British Open Review

It is now time to review the picks for the British Open to see how the results turned out.

Here are the results of the Tour Outsider (my) picks.

1. Tiger Woods | 23 | $49,997
2. Steve Stricker | 54 | $14,761
3. Jim Furyk | 106 (MC) | $0
4. Ernie Els | 86 (MC) | $0
5. Justin Rose | 78 (MC) | $0

Here are the results for the Tour Insider's (Bolton's) picks.

1. Tiger Woods | 23 | $49,997
2. Ernie Els | 86 (MC) | $0
3. Lee Westwood | 2 | $595,200
4. Phil Mickelson | 48 | $16,377
5. Retief Goosen | 6 | $208,321

Here is the comparison of the results for our picks.

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$64,758	$869,895	TI
Avg Rank	69.4	33.0	TI
Made Cut	2	4	TI
Outcome	--	--	TI

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Insider.

The Avg Rank category was won by the Tour Insider.

The Made Cut category was won by the Tour Insider.

This tournament overall was won by the Tour Insider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider is 10 wins to the Tour Outsider, 15 wins to the Tour Insider, and 1 draw.

It looks like I am still having difficulty picking players for the British Open. The patterns in the data in past instances of the British Open do not seem to be working; nor is the level of play leading up to the tournament. A lot of it is seems to be related to the weather, and the draw of the tee times for each player.  The weather at the British Open plays a larger factor compared to many other tournaments.  Or maybe there are other factors that I am just missing and failing to take into account for the British Open. All in all, it makes the British Open tough to pick players. But that is what makes it fun to try.