The Barclays

This week the US PGA Tour is in New Jersey to play the Barclays.  This is the first event of the FedEx Playoffs.

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

#	Player	CLi
1	Steve Stricker	5.90
2	Adam Scott	6.80
3	Webb Simpson	9.10
4	Luke Donald	14.80
5	Scott Verplank	19.80
6	Nick Watney	19.80
7	Fredrik Jacobson	23.50
8	Vijay Singh	25.50
9	Jason Day	25.80
10	David Toms	25.80
11	Rickie Fowler	26.30
12	Zach Johnson	27.30
13	Jim Furyk	27.70
14	Bill Haas	32.60
15	Sergio Garcia	34.10

I am going to go with the top 4 players in the CLi rankings: Stricker (analysis), Scott (analysis), Simpson (analysis), and Donald (analysis).

Then I am going to skip over my native Texan, Verplank(analysis), and go with Watney(analysis). Verplank and Watney have the same CLi figure (19.80). Their scoring average in this tournament is around the same (70.40). Verplank has earned more money in this event on average and has earned more money in the past 4 weeks. However, Watney has earned more money in the past 4 tournaments they have played in, and has played better this year than Verplank. So I am going with Watney.

Below are my 5 picks for the Barclays :

#	Player	CLi
1	Steve Stricker	5.90
2	Adam Scott	6.80
3	Webb Simpson	9.10
4	Luke Donald	14.80
5	Nick Watney	19.80

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

1. Steve Stricker
2. Adam Scott
3. Dustin Johnson
4. Luke Donald
5. Webb Simpson

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: Barclays

We have 4 players in common this week: Stricker, Scott, Donald, and Simpson.  Come'on Watney.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Barclays:

Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA1)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA1)
5	20%	20%
Number of Days Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA2)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA2)
30	10%	10%
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.