Travelers Championship

This week the US PGA Tour winds down from the energy generated at the U.S. Open last week in D.C. to play the Travelers Championship (and since I am late in posting this entry, I am doing the same -- winding down...)

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Travelers Championship.

#	Player	CLi
1	Hunter Mahan	6.20
2	Bo Van Pelt	9.25
3	David Toms	17.55
4	Paul Goydos	18.70
5	Kevin Streelman	22.40
6	Zach Johnson	24.40
7	Michael Allen	25.25
8	Ben Curtis	25.55
9	Heath Slocum	27.80
10	Webb Simpson	30.00
11	Spencer Levin	33.00
12	Kris Blanks	33.85
13	Carl Pettersson	34.20
14	Joe Ogilvie	35.75
15	Boo Weekley	36.45

I am going to go with the top 4 players in the CLi ranking: Mahan (analysis), Van Pelt (analysis), Toms (analysis), and Goydos (analysis).

Then I will skip one spot to pick the 6th player, Johnson (analysis).

Below are my 5 picks for the Travelers Championship :

#	Player	CLi
1	Hunter Mahan	6.20
2	Bo Van Pelt	9.25
3	David Toms	17.55
4	Paul Goydos	18.70
5	Zach Johnson	24.40

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

1. Hunter Mahan
2. Webb Simpson
3. Brandt Snedeker
4. Zach Johnson
5. Ryan Moore

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: Travelers Championship

We have 2 players in common this week: Mahan and Johnson.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Travelers 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.