Tour Outsider: Stanford St. Jude Championship Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Stanford St. Jude 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 S David Toms 9.95 37 51 53 56 $27,000 2 S Stephen Ames 14.15 13 7 14 11 $109,200 3 S Brian Gay 14.55 60 37 41 124 $13,020 4 S Camilo Villegas 22.80 18 37 33 39 $75,600

I am happy that all 4 of my picks made the cut (note: only 4 picks again this week as Shedloski only made 4 picks). However, 2 of the 3 players I passed over to pick Villegas placed 1st and 2nd. Leonard won the tournament and Allenby placed 2nd (lost in a playoff to Leonard). Oh well, at least the CLi did well this week.

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

• 1 Phil Mickelson | 20 | $60,000
• 2 Ryan Moore | 10 | $120,667
• 3 Kenny Perry | 1 | $1,080,000
• 4 Sergio Garcia 45 | $19,800

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

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$224,820	$214,445	TO
Avg Rank	32.0	52.5	TO
Made Cut	4	3	TO
Outcome	--	--	TO

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The Tour Outsider won the Avg Rank category.

The Made Cut category was won Tour Outsider.

This tournament overall was won by the Tour Outsider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider year to date is, 13 wins to the Tour Outsider, 7 wins to the Tour Insider, and 5 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 S David Toms 9.95 37 51 53 56 $27,000 2 S Stephen Ames 14.15 13 7 14 11 $109,200 3 S Brian Gay 14.55 60 37 41 124 $13,020 4 S Justin Leonard 15.50 1 7 26 4 $1,080,000 5 S Robert Allenby 19.15 2 23 33 39 $528,000 6 S Heath Slocum 19.60 24 44 14 69 $43,445 7 S Camilo Villegas 22.80 18 37 33 39 $75,600 8 S Ryan Palmer 25.05 MC MC 92 24 $0 9 S Bob Tway 29.05 24 23 41 56 $43,445 10 S Paul Goydos 31.80 MC MC 92 150 $0 11 S Steve Lowery 33.65 MC MC 139 106 $0 12 S Bob May 34.05 49 44 53 106 $14,660 13 S Retief Goosen 34.15 MC MC 131 106 $0 14 S Vijay Singh 35.05 11 7 7 3 $144,000 15 S Charles Howell III 36.75 MC MC 112 69 $0

Tour Outsider: Stanford St. Jude Championship

This week the US PGA Tour is in Memphis, Tennessee to play the Stanford St. Jude Memorial Tournament. This is the last tournament before the U.S. Open (at Torrey Pines -- California).

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 S David Toms 9.95 2 S Stephen Ames 14.15 3 S Brian Gay 14.55 4 S Justin Leonard 15.50 5 S Robert Allenby 19.15 6 S Heath Slocum 19.60 7 S Camilo Villegas 22.80 8 S Ryan Palmer 25.05 9 S Bob Tway 29.05 10 S Paul Goydos 31.80 11 S Steve Lowery 33.65 12 S Bob May 34.05 13 S Retief Goosen 34.15 14 S Vijay Singh 35.05 15 S Charles Howell III 36.75

I will go with the top 3 players in the CLi rankings. Then I will skip down to Camilo to see if the "spiderman" can tackle the TPC course in Tenessee. And since Shedloski again only made 4 picks, I will have to stick with 4. If I was going to make a 5th pick, I would have picked Slocum.

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

Rank Player CLi 1 S David Toms 9.95 2 S Stephen Ames 14.15 3 S Brian Gay 14.55 4 S Camilo Villegas 22.80

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

• 1 Kenny Perry
• 2 David Toms
• 3 Vijay Singh
• 4 Steve Lowery

We have 1 player in common in this tournament: Toms.

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 S Phil Mickelson 4.50 20 18 35 36 $65,000 2 S Kenny Perry 4.95 1 2 1 2 $1,080,000 3 S Stewart Cink 13.75 30 18 47 20 $34,133 4 S Jim Furyk 18.10 39 25 22 20 $24,000

All right, I got a winner this week in Perry. He was playing well the past month and was due to win. Also, it helped that he has the drive these days to play well. He wants to make the U.S. team for the Ryder Cup with the Ryder Cup is being held in his backyard later this summer, Kentucky. [ Kentucky is also where I will be moving to soon to start my doctorate ]

Another good note this week was that all of my picks made the cut. Now, there were only 4 picks as Shedloski only made 4 picks, but still that is good when all players make the cut.

It was a good week to say the least with all players making the cut and picking a winner.

The top 15 players in the CLi rankings did good as well. Only one player missed the cut (Weekley).

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

• 1 Phil Mickelson | 20 | $60,000
• 2 Ryan Moore | 10 | $120,667
• 3 Kenny Perry | 1 | $1,080,000
• 4 Sergio Garcia 45 | $19,800

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

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$ 1,203,133	$1,285,467	TI
Avg Rank	22.5	19.0	TI
Made Cut	4	4	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	TI

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Insider.

