Sunday, June 17, 2007

Tour Outsider: U.S. Open Review

It is now time to review the picks for the U.S. Open Championship to see how the results turned out.

Here are the results of the Tour Outsider (my) picks.

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings
Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual
1 Jim Furyk 7.75 2 7 19 5 $611,336
2 Tiger Woods 8.50 2 2 13 5 $611,336
3 Sergio Garcia 13.95 MC MC 99 128 $0
4 David Toms 17.75 5 10 8 21 $248,948
5 Stewart Cink 21.70 MC MC 83 21 $0

Furyk and Woods played well; both had a chance to win the tournament. However, they could not get past Angel Cabrera.

Garcia and Cink did not live up to their potential. Both were playing well going into the tournament, but both missed the cut.

Here are the results of the Tour Insider (Dave Shedloski) picks.

For both of us, we had two 2nd place finishes with Furyk and Woods.

Shedloski had a good pick in Baddeley, with him leading after 3 rounds. However, Baddeley shot 80 in the final round.

Here is the comparison between the Tour Ousider and Tour Insider picks.

Tour Ousider Tour Insider Winner
Total Earnings $1,471,620 $1,541,623 TI
Avg Rank 38.2 30.2 TI
Made Cut 3 4 TI
Outcome -- -- TI

The Tour Insider won the Total Earnings category by over $70,000. The difference maker was Shedloski's Verplank pick.

The Tour Insider won the Avg Rank category by a margin of 8.0.

The Tour Insider won the Made Cut category to get the sweep.

This tournament was won by the Tour Insider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 3 wins to the Tour Outsider, 3 win to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

The CLi top 15 looked like this (see below).

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings
Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual
1 Jim Furyk 7.75 2 7 19 5 $611,336
2 Tiger Woods 8.50 2 2 13 5 $611,336
3 Sergio Garcia 13.95 MC MC 99 128 $0
4 Vijay Singh 16.85 20 13 33 5 $86,200
5 Phil Mickelson 17.10 MC MC 64 57 $0
6 David Toms 17.75 5 10 8 21 $248,948
7 Steve Stricker 17.95 13 7 33 77 $124,706
8 Arron Oberholser 18.05 MC MC 99 34 $0
9 Stewart Cink 21.70 MC MC 83 21 $0
10 Ryuji Imada 22.30 MC MC 83 57 $0
11 K.J. Choi 23.30 MC MC 83 104 $0
12 Justin Rose 23.75 10 3 3 5 $154,093
13 Sean O'Hair 25.15 MC MC 92 34 $0
14 Woody Austin 28.65 MC MC 64 57 $0
15 Geoff Ogilvy 28.65 42 40 19 5 $31,084

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Monday, June 11, 2007

Tour Outsider: U.S. Open

The US PGA Tour hits it's second major of the year in the U.S. Open. This year the tournament being held back at Oakmont Country Club in Oakmont, PA --- just outside of Pittsburgh.

Let's look at the Golf CLi and see who the top 15 players are for the tournament ranked by the CLi figure.

Rank Player CLi
1 Jim Furyk 7.75
2 Tiger Woods 8.50
3 Sergio Garcia 13.95
4 Vijay Singh 16.85
5 Phil Mickelson 17.10
6 David Toms 17.75
7 Steve Stricker 17.95
8 Arron Oberholser 18.05
9 Stewart Cink 21.70
10 Ryuji Imada 22.30
11 K.J. Choi 23.30
12 Justin Rose 23.75
13 Sean O'Hair 25.15
14 Woody Austin 28.65
15 Geoff Ogilvy 28.65

I am going to go with the top 3 in the list: Furyk, Woods, and Garcia.

Then after that will skip down to Toms and then down to Stewart Cink.

Have a hestitation with Singh in that his driving can be wild and his putting a little off at this point in the year.

As well, with Mickelson I have a hestitation with his health (wrist). The tall, thick rough at the U.S. Open could be a problem with his ginger wrist.

For Stricker and Oberholser, they don't have a lot of history in the tournament, so it is hard to pick them at this point.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the U.S. Open Championship are:

Rank Player CLi
1 Jim Furyk 7.75
2 Tiger Woods 8.50
3 Sergio Garcia 13.95
6 David Toms 17.75
9 Stewart Cink 21.70

The Tour Insider's (Dave Shedloski) picks are:

This week we have one player in common: Jim Furyk and Tiger Woods.

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Tour Outsider: Stanford St. Jude Classic Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Stanford St. Jude Classic to see how the results turned out.

Here are the results of the Tour Outsider (my) picks.

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings
Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual
1 David Toms 15.80 3 2 5 8 $408,000
2 Matt Kuchar 17.55 46 56 60 95 $15,600
4 Bob Estes 20.15 MC MC 93 45 $0
9 Fredrik Jacobson 28.15 17 6 4 1 $87,000
10 Camilo Villegas 30.65 46 25 41 71 $15,600

David Toms played well; so did Fredrik Jacobson until the final round.

Here are the results of the Tour Insider (Dave Shedloski) picks.

For both of us, our best pick was David Toms, who placed 3rd.

Here is the comparison between the Tour Ousider and Tour Insider picks.

Tour Ousider Tour Insider Winner
Total Earnings $526,200 $687,660 TI
Avg Rank 40.8 39.6 TI
Made Cut 4 4 DRAW
Outcome -- -- TI

The Tour Outsider won the Total Earnings category by over $160,000.

The Tour Insider won the Avg Rank category by a small margin of 1.2.

The Made Cut category was a draw.

