U.S. Open

Ok, here we go.  The second major of the year is upon us.  The U.S. Open will take place this week at Merion Golf Club in Ardmore, Pennsylvania.

Rain is currently causing havoc on the course early in the week, so it will be interesting to see how the short course will play.  The rough will definitely be something to reckon with, as is the case with most U.S. Open venues.  The USGA loves making errant drivers pay a penalty.  Enjoy the week of competition!!!

Below is the list of the top 15 players in the CLi rankings for the U.S. Open.

#	Player	CLi
1	Tiger Woods	6.35
2	Lee Westwood	14.85
3	Matt Kuchar	15.60
4	Steve Stricker	18.95
5	Jason Day	22.10
6	Phil Mickelson	22.20
7	Sergio Garcia	25.80
8	John Peterson	27.60
9	Rory McIlroy	28.20
10	Jim Furyk	29.05
11	Angel Cabrera	29.40
12	Charl Schwartzel	29.70
13	Kevin Chappell	29.75
14	Adam Scott	31.25
15	Dustin Johnson	32.45

Here are the 5 players I am picking...with explanation provided later.

Below are my 5 picks for the U.S. Open:

#	Player	CLi
1	Tiger Woods	6.35
2	Lee Westwood	14.85
3	Matt Kuchar	15.60
4	Steve Stricker	18.95
5	Phil Mickelson	22.20

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

1. Graeme McDowell
2. Matt Kuchar
3. Tiger Woods
4. Charl Schwartzel
5. Adam Scott

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: U.S. Open

We have 2 players in common this week: Kuchar and Woods.

Below are the settings for the CLi calculation I used for the U.S. Open:

Number of Past Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA1)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA1)
7	25%	25%
Number of Days Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA2)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA2)
45	5%	5%
Number of Tournaments Looking Back
Number	Scoring Avg Weight (SA3)	Earnings Avg Weight (EA3)
6	20%	20%

I made some changes from my regular confirmation.  I left the weights the same, but increased the number of past tournaments looking back from 5 to 7, increased the number of days looking back from 30 to 45, and increased the number of tournaments looking back from 4 to 6.

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.