The Tour Insider won the Avg Rank category.

The Made Cut category was a draw.

This tournament overall was won by the Tour Insider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider year to date is, 12 wins to the Tour Outsider, 7 wins to the Tour Insider, and 5 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 S Phil Mickelson 4.50 20 18 35 36 $65,000 2 S Kenny Perry 4.95 1 2 1 2 $1,080,000 3 S Fred Couples 10.00 46 36 11 36 $16,046 4 S Ryan Moore 12.10 10 28 18 47 $120,667 5 S Bart Bryant 13.50 46 43 63 78 $16,046 6 S Stewart Cink 13.75 30 18 47 20 $34,133 7 S Rod Pampling 17.90 20 25 9 4 $65,000 8 S Jim Furyk 18.10 39 25 22 20 $24,000 9 S Boo Weekley 22.60 MC MC 89 78 $0 10 S Sergio Garcia 25.60 45 57 58 36 $19,800 11 S Carl Pettersson 27.50 10 18 11 6 $120,667 12 S Nick O'Hern 27.70 10 7 5 14 $120,667 13 S Jeff Quinney 28.30 30 43 63 20 $34,133 14 S Ryuji Imada 28.70 39 28 35 69 $24,000 15 S Richard Green 31.65 46 57 35 36 $16,046

Tour Outsider: Memorial Tournament

This week the US PGA Tour moves from Hogan's backyard to Nicklaus' backyard (Columbus, Ohio) to play "Jack's Tournament": the Memorial Tournament.

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 S Phil Mickelson 4.50 2 S Kenny Perry 4.95 3 S Fred Couples 10.00 4 S Ryan Moore 12.10 5 S Bart Bryant 13.50 6 S Stewart Cink 13.75 7 S Rod Pampling 17.90 8 S Jim Furyk 18.10 9 S Anthony Kim 18.65 10 S Boo Weekley 22.60 11 S Sergio Garcia 25.60 12 S Carl Pettersson 27.50 13 S Nick O'Hern 27.70 14 S Jeff Quinney 28.30 15 S Ryuji Imada 28.70

The Tour Insider (Shedloski) only made 4 picks this week. So that means I will only be able to pick 4 players as well.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the Memorial Tournament are:

Rank Player CLi 1 S Phil Mickelson 4.50 2 S Kenny Perry 4.95 3 S Stewart Cink 13.75 4 S Jim Furyk 18.10

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

• 1 Phil Mickelson
• 2 Ryan Moore
• 3 Kenny Perry
• 4 Sergio Garcia

We have 2 players in common in this tournament: Mickelson and Perry.

Tour Outsider: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial 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 S Kenny Perry 8.00 46 53 25 34 $16,592 2 S Anthony Kim 8.50 40 61 52 24 $23,180 3 S Jim Furyk 11.45 MC MC 99 54 $0 4 S Stephen Ames 22.85 4 2 5 13 $292,800 5 S Chad Campbell 23.05 MC MC 104 116 $0

I had one good finisher in Ames. He finished 4th. That was good to see. Then had two players that didn't make the weekend. That was not good to see. Both Furyk and Campbell missed the cut, while they should have been sure "good pick" to at least make the cut much less place well. It goes to show that in golf there are no sure bets.

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

• 1 Jim Furyk | 99 (MC) | $0
• 2 Phil Mickelson | 1 | $1,098,000
• 3 Nathan Green | 26 | $43,310
• 4 Kenny Perry | 46 | $16,592
• 5 K.J. Choi 80 (MC) | $0

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

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$332,572	$1,157,902	TI
Avg Rank	58.6	50.4	TI
Made Cut	3	3	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	TI

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Insider.

The Tour Insider won the Avg Rank category.

The Made Cut category was a draw.

This tournament overall was won by the Tour Insider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider year to date is, 12 wins to the Tour Outsider, 6 wins to the Tour Insider, and 5 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 S Kenny Perry 8.00 46 53 25 34 $16,592 2 S Anthony Kim 8.50 40 61 52 24 $23,180 3 S Jim Furyk 11.45 MC MC 99 54 $0 4 S Ben Crane 22.50 5 5 11 13 $244,000 5 S Stephen Ames 22.85 4 2 5 13 $292,800 6 S Chad Campbell 23.05 MC MC 104 116 $0 7 S Pat Perez 24.00 6 28 35 72 $219,600 8 S Justin Leonard 24.10 33 61 69 34 $31,546 9 S Marco Dawson 25.60 MC MC 112 72 $0 10 S Jeff Quinney 27.10 7 8 25 54 $196,725 11 S David Toms 28.55 26 28 52 72 $43,310 12 S Phil Mickelson 28.75 1 1 1 2 $1,098,000 13 S Jason Bohn 31.10 52 53 35 94 $14,082 14 S Briny Baird 32.80 15 8 22 13 $80,409 15 S Steve Flesch 33.80 MC MC 69 72 $11,102