Wyndham Championship

I am back from my travels, but am still behind schedule on things I am responsible for doing. So I am late in this week's posting, but am able to post a normal entry as opposed to an abbreviated posting like the previous 2 weeks.

The USA PGA Tour is in North Carolina this week to play Wyndham Championship in Greensboro.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro .

#	Player	CLi
1	Carl Pettersson	3.7
2	Fred Couples	7.6
3	J.J. Henry	10.3
4	Jeff Maggert	13.5
5	Michael Letzig	14.0
6	Jonathan Byrd	15.2
7	Brandt Snedeker	17.3
8	Bob Estes	18.1
9	Greg Chalmers	19.3
10	Garrett Willis	19.7
11	Matt Bettencourt	19.8
12	Ryan Moore	21.4
13	Marc Leishman	22.4
14	Dean Wilson	22.4
15	Boo Weekley	23.1

I am going to pick Pettersson, Henry, Maggert, Byrd, and Snedeker. Pettersson won this tournament in 2008 and has only missed the cut once in the 7 times he has played the tournament since 2003. Henry has played well and consistent over the past 4 tournaments, placing no worse then 36th with a 2nd place finish last week at Turning Stone. Maggert has not played too well over the past month. But he has played well in this tournament. Byrd is from the Carolinas and likes playing in this area of the country. As well, he has played well leading up to this tournament this week. Snedeker placed 2nd last week in Turning Stone and has placed no worse than 36th in the past 4 tournaments he has played in. He missed the cut last year at this tournament. But the prior 3 instances of this tournament he placed no worse than 27th. Let's see if he gets back on track at this tournament this week with those sort of finishes.

I passed over Couples and Letzig. Couples is the tough player to pick in the top 5 players. He has played very well on the senior tour, and he placed 5th last year in Greensboro. But he has been irradicate in the tournaments he has played in on the regular tour. So this pulls me to pass over him this week. I passed over Letzig because he withdrew from the tournament last year and missed the cut at Turning Stone last week. He was playing well prior to Turning Stone. But his 102nd finish in the Turning Stone last week could carry over this week in the form of a lower confidence level.

I wanted to pick Estes as he is making a come back with his game. He has been playing well leading up to this tournament, and has played well in this tournament the previous 3 times he has played in the tournament. However, I couldn't come to terms in removing any of the 5 players that I had picked before reaching Estes in the list. So he is not included in my picks.

Below are my 5 picks for the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro :

#	Player	CLi
1	Carl Pettersson	3.7
2	J.J. Henry	10.3
3	Jeff Maggert	13.5
4	Jonathan Byrd	15.2
5	Brandt Snedeker	17.3

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

1. Ryan Moore
2. Woody Austin
3. Richard S. Johnson
4. Michael Sim
5. Carl Pettersson

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: Wyndham Championship in Greensboro

We have 1 player in common this week: Pettersson.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro :

Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA1)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA1)
3	20%	20%
Number of Days Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA2)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA2)
45	10%	10%
Number of Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA3)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA3)
5	20%	20%