Wednesday, April 8, 2009

The Masters

This week the US PGA Tour heads down Magnolia Lane in Augusta, Georgia to embrace the year's first major, The Masters. It should be a good one with many of the prominent players hitting on all cylinders.

Rank Player CLi
1 S Tiger Woods 2.15
2 S Phil Mickelson 2.75
3 S Nick Watney 6.35
4 S Paul Casey 12.60
5 S Retief Goosen 12.80
6 S Luke Donald 16.10
7 S Ernie Els 16.55
8 S Fred Couples 18.15
9 S Zach Johnson 18.30
10 S Sean O'Hair 19.50
11 S Padraig Harrington 19.60
12 S Justin Leonard 21.65
13 S Stewart Cink 21.80
14 S Geoff Ogilvy 21.95
15 S Robert Karlsson 22.05

As usual, the CLi rankings for a major look good. However, there are two favorites going into the week: Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson. Both of their CLis for the tournament are less than 3. That is a good indicator that they both will play well. As such, it would be foolish of me to pass up either one of them. So I start my picks by getting the two big guns out of the way. I pick Woods and Mickelson

I am going to pass up Watney, even though he has been playing well. His experience in the Masters is limited.

Then I am going to pick Casey and Goosen. Both players have won in the past several weeks. Casey won last week at the Shell Houston Open, and Goosen won 3 weeks ago at the Transitions Championship in Florida.

I would pick Donald. However, his wrist injury draws up a big question mark in terms of how he will play this week.

However, in sticking with a European for my 5th pick, I am going to go with Harrington. He is the current reigning British Open champion and the current reigning PGA champion. So if he does win this week, he will have won 3 majors in a row.

Below are my 5 picks for The Masters:

Rank Player CLi
1 S Tiger Woods 2.15
2 S Phil Mickelson 2.75
3 S Paul Casey 12.60
4 S Retief Goosen 12.80
5 S Padraig Harrington 19.60
Posted by at 9:07 AM

2 comments:

  1. AnonymousApril 8, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    Hey John,

    Sorry to hear about your shutting down part of your other website. I certainly wish you luck with the pursuit of your advanced degree.

    My picks this week are Woods, Mickelson, Goosen, Watney, and Karlsson. I like Casey a lot too, but I think there might be a little let down. I also like Harrington, but he has not been real sharp this year.

    Watney has been sharp and placed
    11th last year. And, Karlsson did really well in the majors last year and seems to be playing pretty well.

    Baummer

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  2. UnknownApril 9, 2009 at 8:30 AM

    Thanks for your support.

    Interesting pick in Karlsson. In looking at his field analysis page on Gi for the tournament, he does look like a good pick. Nice.

    Hopefully Casey won't have a let down this week. :-)

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