The Heritage

East coast, here we come again! The US PGA Tour is back on the Atlantic this week to play The Heritage on Hilton Head Island.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for The Heritage.

#	Player	CLi
1	Luke Donald	1.85
2	Aaron Baddeley	15.25
3	Matt Kuchar	15.35
4	Jim Furyk	15.50
5	Webb Simpson	21.50
6	Charles Howell III	24.80
7	Fredrik Jacobson	26.70
8	Steve Marino	28.15
9	Jason Day	28.60
10	Jerry Kelly	30.35
11	Brian Davis	31.20
12	Bo Van Pelt	31.60
13	Brian Gay	32.35
14	Ben Crane	35.70
15	Scott Verplank	35.90

This week shows another clear favorite in Luke Donald [ analysis ]. Donald has a CLi figure of 1.85, with the next closest player, Baddeley, having a CLi of 15.25. So combined with the low CLi and the distance from the next player, Donald is a player that I should not pass up. Thus, he is my first pick.

Then looking down the list, I am going to stick with the CLi rankings: Baddeley [ analysis ], Kuchar [ analysis ], Furyk [ analysis ], and Simpson [ analysis ]. All 4 of these players play well on tight courses like Harbor Town Links.  (And interesting enough, I believe these players are "slow" players.  If that is the case, I wonder if "slow" players play better on short courses?  Just a thought.)

Below are my 5 picks for The Heritage :

#	Player	CLi
1	Luke Donald	1.85
2	Aaron Baddeley	15.25
3	Matt Kuchar	15.35
4	Jim Furyk	15.50
5	Webb Simpson	21.50

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

1. Aaron Baddeley
2. Luke Donald
3. Jim Furyk
4. Matt Kuchar
5. Ricky Barnes

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: The Heritage

We have 4 players in common this week: Baddeley, Donald, Furyk, and Kuchar. It could have very easily been 5 players the same, as Webb Simpson, my 5th pick, was Bolton's 6th pick. Instead, he picked Barnes. So for me, let's go Webb!!

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for The Heritage:

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.