This week the US PGA Tour moves to Orlando, Florida to play Arnie's tournament: The Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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In the top CLi rankings, I am going to pass on Perry and Rollins.
Below are my 5 picks for the Arnold Palmer Invitational:
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...providing player pick recommendations for golf tournaments as a tour outsider (not a tour insider).
This week the US PGA Tour moves to Orlando, Florida to play Arnie's tournament: The Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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In the top CLi rankings, I am going to pass on Perry and Rollins.
Below are my 5 picks for the Arnold Palmer Invitational:
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This week the US PGA Tour moves up the Florida coast (and from the east side to the west side of the Florida coast) to play the Transitions Championship.
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Only Mark Calcavecchia has a CLi less than 10, and just barely (9.90). So this means that this tournament will be a tough one to make good picks as there are no clear favorites.
I am going to pass on Calcavecchia even though he is at the top of the CLi rankings. He has been playing well lately, but I am not sure if he will be able to keep up his energy level for this tournament. So I am going to pass on him. Then I will pick the next 5 players in the CLi as they look solid.
Below are my 5 picks for the Transitions Championship:
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As mentioned in my previous post, this is another "two-tournament" week for the US PGA Tour. My previous post was on my picks for the CA Championship which is being played at Doral in Florida. This post is for my picks for the Puerto Rico Open.
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Interesting that Kevin Stadler is on the top of the CLi rankings list. I would not have imagined him being there. However, in looking at his analysis for the tournament (see Stadler analysis) it shows he played well here last year (finished 4th) and has played well in his previous two tournaments (Mayakoba Classic - 20th; AT&T Pebble Beach - 14th). So I will stick with him even though it seems like an odd pick.
I will also go with the 2nd player in the CLi rankings list: Jerry Kelly. He finished 2nd here last year. However, he missed the cut last week at the Honda Classic. One of my concerns with picking Kelly is that he might be wanting to play at Doral too much this week, as that is where the big boys are playing. And thus, he might lose his focus on playing well in Puerto Rico. This point might be put to bed in the fact that he played well in the Mayakoba Classic (he finished 6th), which was played opposite another World Golf Championship event -- the Accenture World Match Play. So I am going to stick with him this week.
I am going to pass on Purdy and van Pelt. Then will pick Merrick and Overton. Merrick has been playing solid this season, and Overton is proving he can play well in windy conditions (wind will most likely be a factor this week in Puerto Rico, just like last week at the Honda Classic).
For my final pick, I am going to go all the way down to the 12th spot in the CLi rankings to pick Rich Beem. This pick is more for supporting his cause of getting sponsors on his own this year, which is courageous in itself these days. Hopefully his hard work will pay off this week.
Below are my 5 picks for the Puerto Open Open:
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This is another "two-tournament" week for the US PGA Tour. The CA Championship is being played at Doral in Florida. The Puerto Rico Open is a fairly new tournament which is only in its second year.. This post is for picks regarding the CA Championship. I will submit another post for the Puerto Rico Open later.
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The top 5 players in the CLi rankings all look like good picks to me. It is hard to go agains Ogilvy, Woods, and Mickelson at Doral. And then Johnson and Casey have been playing some good golf lately and they shine in big events like this. So I am going to trust the CLi completely this week and not make any adjustments.
Below are my 5 picks for the CA Championship:
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This week the US PGA Tour moves from the west coast to the east coast for the start of the Florida swing of tournaments. As with last year, the Honda Classic is the first tournament in the Florida swing this year.
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I really want to pick Luke Donald this week as he is a clear favorite on paper and in the CLi rankings. However, it makes me nervous that he "twinged" his wrist last week during his last match in the Accenture World Match Play. He "twinged" his wrist to an extent that he flew to New York the next day (or over night) to have his specialist look at it. It makes me a little worried that he would jump that fast. Even though the specialist said nothing serious is wrong with his wrist, I am going to pass on Donald this week.
Going from the 2nd spot in the CLi rankings, I am going to pick the next five players. Wilson won last week in the US PGA Tour event in Mexico and won the tournament in 2007. Els plays well in Florida and he now has his house in the West Palm Beach area (where the Honda is now played). Allenby is playing well. Villegas plays well in Florida, as it is second home (apart from Columbia). Weekley is a fan favorite in Florida and south Florida is home to him as is the entire state (even though he is from the panhandle of Florida).
Below are my 5 picks for the Honda Classic:
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