I am running late this week and will not have time to post the detail posting for the Tour Championship later today. So I am going to post my five picks this morning and then update the update tomorrow or so.
Here are my picks for the Tour Championship which is being played in Atlanta this week. The fields is limited to 30 players.
The 3rd leg of the US PGA Tour's FedEx Playoff season will be the BMW Championship, which is being played in Chicago at Cog Hill.
Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the BMW Championship.
| # | Player | CLi | |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 1.35 | |
| 2 | Steve Stricker | 7.90 | |
| 3 | Sergio Garcia | 11.65 | |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | 16.05 | |
| 5 | Fredrik Jacobson | 16.55 | |
| 6 | Ernie Els | 17.60 | |
| 7 | Ian Poulter | 17.90 | |
| 8 | Heath Slocum | 19.50 | |
| 9 | Scott Verplank | 19.85 | |
| 10 | Stephen Ames | 22.80 | |
| 11 | Hunter Mahan | 23.15 | |
| 12 | Angel Cabrera | 23.45 | |
| 13 | Bill Haas | 23.70 | |
| 14 | Steve Marino | 23.80 | |
| 15 | Brandt Snedeker | 24.00 |
I am going to go with the top 4 in the CLi rankings: Woods, Stricker, Garcia, and Furyk. Then I am going to skip down to Poulter for my 5th pick. He is a dark horse for this tournament, as most people would not think about picking him. Let's see if he is able to pull in a top 10 this week.
Below are my 5 picks for the BMW Championship:
| # | Player | CLi | |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 1.35 | |
| 2 | Steve Stricker | 7.90 | |
| 3 | Sergio Garcia | 11.65 | |
| 4 | Jim Furyk | 16.05 | |
| 5 | Ian Poulter | 17.90 |
Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the BMW Championship:
| Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA1) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA1) |
| 5 | 25% | 25% |
| Number of Days Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA2) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA2) |
| 30 | 5% | 5% |
| Number of Tournaments Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA3) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA3) |
| 4 | 20% | 20% |
The 2nd leg of the US PGA Tour's FedEx Playoff season will be the Deutsche Bank U.S. Championship. The event begins on Friday and ends on Monday (Labor Day holiday).
Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Deutsche Bank U.S. Championship.
| # | Player | CLi | |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 2.20 | |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 9.05 | |
| 3 | Sergio Garcia | 13.05 | |
| 4 | Robert Allenby | 16.85 | |
| 5 | Steve Stricker | 18.45 | |
| 6 | Ryan Moore | 19.35 | |
| 7 | Jason Bohn | 20.85 | |
| 8 | Bill Haas | 22.15 | |
| 9 | Steve Marino | 23.65 | |
| 10 | Brandt Snedeker | 24.05 | |
| 11 | John Rollins | 24.35 | |
| 12 | Mike Weir | 26.15 | |
| 13 | Justin Rose | 29.55 | |
| 14 | Phil Mickelson | 29.60 | |
| 15 | Chad Campbell | 30.45 |
the top 5 players in the CLi rankings look really good. Woods plays well at the Deutsche. Els has been improving his play of late and had a chance to win going into the final 9 holes last week at the Barclays. Garcia has been playing well, however, he has not converted a win yet. Allenby plays well at the Deutsche and is always a solid pick in any tournament due to his consistent play. Stricker is also playing well, and had a chance to win last week at the Barclays Classic.
Below are my 5 picks for the Deutsche Bank U.S. Championship:
| # | Player | CLi | |
| 1 | Tiger Woods | 2.20 | |
| 2 | Ernie Els | 9.05 | |
| 3 | Sergio Garcia | 13.05 | |
| 4 | Robert Allenby | 16.85 | |
| 5 | Steve Stricker | 18.45 |
Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Deutsche Bank U.S. Championship:
| Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA1) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA1) |
| 5 | 25% | 25% |
| Number of Days Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA2) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA2) |
| 30 | 5% | 5% |
| Number of Tournaments Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA3) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA3) |
| 4 | 20% | 20% |
