The PLAYERS Championship

This week the US PGA Tour is playing what is calls its "5th Major": The PLAYERS Championship. It is played at the PGA Tour's headquarters in Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida on the famed TPC at Sawgrass course. The TPC at Sawgrass has the infamous island green on the 17th hole.

Rank	Player	CLi
1	Phil Mickelson	4.70
2	Kenny Perry	12.10
3	Luke Donald	15.15
4	Tiger Woods	15.75
5	Retief Goosen	17.70
6	Sean O'Hair	18.35
7	Tim Petrovic	22.90
8	Scott Verplank	23.30
9	Jerry Kelly	27.60
10	Briny Baird	28.40
11	Jim Furyk	30.45
12	Zach Johnson	31.95
13	Boo Weekley	31.95
14	Ernie Els	34.60
15	Paul Casey	35.25

I am going to with Mickelson as he is a clear favorite based upon the CLi figure (4.70). Then I am going to skip Perry as he might still have a hang over from losing the Masters playoff. However, I would love to see him play well here and win it. Then I will pick the next 3 players in the list: Donald, Tiger, and Goosen. Goosen is the question mark in this group as he has been playing well lately, but been inconsistent. Then will skip all the way down to 12th to pick Zack Johnson. He is playing well and is consistent, which should help in increasing the number of players that make the cut in my 5 picks.

Below are my 5 picks for The PLAYERS Championship:

Rank	Player	CLi
1	Phil Mickelson	4.70
2	Luke Donald	15.15
3	Tiger Woods	15.75
4	Retief Goosen	17.70
5	Zach Johnson	31.95

Note: The GolfInvestors site was taken down earlier this week (will reopen as http://golfsat.com sometime in the future). So there are no links to the site in this posting for the players or the tournament.