Monday, January 31, 2011

Waste Management Phoenix Open

The US PGA Tour will be in the desert of Arizona this week to play the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

# Player CLi
1 Jonathan Byrd  8.00
2 Mark Wilson  8.55
3 David Toms  11.20
4 Kevin Na  13.10
5 Brian Gay  15.80
6 Robert Garrigus  17.00
7 Ryan Palmer  17.30
8 Ben Crane  19.05
9 Bubba Watson  20.15
10 Y.E. Yang  21.65
11 Charles Howell III  22.25
12 Rickie Fowler  22.70
13 Phil Mickelson  23.45
14 Brandt Snedeker  24.50
15 Hunter Mahan  25.50

This week I am going to stick with the top 5 in the CLi rankings. Byrd, Wilson, Toms, Na, and Gay all look like good picks in this tournament.

Below are my 5 picks for the Waste Management Phoenix Open :

# Player CLi
1 Jonathan Byrd  8.00
2 Mark Wilson  8.55
3 David Toms  11.20
4 Kevin Na  13.10
5 Brian Gay  15.80

Below are the top 5 players in the Power Rankings from Rob Bolton:
  1. Dustin Johnson
  2. Phil Mickelson
  3. Nick Watney
  4. Ben Crane
  5. Jhonattan Vegas
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: Waste Management Phoenix Open

We have 0 players in common this week. It should make for a fun-filled week to watch the tournament while keeping an eye on the Packers-Steelers in the Superbowl.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Waste Management Phoenix 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%


If you don't like the configuration of my CLi calculation, feel free to run your own CLi calculation with your own desired settings by going to golfcli.com.

2 comments:

  1. I am thinking: Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Nick Watney, Rickie Fowler, and Howell III. Several good players to pick from this week. Tough to narrow it down to 5.

    Baummer

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  2. Hey Baummer, good picks. All 5 of those players are playing well leading up to this week. - JM

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