Shell Houston Open

The US PGA Tour moves to Texas to play the Shell Houston Open. This tournament is the warm-up for The Masters which will be next week.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Shell Houston Open.

#	Player	CLi
1	Fred Couples	7.55
2	Matt Kuchar	13.55
3	Stuart Appleby	20.80
4	Lee Westwood	24.85
5	Johnson Wagner	25.10
6	Steve Stricker	29.20
7	Hunter Mahan	29.65
8	J.B. Holmes	29.75
9	Steve Marino	29.95
10	Ben Crane	30.40
11	John Senden	30.85
12	Webb Simpson	31.40
13	Charley Hoffman	32.20
14	Aaron Baddeley	33.00
15	Lucas Glover	35.00

I am going to pass on the first player: Couples. It is hard to pass on him, as he plays so well in his adopted home town of Houston (where he went to college). In addition, he has played well in both Champions and USA PGA Tour events this year even though he is 51 years old. However, I am not sure if he can keep it going this year. So I am passing up on him.

Then I am going to pick the next 5 players: Kuchar, Appleby, Westwood, Wagner, and Sticker.

Below are my 5 picks for the Shell Houston Open :

#	Player	CLi
1	Matt Kuchar	13.55
2	Stuart Appleby	20.80
3	Lee Westwood	24.85
4	Johnson Wagner	25.10
5	Steve Stricker	29.20

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

1. Marc Leishman
2. Matt Kuchar
3. Steve Marino
4. Jason Day
5. Lucas Glover

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: Shell Houston Open

We have 1 player in common this week: Kuchar.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Shell Houston 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.