Waste Management Phoenix Open

This week the US PGA Tour is in Phoenix (Scottsdale), Arizona to play the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

#	Player	CLi
1	J.B. Holmes	5.45
2	Matt Kuchar	7.85
3	Phil Mickelson	9.25
4	Kevin Na	12.60
5	Brandt Snedeker	14.40
6	Ben Crane	14.95
7	Brian Gay	18.35
8	John Rollins	18.55
9	Briny Baird	26.65
10	Bubba Watson	30.05
11	Kevin Sutherland	30.90
12	Robert Allenby	30.95
13	Ryan Palmer	31.65
14	Zach Johnson	32.40
15	Geoff Ogilvy	32.80

I am going to go with the top 5 players in the CLi rankings: Holmes, Kuchar, Mickelson, Na, and Snedeker. The one question mark I have with these five is with Kuchar. He withdrew from the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am after the 1st round due to illness, which would bring into question how he is feeling this week. However, he did play last week at the Accenture Match Play. This fact mitigates some of my concern about picking him. Not including his WD at the AT&T, this year he has finished 2nd (Bob Hope), a 20th (Northern Trust), and a 17th (Accenture Match Play). As well, he finished 6th in this tournament (the WM Phoenix Open) last year.

Below are my 5 picks for the Waste Management Phoenix Open:

#	Player	CLi
1	J.B. Holmes	5.45
2	Matt Kuchar	7.85
3	Phil Mickelson	9.25
4	Kevin Na	12.60
5	Brandt Snedeker	14.40

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

1. Brian Gay
2. Brandt Snedeker
3. J.B. Holmes
4. Zach Johnson
5. Kevin Na

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: Waste Management Phoenix Open

We have 3 players in common this week: Snedeker, Holmes, and Na.

So far this year my picks have been doing rather well. However, I have lost the first 4 tournaments to Bolton. Hopefully this week I can turn it around.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Waste Management Phoenix Open:

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%