Hyundai Tournament of Champions Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Hyundai Tournament of Champions to see how the results turned out.

Here are the results of the Tour Outsider (my) picks.

1. Sean O'Hair | 17 | $99,000
2. Martin Laird | 2 | $650,000
3. Jonathan Byrd | 3 | $369,000
4. Steve Stricker | 1 | $1,120,000
5. Ben Crane | 9 | $165,000

Here are the results for the Tour Insider's (Bolton's) picks.

1. Gary Woodland | 24 | $70,000
2. Webb Simpson | 3 | $369,000
3. Nick Watney | 12 | $130,000
4. Bill Haas | 20 | $84,000
5. David Toms | 26 | $66,000

Here is the comparison of the results for our picks.

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$2,403,000	$719,000	TO
Avg Rank	6.4	17.0	TO
Made Cut	5	5	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	TO

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The Avg Rank category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The Made Cut category was a draw.

The tournament overall was won by the Tour Outsider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider is 1 win to the Tour Outsider, 0 wins to the Tour Insider, and 0 draws.

Ah, this is nice to start off with such a decisive win and a lead.  3 of my 5 picks placed 1st, 2nd, and 3rd.  Although this was a limited field tournament (only 28 players), a 6.4 average ranking is rather strong, with the lowest possible average being 1.8 ....if I had picked the winner and the next 4 players tied for 2nd [ (1 + 2 + 2 + 2 + 2) / 5 ].  I will take 6.4, and a win against Bolton. :-)