This tournament was won by the Tour Insider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 3 wins to the Tour Outsider, 2 win to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

The CLi top 15 looked like this (see below).

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings
Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual
1 David Toms 15.80 3 2 5 8 $408,000
2 Matt Kuchar 17.55 46 56 60 95 $15,600
3 Loren Roberts 17.55 63 65 41 71 $12,660
4 Bob Estes 20.15 MC MC 93 45 $0
5 Tim Petrovic 20.75 55 25 29 71 $13,380
6 Jeff Maggert 21.15 MC MC 129 45 $0
7 Tim Herron 23.85 17 25 23 45 $87,000
8 Ted Purdy 25.25 WD WD WD 153 $0
9 Fredrik Jacobson 28.15 17 6 4 1 $87,000
10 Camilo Villegas 30.65 46 25 41 71 $15,600
11 Lee Janzen 31.00 MC MC 108 71 $0
12 Sean O'Hair 31.90 46 41 70 29 $15,600
13 Darron Stiles 34.35 39 56 41 8 $23,400
14 John Senden 36.45 MC MC 93 123 $0
15 Richard S Johnson 36.85 21 18 29 8 $64,800

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Tuesday, June 5, 2007

Tour Outsider: Stanford St. Jude Classic

The US PGA Tour is in Tennessee this week to play the Stanford St. Jude Classic.

Let's look at the Golf CLi and see who the top 15 players are for the tournament ranked by the CLi figure.

Rank Player CLi
1 David Toms 16.75
2 Loren Roberts 17.20
3 Matt Kuchar 17.30
4 Bob Estes 20.70
5 Tim Petrovic 20.85
6 Jeff Maggert 21.60
7 Tim Herron 24.45
8 Ted Purdy 24.65
9 Fredrik Jacobson 26.65
10 Camilo Villegas 28.65
11 Lee Janzen 30.30
12 Sean O'Hair 31.10
13 Darron Stiles 34.90
14 John Senden 35.45
15 Richard S Johnson 36.35

David Toms is always a good pick at this tournament. He likes playing in Tennessee.

Will pass on Loren Roberts. The CLi is most likely putting him near the list as he has been playing well on the Champions Tour. He plays well at this tournament, however, I do not think he will keep up with the younger guns this week.

Matt Kuchar is playing well of late.

As with Toms, Bob Estes likes this tournament and usually plays well here.

Will pass on Petrovic, Maggert, Herron, and Purdy. The reason is that I like Jacobson and Villegas.

So the Tour Outsider picks for Stanford St. Jude Classic are:

Rank Player CLi
1 David Toms 16.75
3 Matt Kuchar 17.30
4 Bob Estes 20.70
9 Fredrik Jacobson 26.65
10 Camilo Villegas 28.65

The Tour Insider's (Dave Shedloski) picks are:

This week we have one player in common: David Toms.

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Sunday, June 3, 2007

Tour Outsider: Memorial Tournament Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Memorial Tournament to see how the results turned out.

Here are the results of the Tour Outsider (my) picks.

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings
Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual
1 Phil Mickelson 5.30 WD WD WD WD $0
2 Tiger Woods 5.50 15 33 32 30 $93,000
3 Stewart Cink 8.50 5 4 19 17 $210,750
4 Jim Furyk 10.35 23 17 12 30 $51,900
5 Zach Johnson 12.20 WD WD WD WD $0

First, I didn't keep my streak of picking winners going. So that ended at 4 weeks in a row. Not bad in any event.

Second, had a first in that two players, Mickelson and Johnson, withdrew. That hurt.

Third, Cink picked up the slack of the other 4 picks and placed 5th.

Note: WD resulted in a rank of last place...107th.

Here are the results of the Tour Insider (Dave Shedloski) picks.

Frazar did not show, which hurt the Tour Insider. Other than that, his other four picks made the cut.

Note: DNS resulted in a rank of last place..107th.

Here is the comparison between the Tour Ousider and Tour Insider picks.

Tour Ousider Tour Insider Winner
Total Earnings $355,650 $95,520 TO
Avg Rank 51.4 47 TI
Made Cut 3 4 TI
Outcome -- -- TI

The Tour Outsider won the Total Earnings category by over $260,000.

The Tour Insider won the Avg Rank category by a small margin of 4.4.

The Tour Insider won the Made Cut category.

This tournament was won by the Tour Insider. This is the first tournament that the Tour Insider has won this year.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 3 wins to the Tour Outsider, 1 win to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

The CLi top 15 looked like this (see below).

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings
Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual
1 Phil Mickelson 5.30 WD WD WD WD $0
2 Tiger Woods 5.50 15 33 32 30 $93,000
3 Stewart Cink 8.50 5 4 19 17 $210,750
4 Jim Furyk 10.35 23 17 12 30 $51,900
5 Zach Johnson 12.20 WD WD WD WD $0
6 Vijay Singh 15.40 15 33 26 17 $93,000
7 Carl Pettersson 17.80 31 38 41 10 $36,375
8 Adam Scott 18.85 5 2 1 30 $210,750
9 Jerry Kelly 19.45 45 42 61 67 $17,160
10 Sean O'Hair 20.25 5 2 5 1 $210,750
11 K.J. Choi 23.45 1 7 12 17 $1,080,000
12 Nick O'Hern 23.75 23 12 12 1 $51,900
13 Tom Lehman 24.65 45 38 32 48 $17,160
14 Peter Lonard 26.05 MC MC 81 58 $0
15 Brett Wetterich 26.70 MC MC 102 102 $0

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