HP Byron Nelson Championship

This week the US PGA Tour stays in my native state of Texas, but travels half-way across the DFW metroplex to Las Colinas to play the HP Byron Nelson Championship.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the HP Byron Nelson Championship.

#	Player	CLi
1	Jason Day	1.55
2	Rory Sabbatini	6.35
3	Brian Gay	15.70
4	Carl Pettersson	19.60
5	Brett Wetterich	21.15
6	Charlie Wi	21.45
7	John Senden	22.75
8	Charley Hoffman	23.75
9	Brian Davis	25.80
10	K.J. Choi	26.80
11	Greg Chalmers	29.85
12	Ben Crane	30.45
13	Blake Adams	34.15
14	Rod Pampling	34.25
15	Fredrik Jacobson	34.30

Two players have CLi figures under 10: Day (analysis) and Sabbatini (analysis). So those two players are no-brainers to pick.

For my next two picks, I will stick with the next two players in the CLi rankings: Gay (analysis) and Pettersson (analysis).

For my fifth pick, I will skip over Wetterich (analysis) since his good finishes recently have been on the Nationwide Tour rather than the big tour. So even though he has won here at the Nelson, I am going to skip over him and pick Wi (analysis). Their CLi figures are very similar, and Wi has finished well in recent tournaments on the big tour -- 2nd last week at the Colonial in nearby Fort Worth.

Below are my 5 picks for the HP Byron Nelson Championship :

#	Player	CLi
1	Jason Day	1.55
2	Rory Sabbatini	6.35
3	Brian Gay	15.70
4	Carl Pettersson	19.60
5	Charlie Wi	21.45

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

1. Dustin Johnson
2. Nick Watney
3. Rory Sabbatini
4. K.J. Choi
5. Brian Gay

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: HP Byron Nelson Championship

We have 2 players in common this week: Sabbatini and Gay.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the HP Byron Nelson Championship:

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.