Tour Outsider: John Deere Classic

[ Note: This post is late. Usually this post was suppose to be published on Monday of this week. However, I have been behind schedule all of this week. So am publishing this post on Thursday evening. ]

The US PGA Tour goes from the nation's capital (Washington D.C.) to the heart of the mid-west for the John Deere 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 Bernhard Langer 5.65 2 Chris Riley 10.90 3 Jeffrey Overton 15.65 4 Billy Mayfair 15.85 5 Jason Gore 17.20 6 Alexander Cejka 19.80 7 Heath Slocum 21.95 8 Carl Pettersson 22.55 9 D.J. Trahan 23.15 10 Kevin Stadler 23.50 11 Stephen Leaney 24.05 12 Pat Perez 24.75 13 Shigeki Maruyama 24.95 14 Joe Ogilvie 28.40 15 Bubba Watson 30.80

Since I am late in publishing this post this week, am not going to provide an explanation for my picks. Am just going to list them (see below).

So the Tour Outsider picks for the John Deere Classic are:

Rank Player CLi 1 Bernhard Langer 5.65 2 Chris Riley 10.90 3 Billy Mayfair 15.85 4 Jason Gore 17.20 5 D.J. Trahan 23.15

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

• 1 John Senden
• 2 J.P. Hayes
• 3 Jason Gore
• 4 Zach Johnson
• 5 Carl Pettersson

This week we have 1 player in common: Jason Gore.

Tour Outsider: AT&T National Review

It is now time to review the picks for the AT&T National 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 Nick O'Hern 5.90 MC MC 117 109 $0 2 Brian Davis 10.60 30 12 12 17 $33,420 3 Jim Furyk 14.30 3 8 18 1 $312,000 4 Vijay Singh 16.95 12 21 6 1 $110,571 5 Adam Scott 17.15 MC MC 98 63 $0

Ouch, O'Hern didn't play so well. He actually came in 4th to last out of a 120 player field, which is very uncharacteristic of him. As well, Adam Scott decided to miss another cut. Two ouches.

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

• 1 Adam Scott | 98 (MC) | $0
• 2 Rory Sabbatini | 120 (DNS) | $0
• 3 Aaron Baddeley | 69 | $12,120
• 4 Tiger Woods | 6 | $208,500
• 5 Olin Browne | 30 | $33,420

Shedloski also got hit by two player: Scott missing the cut and Sabbatini not in the tournament field.

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

	Tour Ousider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$455,991	$254,040	TO
Avg Rank	52.0	64.6	TO
Made Cut	3	3	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	TO

The Tour Outsider won the Total Earnings category.

The Tour Outsider won the Avg Rank category.

The Made Cut category was a draw with both having all 2 players miss the cut.

This tournament was won by the Tour Outsider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 6 wins to the Tour Outsider, 3 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 Nick O'Hern 5.90 MC MC 117 109 $0 2 Brian Davis 10.60 30 12 12 17 $33,420 3 Jim Furyk 14.30 3 8 18 1 $312,000 4 Vijay Singh 16.95 12 21 6 1 $110,571 5 Adam Scott 17.15 MC MC 98 63 $0 6 Hunter Mahan 17.30 8 47 61 29 $168,000 7 Jerry Kelly 17.90 45 36 12 45 $16,515 8 Fred Funk 17.95 62 71 61 6 $12,900 9 Woody Austin 20.30 MC MC 113 93 $0 10 Fredrik Jacobson 20.70 40 41 6 13 $23,400 11 Bo Van Pelt 21.00 54 41 26 29 $13,635 12 Tim Herron 23.85 54 62 61 45 $13,635 13 Justin Leonard 25.60 25 47 48 77 $46,800 14 Brian Gay 25.75 30 21 26 45 $33,420 15 Billy Andrade 27.80 19 12 3 13 $70,200

Tour Outsider: AT&T National

The US PGA Tour goes to the nation's capital, Washington D.C. for "Tiger's tournament": the AT&T National. This tournament is taking the place of The International (Colorado), which was canceled for various reasons (do your research to find out why).

