Tour Outsider: Wyndham Championship Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Wyndham 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 Charles Warren 4.40 13 21 11 26 $85,714 2 K.J. Choi NA DNS DNS DNS DNS $0 3 Joe Ogilvie 10.55 MC MC 115 110 $0 4 Steve Flesch NA DNS DNS DNS DNS $0 5 Lucas Glover 17.35 20 6 22 2 $52,143

This week was a bad week. I was dead in the water before the tournament even started, as Choi and Flesch both were a no-show. Then Ogilive decide to miss the cut. So only had two horses in the race come the weekend, which were Warren and Glover. Both faired well, playing 13th and 20th respectively.

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

• 1 K.J. Choi | 156 (DNS) | $0
• 2 Steve Flesch | 156 (DNS) | $0
• 3 Joe Durant | 67 | $10,000
• 4 John Senden | 57 | $11,000
• 5 Davis Love III | 156 (DNS) | $0

Shedloski was also hurt with Choi and Flesch as no shows. Then, in addition, Love pulled out because of kidney stone complications. Ouch.

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

	Tour Ousider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$137,857	$21,000	TO
Avg Rank	92	118.4	TO
Made Cut	2	2	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	TO

The Tour Outsider won the Total Earnings category, but both of us were on the low end here.

The Tour Outsider won the Avg Rank category, but again, both of us didn't fair to well in this category either.

The Made Cut category was a draw, with both of us having just 2 players out of 5 making the cut.

This tournament was won by the Tour Outsider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 10 wins to the Tour Outsider, 5 wins to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

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

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual 1 Charles Warren 4.40 13 21 11 26 $85,714 2 Joe Ogilvie 10.55 MC MC 115 110 $0 3 Jonathan Byrd 12.90 13 49 11 52 $85,714 4 Michael Allen 17.15 MC MC 136 110 $0 5 Lucas Glover 17.35 20 6 22 2 $52,143 6 Tim Herron 19.00 MC MC 141 136 $0 7 Ryan Palmer 19.35 33 49 48 26 $27,625 8 Kevin Sutherland 20.60 MC MC 115 110 $0 9 Jason Dufner 20.90 MC MC 136 80 $0 10 Kent Jones 22.20 27 31 37 13 $34,750 11 Charlie Wi 23.55 49 21 11 26 $12,025 12 Briny Baird 23.95 77 80 66 80 $9,100 13 Chris Couch 24.05 MC MC 115 80 $0 14 Carl Pettersson 27.25 5 2 4 6 $200,000 15 Brian Davis 28.60 37 31 48 2 $19,017

Tour Outsider: Wyndham Championship

The US PGA Tour heads to the Carolinas to play the Wyndham Championship in Greensboro

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 Charles Warren 4.80 2 K.J. Choi 5.05 3 Joe Ogilvie 11.65 4 Steve Flesch 13.35 5 Jonathan Byrd 13.40 6 Michael Allen 20.00 7 Lucas Glover 20.35 8 Tim Herron 21.05 9 Ryan Palmer 21.45 10 Kevin Sutherland 22.40 11 Jason Dufner 23.80 12 Charlie Wi 25.85 13 Kent Jones 25.95 14 Briny Baird 27.55 15 Chris Couch 28.00

The top 7 or 8 players in the list look good for this tournament. However, I can only pick 5 players. So, I am going to pick the to 4 (Warren, Choi, Ogilvie, and Flesch), skip on Byrd, and pick Glover. The reason why I am skipping Byrd is because he has not played much over the past 4-6 weeks for some reason. He has only played in the British Open and the PGA Championship these past 4 weeks. He missed the cut in both of those majors. So don't know if he is 100% healthy at this point and thus can't risk picking him this week.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the Wyndham Championship are:

Rank Player CLi 1 Charles Warren 4.80 2 K.J. Choi 5.05 3 Joe Ogilvie 11.65 4 Steve Flesch 13.35 7 Lucas Glover 20.35

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

• 1 K.J. Choi
• 2 Steve Flesch
• 3 Joe Durant
• 4 John Senden
• 5 Davis Love III

This week we have 2 players in common: Choi and Flesch.

[ UPDATE 2007-08-14 4:40pm: Choi, Flesch, and Love III have all withdrawn from the tournament as of Tuesday, 2007-08-14. Since I had picked Choi and Flesch, and they both withdrew, I would pick Tim Herron and Kevin Sutherland in place of them. However, I need to keep my original picks as it would not be fair to change them when Dave Shedloski can't change his. ]

Tour Outsider: PGA Championship Review

It is now time to review the picks for the PGA 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 Tiger Woods 3.70 1 1 1 23 $1,260,000 2 Ernie Els 9.30 3 5 9 36 $476,000 3 Tim Clark 9.90 MC MC 132 149 $2,500 5 Vijay Singh 17.10 MC MC 73 85 $2,500 8 Sergio Garcia 21.40 DQ DQ 55 13 $2,500

Had a no brainer pick for the winner again this week it looks like with Tiger. He won his 4th PGA Championship.

It was sad to see Garcia get DQed, as one would hope he has grown up this year.

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

• 1 Tiger Woods | 1 | $1,260,000
• 2 Scott Verplank | 9 | $170,333
• 3 Phil Mickelson | 32 | $34,750
• 4 Justin Rose | 12 | $119,833
• 5 Chris DiMarco | 117 (MC) | $2,500

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

	Tour Ousider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$1,743,500	$1,587,416	TO
Avg Rank	71.8	34.2	TI
Made Cut	2	4	TI
Outcome	--	--	TI

The Tour Outsider won the Total Earnings category.

