St. Jude Classic

This week the US PGA Tour is planning for the U.S. Open by playing a tournament in Tennessee: St. Jude Classic.

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

#	Player	CLi
1	Brian Gay	4.35
2	Zach Johnson	4.80
3	Heath Slocum	8.20
4	Ben Crane	8.75
5	David Toms	9.95
6	Aron Price	12.45
7	Fredrik Jacobson	14.80
8	Tom Pernice Jr	20.20
9	Robert Allenby	21.40
10	Justin Leonard	26.00
11	Boo Weekley	27.55
12	D.A. Points	27.95
13	Camilo Villegas	29.35
14	Chris Riley	31.35
15	Stephen Ames	31.75

This week the CLi has 5 players with a CLi less than 10. This is a good sign that the CLi "thinks" it can determine players that have the best chance of playing well based upon my settings of the CLi for this tournament. From my experience, a CLi less than 10 is a good threshold to use for this determination of the usefulness of the CLi. Therefore, I am going to stick with the CLi and pick the top 5 players in the list: Gay, Johnson, Slocum, Crane, and Toms.

Below are my 5 picks for the St. Jude Classic:

#	Player	CLi
1	Brian Gay	4.35
2	Zach Johnson	4.80
3	Heath Slocum	8.20
4	Ben Crane	8.75
5	David Toms	9.95

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

1. Ben Crane
2. Zach Johnson
3. Robert Allenby
4. Heath Slocum
5. Paul Goydos

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: St. Jude Classic

We have 3 players in common this week: Crane, Johnson, and Slocum.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the St. Jude 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%