Reno-Tahoe Open

Along with being part of the sanctioning bodies for the Reno-Tahoe Open, this week the US PGA Tour is also hosting its open tournament, the Reno-Tahoe Open.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Reno-Tahoe Open.

#	Player	CLi
1	Vaughn Taylor	1.80
2	Joe Ogilvie	7.30
3	John Merrick	8.10
4	Rod Pampling	13.80
5	Steve Elkington	16.00
6	Chris DiMarco	17.30
7	Billy Mayfair	18.90
8	Robert Garrigus	20.10
9	Johnson Wagner	22.70
10	James Nitties	24.90
11	Nicholas Thompson	25.00
12	Kris Blanks	25.70
13	Jeff Quinney	28.90
14	Alexander Cejka	29.10
15	Scott McCarron	30.10

The first 5 players in the CLi rankings look good. Three of them have CLi figures below 10, which is usually a good sign for them and the overall CLi as a whole in terms of its prediction value for this tournament (at least based upon the settings that I have for the CLi for this tournament). The 4th and 5th players in the CLi rankings do not have CLi figures below 10, but they tend to play well in this tournament and have played decent leading up to this tournament. So I am going to go with the top 5 players in the CLi rankings.

Below are my 5 picks for the Reno-Tahoe Open:

#	Player	CLi
1	Vaughn Taylor	1.80
2	Joe Ogilvie	7.30
3	John Merrick	8.10
4	Rod Pampling	13.80
5	Steve Elkington	16.00

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

1. Vaughn Taylor
2. John Rollins
3. Kris Blanks
4. Joe Ogilvie
5. Robert Garrigus

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: Reno-Tahoe Open

We have 2 players in common this week: Taylor and Ogilvie.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Reno-Tahoe Open:

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	10%	10%
Number of Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA3)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA3)
4	20%	20%