonge 18.50 5 S Bill Haas 20.45

BTW: I see Mark Brooks is in the Top 15 CLi rankings. It would be nice to see him win this event. If he did, it would be known for a tournament that veterans use to catapult themselves onto the Champions Tour, like Fred Funk did with this tournament in 2007.