Ok, I am now back to try to post on a regular basis my picks each week using the Golf CLi. Until I find a person in the media to compete with, I will just post my picks.
This week is the beginning of the 2010 season for the US PGA Tour, with the tournament being the SBS Championship. This tournament has changed its name this year with the title sponsor change. In the past this tournament has been called the Mercedes-Benz Championship since Mercedes-Benz had sponsored the event. However, this year SBS Technologies has become the title sponsor for the tournament and thus has earned the right to change the name of the tournament.
The first tournament, as is normally the case on the US PGA Tour, takes place in Hawaii with a limited field tournament. Only players that won an official money event in the 2009 season are eligible to play in this tournament. Currently the field consists of 28 players.
Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the SBS Championship.
| Player | CLi | |
| 1 | Stephen Ames | 4.20 |
| 2 | Troy Matteson | 4.90 |
| 3 | Nick Watney | 5.20 |
| 4 | Steve Stricker | 5.50 |
| 5 | Angel Cabrera | 7.60 |
| 6 | Lucas Glover | 7.80 |
| 7 | Zach Johnson | 8.50 |
| 8 | Kenny Perry | 9.50 |
| 9 | Retief Goosen | 10.10 |
| 10 | Dustin Johnson | 10.10 |
| 11 | Matt Kuchar | 12.10 |
| 12 | Stewart Cink | 12.40 |
| 13 | Sean O'Hair | 13.30 |
| 14 | Martin Laird | 13.90 |
| 15 | Rory Sabbatini | 13.90 |
It is difficult to pick for a tournament that is early in the season, especially the first tournament of the season since we don't have much knowledge of how the players worked duriung the off season. As well, with this being a limited field tournament and with the tournament taking place in such a nice place as Hawaii (i.e. a vacation spot), one doesn't know if the player is going to focus on winning or just go through the motions during this tournament. However, in another sense, since the tournament is a limited field there are less player factors involved because there are fewer players to pick from.
This week I am going to go with Ames, Watney, Stricker, Johnson, and Perry. I tried to pick players that I feel are focused on winning this week and who will not play around during the tournament. Ames is the caveat in this pick, as he might not be focused. However, he is a favorite based upon the CLi so I have stuck with him in my picks.
Below are my 5 picks for the SBS Championship:
| Player | CLi | |
| 1 | Stephen Ames | 4.20 |
| 2 | Nick Watney | 5.20 |
| 3 | Steve Stricker | 5.50 |
| 4 | Zach Johnson | 8.50 |
| 5 | Kenny Perry | 9.50 |
Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the SBS Championship:
| Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA1) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA1) |
| 5 | 20% | 20% |
| Number of Days Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA2) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA2) |
| 30 | 0% | 0% |
| Number of Tournaments Looking Back | ||
| Number | Scoring Avg Weight (SA3) | Earnings Avg Weight (EA3) |
| 4 | 30% | 30% |
Hey John,
ReplyDeleteWelcome back. This should be an interesting season with all of the Tiger drama going on. This week, I like Stricker, Goosen, Ogilvy, Perry, and Cabrera. I also like O'Hair. He is tough to pass up. And, I like the Ames pick. He seems to do pretty well in Hawaii.
Baummer
Baummer, good to see you. Happy new year. - JM
ReplyDeleteJohn,
ReplyDeleteLooks like my picks turned out pretty well, especially Ogilvy, Perry, and Goosen. And, although I did not officially pick O'Hair, he had good results as well.
Catch you later this week.
Baummer
Yep, you made some nice picks in the SBS Championship, especially Ogilvy. Cool.
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