The Tour Insider won the Avg Rank category.

The Tour Insider won the Made Cut category.

This tournament was won by the Tour Insider. Even though Garcia made the cut, his DQ after making the cut is considered a missed cut.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 9 wins to the Tour Outsider, 5 wins to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

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

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual 1 Tiger Woods 3.70 1 1 1 23 $1,260,000 2 Ernie Els 9.30 3 5 9 36 $476,000 3 Tim Clark 9.90 MC MC 132 149 $2,500 4 Jim Furyk 15.90 MC MC 73 85 $2,500 5 Vijay Singh 17.10 MC MC 73 85 $2,500 6 Joe Ogilvie 17.40 MC MC 85 116 $2,500 7 Steve Flesch 18.90 23 17 55 36 $51,000 8 Sergio Garcia 21.40 DQ DQ 55 13 $2,500 9 Steve Elkington 21.80 MC MC 124 85 $2,500 10 K.J. Choi 22.80 12 6 19 23 $119,833 11 Shaun Micheel 24.50 32 24 42 53 $34,750 12 Kenny Perry 26.30 23 38 42 36 $51,000 13 Mike Weir 26.30 MC MC 98 116 $2,500 14 Phil Mickelson 28.90 32 56 19 53 $34,750 15 Steve Stricker 29.30 23 24 55 116 $51,000

Tour Outsider: PGA Championship

The US PGA Tour is heading to Tulsa, Oklahoma to play the PGA Championship, the final major of the year.

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 Tiger Woods 3.70 2 Ernie Els 9.30 3 Tim Clark 9.90 4 Jim Furyk 15.90 5 Vijay Singh 17.10 6 Joe Ogilvie 17.40 7 Steve Flesch 18.90 8 Sergio Garcia 21.40 9 Steve Elkington 21.80 10 K.J. Choi 22.80 11 Shaun Micheel 24.50 12 Kenny Perry 26.30 13 Mike Weir 26.30 14 Phil Mickelson 28.90 15 Steve Stricker 29.30

Will go with the top 3 in the list: Woods, Els, and Tim Clark. Will pass on Furyk since he pulled out of the Bridgestone Invitational last week citing a bad back. Because of that, just don't know what he will do this week.

For my fourth pick, will go with Singh. He is always a good pick at the PGA Championship as he likes this tournament no matter which course it is being played on.

Then to round out the top 5, will pick Garcia with the hopes of him breaking through at a major this go around. He was soo close at the British Open last month.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the PGA Championship are:

Rank Player CLi 1 Tiger Woods 3.70 2 Ernie Els 9.30 3 Tim Clark 9.90 4 Vijay Singh 17.10 5 Sergio Garcia 21.40

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

• 1 Tiger Woods
• 2 Scott Verplank
• 3 Phil Mickelson
• 4 Justin Rose
• 5 Chris DiMarco

This week we have 1 player in common: Woods.

Tour Outsider: Bridgestone Invitational Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Bridgestone Invitational 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 4.85 WD WD WD WD $0 2 Tiger Woods 5.25 1 2 3 4 $1,350,000 3 Vijay Singh 8.50 56 61 41 59 $39,500 4 Stewart Cink 17.65 56 66 41 82 $39,500 5 David Toms 18.10 61 61 72 74 $36,750

Had a no brainer pick for the winner, which was Tiger. He has won at Firestone 6 times now.

It was sad to see Furyk pull out of the tournament (withdraw) with a bad back. Hopefully he will be ok for the coming week at the PGA Championship.

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

• 1 Tiger Woods | 1 | $1,350,000
• 2 Jim Furyk | 84 (WD) | $0
• 3 Hunter Mahan | 22 | $66,250
• 4 Phil Mickelson | 46 | $44,500
• 5 Paul Casey | 51 | $42,000

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

	Tour Ousider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$1,465,750	$1,502,750	TI
Avg Rank	51.6	40.8	TI
Made Cut	4	4	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	TI

The Tour Insider won the Total Earnings category.

The Tour Insider won the Avg Rank category.

The Made Cut category was a draw, with 4 player making the cut. Furyk's WD was considered a miss cut...even though the tournament didn't have a cut.

This tournament was won by the Tour Insider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 9 wins to the Tour Outsider, 4 wins to the Tour Insider, and 3 draws.

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

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual 1 Jim Furyk 4.85 WD WD WD WD $0 2 Tiger Woods 5.25 1 2 3 4 $1,350,000 3 Vijay Singh 8.50 56 61 41 59 $39,500 4 Angel Cabrera 14.25 69 70 63 46 $33,500 5 Stewart Cink 17.65 56 66 41 82 $39,500 6 David Toms 18.10 61 61 72 74 $36,750 7 Rory Sabbatini 18.75 2 1 1 1 $635,000 8 Colin Montgomerie 18.85 41 23 23 21 $48,000 9 Justin Rose 19.25 2 11 15 10 $635,000 10 Kenny Perry 20.30 11 3 3 10 $115,333 11 Sergio Garcia 21.80 20 47 56 21 $75,500 12 J.J. Henry 24.70 41 23 19 46 $48,000 13 Luke Donald 24.75 22 30 72 68 $66,250 14 Ian Poulter 24.80 30 34 26 21 $58,000 15 K.J. Choi 24.90 11 14 26 21 $115,333