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 Nick O'Hern 5.90 2 Brian Davis 10.60 3 Jim Furyk 14.30 4 Vijay Singh 16.95 5 Adam Scott 17.15 6 Hunter Mahan 17.30 7 Jerry Kelly 17.90 8 Fred Funk 17.95 9 Woody Austin 20.30 10 Fredrik Jacobson 20.70 11 Bo Van Pelt 21.00 12 Tim Herron 23.85 13 Justin Leonard 25.60 14 Brian Gay 25.75 15 Billy Andrade 27.80

As with last week, I am going to stick with the top 5 of the CLi.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the AT&T National are:

Rank Player CLi 1 Nick O'Hern 5.90 2 Brian Davis 10.60 3 Jim Furyk 14.30 4 Vijay Singh 16.95 5 Adam Scott 17.15

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

• 1 Adam Scott
• 2 Rory Sabbatini
• 3 Aaron Baddeley
• 4 Tiger Woods
• 5 Olin Browne

This week we have 1 player in common: Adam Scott.

What is interesting about Shedloski's picks is that he has included Rory Sabbatini, who, as I can tell so far, is not in the tournament's field.

Tour Outsider: Buick Open Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Buick Open 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 3.25 5 5 1 5 $166,110 2 Kenny Perry 5.95 10 5 1 73 $108,617 3 Scott Verplank 7.90 5 2 4 5 $166,110 4 Sean O'Hair 10.25 27 32 57 73 $33,320 5 Woody Austin 11.85 2 5 7 2 $365,867

This week was rather good. All 5 picks made the cut, and better yet, all but 1 were in the top 10...O'Hair placed 27th. The only thing missing was picking the player who won. However, it would have been difficult to predict that Brian Bateman would win his first tournament this week. Good for him. He played college golf at LSU when I was on the SMU golf team. As well, we played in AJGA tournaments as junior golfers. It is good to see him be able to make the 12-foot putt on the last to close the deal.

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

• 1 Jim Furyk | 5 | $166,110
• 2 Sean O'Hair | 27 | $33,320
• 3 Scott Verplank | 5 | $166,110
• 4 Jason Gore | 2 | $365,867
• 5 John Daly | 16 | $75,950

Gore was a nice pick for Shedloski. Gore closed with a 66 in the final round to move up 13 spots and earn a 2nd place finish.

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

	Tour Ousider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$840,023	$807,357	TO
Avg Rank	9.8	11.0	TO
Made Cut	5	5	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	TO

The Tour Outsider won the Total Earnings category by only $33,000. It was a close running in this category.

The Tour Outsider won the Avg Rank category by a small margin of 1.2. Again, another close category this week.

The Made Cut category was a draw with both having all of their picks make the cut. Nice week for the picks.

It was a close running this week which made it fun to watch. This tournament was won by the Tour Outsider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 5 wins to the Tour Outsider, 3 win 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 3.25 5 5 1 5 $166,110 2 Kenny Perry 5.95 10 5 1 73 $108,617 3 Scott Verplank 7.90 5 2 4 5 $166,110 4 Sean O'Hair 10.25 27 32 57 73 $33,320 5 Woody Austin 11.85 2 5 7 2 $365,867 6 Richard S Johnson 13.10 MC MC 136 99 $0 7 Fred Funk 14.85 20 24 46 46 $51,100 8 Brian Gay 16.50 64 67 57 24 $10,143 9 Jeffrey Overton 24.75 MC MC 114 73 $0 10 Charles Warren 24.90 MC MC 84 119 $0 11 Heath Slocum 25.20 MC MC 84 119 $0 12 J.J. Henry 25.85 MC MC 97 73 $0 13 Bob Tway 28.40 27 67 57 46 $33,320 14 Stephen Leaney 30.00 20 15 20 24 $51,100 15 Billy Andrade 30.50 49 40 10 13 $12,381

Tour Outsider: Buick Open

The US PGA Tour goes to the great summer state of Michigan for the Buick Open.

