HP Byron Nelson Championship

This week is the US PGA Tour moves to my native state of Texas to play the HP Byron Nelson Championship at the Las Colinas Resort in Irving.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the HP Byron Nelson Championship.

#	Player	CLi
1	D.A. Points	5.35
2	Phil Mickelson	5.75
3	Adam Scott	6.70
4	Jason Day	10.75
5	Matt Kuchar	12.40
6	Carl Pettersson	19.15
7	Ken Duke	20.50
8	Brian Davis	21.05
9	John Rollins	21.15
10	Hunter Haas	26.60
11	Brian Gay	27.00
12	Blake Adams	27.40
13	Jason Dufner	28.60
14	David Mathis	33.65
15	Jeffrey Overton	34.65

I am late in posting the CLi rankings this week, and so with the CLi figures low this week (3 players under 10), I am going to make the process of picking players easy by sticking with the CLi rankings.  The players all look good based upon their detail statistics (which the CLi uses to calculate the rankings).  However, I just hope that Points' back is doing well, as he pulled out of last week's TPC at the last minute because of his back.  The CLi still has him number one in the rankings, and he is a fellow Illini alumni.  So I will stick with him, and the other 4 players in the top 5 of the CLi rankings.

Below are my 5 picks for the HP Byron Nelson Championship:

#	Player	CLi
1	D.A. Points	5.35
2	Phil Mickelson	5.75
3	Adam Scott	6.70
4	Jason Day	10.75
5	Matt Kuchar	12.40

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

1. Adam Scott
2. Jason Day
3. Matt Kuchar
4. John Rollins
5. Phil Mickelson

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: HP Byron Nelson Championship

We have 4 players in common this tournament: Scott, Day, and Mickelson

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the HP Byron Nelson 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.