CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia Review

It is now time to review the picks for the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia to see how the results turned out.


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

1. Bill Haas | 26 | $63,000
2. Ernie Els | 5 | $237,500
3. Robert Allenby | 5 | $237,500
4. Rickie Fowler | 5 | $237,500
5. Tim Clark | 18 | $78,000

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

1. Luke Donald | 3 | $403,000
2. Ernie Els | 5 | $237,500
3. Heath Slocum | 36 | $53,000
4. Seung-yul Noh | 36 | $53,000
5. Robert Allenby | 5 | $237,500

 Here is the comparison of the results for our picks.

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$853,500	$984,000	TI
Avg Rank	11.8	17.0	TO
Made Cut	5	5	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	DRAW

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Insider.

The Avg Rank category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The Made Cut category was a draw.

This tournament overall was a draw.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider is 18 wins to the Tour Outsider, 20 wins to the Tour Insider, and 4 draws.

CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia

This week the US PGA Tour heads to Malaysia to take a break before the tour's last Fall Season tournament. This week's tournament, which is not an official money event, is the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia.

#	Player	CLi
1	Bill Haas	2.0
2	Ernie Els	3.5
3	Robert Allenby	6.0
4	Martin Laird	6.3
5	Ryan Palmer	6.5
6	Rickie Fowler	7.5
7	Tim Clark	8.5
8	Kevin Na	8.5
9	Heath Slocum	9.3
10	John Senden	9.5
11	Kevin Streelman	11.8
12	D.J. Trahan	12.3
13	Tom Gillis	13.0
14	Arjun Atwal	13.3
15	Charlie Wi	15.8

I will go with the first 3 players in the CLi rankings: Haas, Els, and Allenby. Then I am going to skip over Laird and Palmer to pick Fowler and Clark.

Below are my 5 picks for the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia :

#	Player	CLi
1	Bill Haas	2.0
2	Ernie Els	3.5
3	Robert Allenby	6.0
4	Rickie Fowler	7.5
5	Tim Clark	8.5

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

1. Luke Donald
2. Ernie Els
3. Heath Slocum
4. Seung-yul Noh
5. Robert Allenby

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: CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia

We have 2 players in common this week: Els and Allenby.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the CIMB Asia Pacific Classic Malaysia :

Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA1)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA1)
5	0%	0%
Number of Days Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA2)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA2)
30	25%	25%
Number of Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA3)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA3)
4	25%	25%

Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open to see how the results turned out.

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

1. Charley Hoffman | 89 (MC) | $0
2. Rickie Fowler | 22 | $39,918
3. John Mallinger | 81 (MC) | $0
4. D.J. Trahan | 75 (MC) | $0
5. Kevin Na | 45 | $12,590

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

1. Nick Watney | 6 | $149,245
2. Rickie Fowler | 22 | $39,918
3. Hunter Mahan | 50 | $10,159
4. Chad Champbell | 28 | $26,803
5. Charley Hoffman | 89 (MC) | $0

Here is the comparison of the results for our picks.

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$51,788	$226,125	TI
Avg Rank	62.4	39.0	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 18 wins to the Tour Outsider, 20 wins to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

The US PGA Tour's Fall Season continues this week by heading to Las Vegas to play the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open.

#	Player	CLi
1	Charley Hoffman	5.7
2	Rickie Fowler	10.5
3	John Mallinger	12.5
4	D.J. Trahan	14.6
5	John Senden	16.6
6	Kevin Na	17.2
7	Charles Howell III	21.4
8	Tim Herron	21.4
9	Chad Campbell	22.2
10	Nick Watney	22.4
11	Hunter Mahan	23.0
12	Arjun Atwal	23.8
13	Martin Laird	24.8
14	Chris Stroud	26.0
15	Davis Love III	26.5

I will go with the first 4 players in the CLi rankings: Hoffman, Fowler, Mallinger, and Trahan. I am going to skip over Senden as he has not played in Vegas since 2005. As well, I like Na's chance. So I will skip Senden, and pick Na.

