Barclays Classic

The USA PGA Tour starts the Fedex Cup Playoff this week in New Jersey with the Barclays Classic.

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

#	Player	CLi
1	Steve Stricker	13.2
2	Padraig Harrington	21.0
3	Matt Kuchar	22.9
4	Hunter Mahan	26.3
5	Dean Wilson	28.7
6	Paul Casey	29.2
7	Jerry Kelly	29.3
8	Justin Leonard	30.8
9	Stuart Appleby	31.3
10	Woody Austin	31.3
11	Charley Hoffman	33.5
12	Jason Day	34.5
13	Troy Matteson	35.7
14	Dustin Johnson	36.3
15	Jeffrey Overton	37.8

I am going to stick with the top 4 in the CLi rankings: Sticker, Harrington, Kuchar, and Mahan. Then I am going to skip down to pick Justin Leonard. He is playing well, and is a bulldog when it comes to these types of "point" tournaments.

Below are my 5 picks for the Barclays Classic :

#	Player	Cli
1	Steve Stricker	13.2
2	Padraig Harrington	21.0
3	Matt Kuchar	22.9
4	Hunter Mahan	26.3
5	Justin Leonard	30.8

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

1. Matt Kuchar
2. Jim Furyk
3. Bo Van Pelt
4. Ernie Els
5. Paul Casey

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: Barclays Classic

We have 1 player in common this week: Kuchar.

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

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%