BMW Championship

After a week off, this week the US PGA Tour goes to Chicago to play the BMW Championship at Cog Hill. This is the 3rd tournament in the FedEx Cup Playoffs, leaving only the the Tour Championship after this tournament. The top 30 players in the FedEx Cup points after the BMW Championship will make it to the field of the Tour Championship.

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

#	Player	CLi
1	Matt Kuchar	7.20
2	Jim Furyk	8.30
3	Camilo Villegas	8.40
4	Adam Scott	8.70
5	Dustin Johnson	11.85
6	Luke Donald	12.20
7	Chez Reavie	13.30
8	Brandt Snedeker	15.40
9	Carl Pettersson	15.85
10	Steve Stricker	17.40
11	Vijay Singh	19.30
12	David Toms	21.20
13	Zach Johnson	23.25
14	Sergio Garcia	23.45
15	Justin Rose	23.75

I am going to stick with the top 5 players in the CLi rankings: Kuchar (analysis), Furyk (analysis), Villegas (analysis), Scott (analysis), and Johnson (analysis). The top 4 have CLi figures below 10, which is a good sign they will play well. The interesting inclusion is Villegas. However, he does play well in this event and has placed in the top 10 in 2 out of the last 3 tournaments...with the 3rd one being a 25th finish.

Below are my 5 picks for the BMW Championship :

#	Player	CLi
1	Matt Kuchar	7.20
2	Jim Furyk	8.30
3	Camilo Villegas	8.40
4	Adam Scott	8.70
5	Dustin Johnson	11.85

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

1. Matt Kuchar
2. Luke Donald
3. Adam Scott
4. Webb Simpson
5. Dustin Johnson

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: BMW Championship

We have 3 players in common this week: Kuchar, Scott, and Johnson.

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