Below are my 5 picks for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open :

#	Player	CLi
1	Charley Hoffman	5.7
2	Rickie Fowler	10.5
3	John Mallinger	12.5
4	D.J. Trahan	14.6
5	Kevin Na	17.2

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

1. Nick Watney
2. Rickie Fowler
3. Hunter Mahan
4. Chad Campbell
5. Charley Hoffman

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: Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open

We have 2 players in common this week: Hoffman and Fowler.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Justin Timberlake Shriners Hospitals for Children Open :

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%

Frys.com Open Review

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

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

1. Pat Perez | 38 | $21,000
2. Joe Durant | 27 | $37,000
3. Tim Clark | 6 | $146,071
4. Justin Leonard | 24 | $44,000
5. Bo Van Pelt | 2 | $440,000

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

1. Bo Van Pelt | 2 | $440,000
2. Tim Clark | 6 | $146,071
3. Arjun Atwal | 132 (WD) | $0
4. Ben Curtis | 44 | $14,450
5. Aron Price | 63 | $10,600

Here is the comparison of the results for our picks.

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$668,071	$611,121	TO
Avg Rank	19.4	49.4	TO
Made Cut	5	4	TO
Outcome	--	--	TO

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The Avg Rank category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The Made Cut category was won by the Tour Outsider.

This tournament overall was won by the Tour Outsider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider is 18 wins to the Tour Outsider, 19 wins to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

Frys.com Open

The US PGA Tour's Fall Season continues this week by heading to California to play the Frys.com Open.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Frys.com Open.

#	Player	CLi
1	Pat Perez	14.8
2	Joe Durant	22.0
3	Tim Clark	24.3
4	Justin Leonard	24.7
5	Webb Simpson	26.5
6	Chris Stroud	26.6
7	Bo Van Pelt	27.1
8	Jonathan Byrd	27.4
9	Jeff Quinney	28.2
10	Charlie Wi	28.6
11	Rocco Mediate	29.7
12	Mathew Goggin	30.2
13	Bill Lunde	31.5
14	Kevin Streelman	32.2
15	Billy Mayfair	32.3

No player has a CLi figure less than 10. This indicates that there are not any clear set of players taht will play well in this tournament. This could be because the tournament is playing at a new location in a different state...moving from Arizona to California. This is exhibited in the CLi configuration with the weights for the past instances of this tournament being less than I normally put on past instances of the tournament.

That said, Perez does have a 7.2 point CLi lead over the next closest player in the CLi rankings. Thus, I am going to pick Perez.

Then I am going to go with the next 3 players in the list as Durant, Clark, and Leonard are playing consistly well.

As for my fifth pick, I am going with Van Pelt. He placed 6th last week at the inaugural instance of the McGladrey Classic. This could imply that he plays better than others on first-time courses. Let's hope that is the case this week with this tournament playing a new course.

Below are my 5 picks for the Frys.com Open :

#	Player	CLi
1	Pat Perez	14.8
2	Joe Durant	22.0
3	Tim Clark	24.3
4	Justin Leonard	24.7
5	Bo Van Pelt	27.1

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

1. Bo Van Pelt
2. Tim Clark
3. Arjun Atwal
4. Ben Curtis
5. Aron Price

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: Frys.com Open

We have 2 players in common this week: Van Pelt and Clark.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Frys.com Open :

Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA1)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA1)
5	15%	15%
Number of Days Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA2)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA2)
30	15%	15%
Number of Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA3)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA3)
4	20%	20%

McGladrey Classic Review

It is now time to review the picks for the McGladrey Classic to see how the results turned out.

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

1. Matt Kuchar | 25 | $29,250
2. Brett Wetterich | 120 (MC) | $0
3. Bill Haas | 2 | $432,000
4. Jonathan Byrd | 66 | $8,120
5. Zach Johnson | 12 | $84,000

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

1. Jonathan Byrd | 66 | $8,120
2. Robert Allenby | 3 | $208,000
3. John Rollins | 12 | $84,000
4. Brendon de Jonge | 15 | $54,480
5. David Toms | 3 | $208,000

Here is the comparison of the results for our picks.

