Thursday, August 18, 2011

Wyndham Championship

This week the US PGA Tour is in Greensboro, North Carolina to play the Wyndham Championship, which is being played at the Atlanta Athletic Club in Atlanta, Georgia.

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

# Player CLi 
1 David Toms  4.70
2 Chez Reavie  12.50
3 Josh Teater  18.80
4 Webb Simpson  19.15
5 Charles Howell III  22.05
6 Carl Pettersson  22.75
7 Blake Adams  30.15
8 Michael Letzig  32.25
9 Kris Blanks  33.45
10 Garrett Willis  33.80
11 Trevor Immelman  35.80
12 Bob Estes  36.35
13 Bill Haas  37.40
14 Chris Couch  39.85
15 Jason Dufner  42.70

Toms (analysis) is a clear favorite this week. Look at his low CLi figure (4.70) and the distance between his CLi figure and the next player's CLi figure (Reavie, 12.50). So Toms is my first pick.

Cheavie (analysis) has been playing well for the past 5 tournaments, and has played well in the one time he has played in the tournament (finishing 10th in 2009).

Teater (analysis) is my third pick. When looking at the list of top 5 players, I was not totally sold on Teater. However, when looking at his play in this tournament and leading up to this tournament, he shows a solid record. He placed 10th in 2010, the only time he has played in this tournament. He has made the cut in the past 5 events he has played leading up to this tournament, with his most recent finish being the best (a 10th place finish at the Reno-Tahoe Open).

For my final 2 picks, I am going to pick Simpson (analysis) and Howell III (analysis).

Below are my 5 picks for the Wyndham Championship :


# Player CLi 
1 David Toms  4.70
2 Chez Reavie  12.50
3 Josh Teater  18.80
4 Webb Simpson  19.15
5 Charles Howell III  22.05

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

  1. David Toms
  2. Brandt Snedeker
  3. Webb Simpson
  4. Brendon de Jonge
  5. Charles Howell III
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: Wyndham Championship

We have 3 players in common this week: Toms, Simpson, and Howell.

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

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