Valero Texas Open

The US PGA Tour stays in Texas this week to play the Shell Houston Open, the last tournament before the Masters.

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the Valero Texas Open.

#	Player	CLi
1	Fredrik Jacobson	6.25
2	Justin Leonard	18.15
3	Cameron Tringale	18.35
4	Jimmy Walker	21.65
5	James Driscoll	25.95
6	Brian Davis	26.85
7	Matt Kuchar	32.45
8	Vaughn Taylor	32.45
9	Charlie Wi	33.15
10	Brian Harman	37.75
11	Brendon De Jonge	42.00
12	Chris Stroud	42.75
13	Jordan Spieth	42.95
14	D.J. Trahan	43.55
15	Kevin Chappell	43.75

I am making some quick picks, and won't be providing an explanation for them, as I need to get some sleep before I hit the road to Chicago tomorrow.

Below are my 5 picks for the Valero Texas Open:

#	Player	CLi
1	Fredrik Jacobson	6.25
2	Justin Leonard	18.15
3	Cameron Tringale	18.35
4	Brian Davis	26.85
5	Matt Kuchar	32.45

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

1. Matt Kuchar
2. Fredrik Jacobson
3. Charl Schwartzel
4. Billy Horschel
5. Cameron Tringale

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: Shell Houston Open

We have 3 players in common this week: Kuchar, Jacobson, and Tringale.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the Valero Texas Open:

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.