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$553,370	$562,600	TI
Avg Rank	45.0	19.8	TI
Made Cut	4	5	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 17 wins to the Tour Outsider, 19 wins to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

[ Note: This entry was posted on October 13, 2010, and not on the date that is shown as the posting date. To keep the postings in order, the date that this entry was suppose to be posted on was used. The entry was late to post since I was focusing on my work in my doctoral studies. ]

McGladrey Classic

The US PGA Tour's Fall Season continues this week by heading to Sea Island, Georgia to play the inaugural McGladrey Classic.

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

#	Player	CLi
1	Matt Kuchar	8.0
2	Chris Kirk	10.0
3	Tom Gillis	11.3
4	Brett Wetterich	11.3
5	Bill Haas	11.5
6	Jonathan Byrd	13.8
7	Zach Johnson	15.8
8	Marc Leishman	21.8
9	Rocco Mediate	23.0
10	Josh Teater	23.3
11	Charlie Wi	23.5
12	Chris Stroud	24.0
13	Jeff Quinney	24.3
14	D.A. Points	26.8
15	David Toms	27.0

Even though Kuchar has struggled in the past couple of tournaments, I am still going to include him in my picks. He tends to play well in Georgia and likes playing in the Southeast for the most part.

I am going to skip Kirk. He has mainly played on the Nationwide Tour this year, and it seems as though his high finishes in that tour's events has catapulted him to a high ranking in the CLi. Even though it is not a big jump in competition level between the Nationwide Tour and the US PGA Tour, mentally it will be a big hurdle for him to get comfortable playing on the bigger tour. Thus, I am going to skip over him.

I am also going to pass over Gillis, and pick Wetterich. Gillis has a good chance to play well this week. However, both Gillis and Wetterich have the same CLi, Wetterich placed 8th last week in the Viking Classic (a recent tournament), and there are 3 solid players after both Gillis and Wetterich that I want to pick (i.e. Haas, Byrd, and Johnson). So I will pick Wetterich over Gillis.

Then I will round out my five picks with Haas, Byrd, and Johnson. These 3 players play well in this area of the country...not to mention that they are playing well at this time.

Below are my 5 picks for the McGladrey Classic :

#	Player	CLi
1	Matt Kuchar	8.0
2	Brett Wetterich	11.3
3	Bill Haas	11.5
4	Jonathan Byrd	13.8
5	Zach Johnson	15.8

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

1. Jonathan Byrd
2. Robert Allenby
3. John Rollins
4. Brendan de Jonge
5. David Toms

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: McGladrey Classic

We have 1 player in common this week: Byrd.

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

Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA1)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA1)
5	0%	0%
Number of Days Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA2)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA2)
60	25%	25%
Number of Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA3)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA3)
6	25%	25%

Getting Caught Up

Well, I am finally past one of the major hurdles in my doctoral studies.  I recently found out that I passed my comprehensive exams.  These exams are a major component to any doctoral program, and represent one of the most difficult aspects of doctoral studies.  So it is nice to have these exams completely successfully, as it means I can move into the dissertation phase of doctoral studies.  As well, hopefully I will now be able to get caught up on the postings for Tour Outsider.

Viking Classic Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Viking Classic to see how the results turned out.

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

1. Charlie Wi | 29 | $22,397
2. Woody Austin | 80 (MC) | $0
3. Jonathan Byrd | 5 | $131,400
4. Bill Haas | 1 | $648,000
5. David Toms | 11 | $73,800

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

1. D.J. Trahan | 3 | $208,800
2. Charlie Wi | 29 | $22,397
3. Bill Haas | 1 | $648,000
4. Heath Slocum | 45 | $10,090
5. Tom Gillis | 36 | $16,590

Here is the comparison of the results for our picks.

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$875,597	$905,877	TI
Avg Rank	25.2	22.8	TI
Made Cut	4	5	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 17 wins to the Tour Outsider, 18 wins to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

[ Note: This entry was posted on October 13, 2010, and not on the date that is shown as the posting date. To keep the postings in order, the date that this entry was suppose to be posted on was used. The entry was late to post since I was focusing on my work in my doctoral studies. ]