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 2.90 2 Kenny Perry 5.80 3 Scott Verplank 7.40 4 Sean O'Hair 9.10 5 Woody Austin 11.85 6 Richard S Johnson 12.00 7 Fred Funk 13.15 8 Brian Gay 16.30 9 Charles Warren 25.10 10 Heath Slocum 25.15 11 J.J. Henry 25.25 12 Stephen Leaney 29.90 13 Bob Tway 30.10 14 Billy Andrade 30.45 15 Rod Pampling 31.85

I am going to stick with the top 5 of the CLi.

The big question I had last week about Perry continuing his solid play was put to dirt when he finished in the top 15 at the Travelers Championship. So I am not going to pass on him this week as he is continuing to improve his game this year and he has played well in the Buick Open in the past. He won the tournament in 2001 and has placed no lower than 29th the past 6 times he has played in the tournament (he skipped the tournament in 2005).

I was also tempted to pick Funk over Austin. However, I think Austin has a slight edge over Funk in this tournament with his confidence and current energy level...but it will be close between these two veterans. Funk really wants to make the President's Cup this year, being 50 years old and all.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the Buick Open are:

Rank Player CLi 1 Jim Furyk 2.90 2 Kenny Perry 5.80 3 Scott Verplank 7.40 4 Sean O'Hair 9.10 5 Woody Austin 11.85

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

• 1 Jim Furyk
• 2 Sean O'Hair
• 3 Scott Verplank
• 4 Jason Gore
• 5 John Daly

This week we have 3 players in common: Furyk, O'Hair, and Verplank. Those 3 players are the top 3 of the CLi as well.

Tour Outsider: Travelers Championship Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Travelers 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 Ryan Moore 5.40 33 12 17 8 $33,900 2 Woody Austin 8.60 43 37 34 8 $21,000 3 Stewart Cink 12.50 75 55 29 29 $11,340 4 Peter Lonard 20.55 29 37 17 29 $39,900 5 Jerry Kelly 23.95 15 7 17 47 $90,000

None of my picks placed exceptionally well, however, they did not place poorly either. It would have have been nice if Cink did card a 10 on the 15th hole during the 3rd round. However, he got his money's worth on that hole that day.

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

• 1 Carl Pettersson | 15 | $90,000
• 2 Arron Oberholser | 156 WD | $0
• 3 Kenny Perry | 15 | $90,000
• 4 David Toms | 6 | $201,000
• 5 J.J. Henry | 13 | $120,000

Oberholser's withdrawal didn't help Shedloski much this week. Here is the comparison between the Tour Ousider and Tour Insider picks.

	Tour Ousider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$196,140	$501,000	TI
Avg Rank	39.0	41.0	TO
Made Cut	5	4	TO
Outcome	--	--	TO

The Tour Insider won the Total Earnings category by over $300,000.

The Tour Outsider won the Avg Rank category by a margin of 2.0.

The Tour Outsider won the Made Cut category.

This tournament was won by the Tour Outsider.

It is nice to have a winning week after losing the previous 3 weeks, even if it was a squeaker.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider to date is, 4 wins to the Tour Outsider, 3 win 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 Ryan Moore 5.40 33 12 17 8 $33,900 2 Woody Austin 8.60 43 37 34 8 $21,000 3 Stewart Cink 12.50 75 55 29 29 $11,340 4 Kenny Perry 13.15 15 12 12 3 $90,000 5 Tim Herron 15.55 54 69 63 79 $13,560 6 Peter Lonard 20.55 29 37 17 29 $39,900 7 Heath Slocum 23.35 22 12 12 29 $54,086 8 Jerry Kelly 23.95 15 7 17 47 $90,000 9 Brian Davis 26.50 43 66 49 79 $21,000 10 Rod Pampling 27.85 36 31 17 8 $27,043 11 Vijay Singh 29.00 4 7 34 29 $288,000 12 Zach Johnson 29.10 MC MC 104 79 $0 13 Justin Rose 32.35 9 7 17 47 $156,000 14 D.J. Trahan 33.80 MC MC 86 79 $0 15 Will MacKenzie 34.00 72 74 63 16 $11,640