Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Transitions Championship Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Transitions Championship to see how the results turned out....a little late this week as I have been traveling (by road) from Louisville-to South Texas-back to Louisville.  But better late than never this week.

Here are the results of the Tour Outsider (my) picks.
  1. Justin Rose | 29 | $32,756
  2. Peter Hanson | 55 | $12,265
  3. John Senden | 38 | $23,100
  4. Webb Simpson | 10 | $132,000
  5. Bo Van Pelt | 9 | $159,500
Here are the results for the Tour Insider's (Bolton's) picks.
  1. Charl Schwartzel | 134 (MC) | $0
  2. Matt Kuchar | 10 | $132,000
  3. Luke Donald | 1 | $990,000
  4. Justin Rose | 29 | $32,756
  5. Martin Laird | 78 (MC) | $0
Here is the comparison of the results for our picks.


Tour OutsiderTour InsiderWinner
Total Earnings$359,621$1,154,756TI 
Avg Rank28.250.4TO
Made Cut53TO 
Outcome----TO

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Insider.

The Avg Rank category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The Made Cut category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The tournament overall was won by the Tour Outsider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider is 5 wins to the Tour Outsider, 7 wins to the Tour Insider, and 1 draw.

I stole one this week.  Bolton had a winner in Donald, with Donald winning a 4 way playoff over Garrigus, Bae, and Furyk.  And as such, his total earnings were almost 4 times greater than mine.  However, my average rank was almost half his since all 5 of my picks made the cut and he had 2 players miss the cut.  So picking is about BOTH a high finish AND consistency with all five picks.

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