HSBC Champions

This week the US PGA Tour is in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia to play the HSBC Champions tournament.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the HSBC Champions tournament.

#	Player	CLi
1	Luke Donald	2.9
2	Justin Rose	3.9
3	Peter Hanson	7.9
4	Shane Lowry	11.4
5	Ian Poulter	13.6
6	Phil Mickelson	13.7
7	Richard Ramsay	15.1
8	Nicolas Colsaerts	16.8
9	Martin Kaymer	16.9
10	Jason Dufner	18.5
11	Ernie Els	18.7
12	Francesco Molinari	19.2
13	Nick Watney	19.8
14	Lee Westwood	20.3
15	Adam Scott	20.5

I went through the analyses for the top players, and here are my picks for the HSBC Champions tournament:

#	Player	CLi
1	Luke Donald	2.9
2	Justin Rose	3.9
3	Peter Hanson	7.9
4	Ian Poulter	13.6
5	Phil Mickelson	13.7

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

1. Justin Rose
2. Luke Donald
3. Louis Oosthuizen
4. Dustin Johnson
5. Ian Poulter

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: HSBC Champions

We have 3 players in common this tournament: Rose, Donald, and Poulter

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the HSBC Champions:

Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA1)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA1)
5	20%	20%
Number of Days Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA2)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA2)
30	10%	10%
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.