Mayakoba Classic

This week the US PGA Tour has two tournaments: 1) Accenture Match Play Championship (started Wednesday), and 2) the Mayakoba Classic. I posted the entry for the Accenture Match Play Championship on Wednesday. This post is for the Mayakoba Classic.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Mayakoba Classic.

#	Player	CLi
1	Steve Elkington	7.45
2	John Merrick	13.75
3	Heath Slocum	14.85
4	Charles Howell III	17.05
5	Kevin Stadler	17.95
6	Briny Baird	18.75
7	Mark Wilson	21.65
8	J.P. Hayes	24.15
9	Brendon De Jonge	24.45
10	Joe Ogilvie	26.95
11	Shigeki Maruyama	29.65
12	Chris DiMarco	30.10
13	Boo Weekley	30.75
14	Joe Durant	34.15
15	Jarrod Lyle	35.05

The CLi has been rather good in predicting the results for this tournament in the past. I am going to go with the CLi rankings, and use the top 5. For one, I don't have the time to look into the details of each of the players in the top 15 CLi rankings. And second, in passing, the rankings look rather good.

Below are my 5 picks for the Mayakoba Classic:

#	Player	CLi
1	Steve Elkington	7.45
2	John Merrick	13.75
3	Heath Slocum	14.85
4	Charles Howell III	17.05
5	Kevin Stadler	17.95

Below is the top 5 players in the Power Rankings from Rob Bolton:

1. K.J. Choi
2. Heath Slocum
3. Mark Wilson
4. Steve Elkington
5. Kevin Stadler

Here is a link to Bolton's Power Rankings so that you can read more about his thoughts on his top players in this week's Power Rankings:

Bolton's Power Rankings: Mayakoba Classic

We have 3 players in common this week: Slocum, Elkington, and Stadler.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Mayakoba Classic:

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%