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

 

Tour Outsider: Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial

This week the US PGA Tour heads back to Texas for a 3rd time this year. Players will be in Ben Hogan's backyard to play the Crowne Plaza Invitational at Colonial.

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 Kenny Perry 8.00 2 S Anthony Kim 8.50 3 S Jim Furyk 11.45 4 S Ben Crane 22.50 5 S Stephen Ames 22.85 6 S Chad Campbell 23.05 7 S Pat Perez 24.00 8 S Justin Leonard 24.10 9 S Marco Dawson 25.60 10 S Jeff Quinney 27.10 11 S David Toms 28.55 12 S Phil Mickelson 28.75 13 S Jason Bohn 31.10 14 S Briny Baird 32.80 15 S Steve Flesch 33.80

This week we see Kenny Perry on to of the CLi rankings. That is no surprise as he plays well at Colonial and he has been playing well lately. He placed 2nd last week in the AT&T Classic (losing in a playoff to Imada), and 15th in the Players Championship. So, I will definitely include him this week in my picks.

I will go with the top 3 in the CLi rankings: Perry, Kim and Furyk. I am going to skip over Ben Crane, as he hurt me last week with a WD. Then will pick the next two players in the CLi rankings list: Ames and Campbell.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the Crowne Plaza Invitational are:

Rank Player CLi 1 S Kenny Perry 8.00 2 S Anthony Kim 8.50 3 S Jim Furyk 11.45 4 S Stephen Ames 22.85 5 S Chad Campbell 23.05

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

• 1 Jim Furyk
• 2 Phil Mickelson
• 3 Nathan Green
• 4 Kenny Perry
• 5 K.J. Choi

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

 

Tour Outsider: AT&T Classic Review

It is now time to review the picks for the AT&T 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 S Briny Baird 7.70 11 25 29 57 $102,667 2 S Stewart Cink 11.40 11 18 10 10 $102,667 3 S Camilo Villegas 31.55 3 9 7 10 $374,000 4 S Steve Flesch 33.40 25 49 29 10 $42,900

There are only four (4) picks shown above. The reason is that Ben Crane decided to withdraw the day before the tournament, so he is not in the list. He was the top player in the CLi rankings before he pulled out, and I picked him. So that means I will get hit with a MC (missed cut) and a ranking of last place in the tournament (156th place). Other than that, my picks did rather well and overall, the CLi top 15 did well. The CLi top 15 only had 2 missed cuts.

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

• 1 Stewart Cink | 11 | $102,667
• 2 Ben Crane | 156 (WD) | $0
• 3 Kenny Perry | 2 | $594,000
• 4 Zach Johnson | 34 | $27,775
• 5 Camilo Villegas 3 | $374,000

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

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$622,234	$1,098,442	TI
Avg Rank	41.2	41.2	DRAW
Made Cut	4	4	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	TI

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Insider.

The Avg Rank category was a draw.

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, 5 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 Briny Baird 7.70 11 25 29 57 $102,667 2 S Stewart Cink 11.40 11 18 10 10 $102,667 3 S Shane Bertsch 14.40 74 73 48 41 $10,560 4 S Dean Wilson 26.25 55 69 59 76 $12,485 5 S Parker McLachlin 27.50 5 14 4 1 $200,750 6 S Kevin Sutherland 28.25 34 37 40 28 $27,775 7 S Camilo Villegas 31.55 3 9 7 10 $374,000 8 S Steve Flesch 33.40 25 49 29 10 $42,900 9 S Brian Gay 34.05 25 25 10 41 $42,900 10 S Marco Dawson 34.35 MC MC 92 41 $0 11 S Retief Goosen 34.80 34 34 29 76 $27,775 12 S Steve Elkington 34.90 11 9 16 41 $102,667 13 S Bob Tway 35.80 11 25 40 57 $102,667 14 S Billy Andrade 36.40 MC MC 77 109 $0 15 S Ryuji Imada 37.85 1 6 16 41 $990,000

 

Tour Outsider: AT&T Classic

This week the US PGA Tour moves up from Florida to Georgia to play the AT&T Classic at Greg Norman's Sugarloaf design.

BTW: Norman is in the field this week to play the course he designed at Sugarloaf.

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 Ben Crane 6.35 2 S Briny Baird 7.70 3 S Stewart Cink 11.40 4 S Shane Bertsch 14.40 5 S Dean Wilson 26.25 6 S Parker McLachlin 27.50 7 S Kevin Sutherland 28.25 8 S Camilo Villegas 31.55 9 S Steve Flesch 33.40 10 S Brian Gay 34.05 11 S Marco Dawson 34.35 12 S Retief Goosen 34.80 13 S Steve Elkington 34.90 14 S Bob Tway 35.80 15 S Billy Andrade

This week there are two players with CLis less than 10: Crane and Baird. So I will go with them. Then I like Cink because this is basically his home course and he has been playing well of late. After that, the CLis go into the high-20s and low-30s. So my next two picks are going to be based upon gut feel. Those would be Villegas and Flesch.

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

Rank Player CLi 1 S Ben Crane 6.35 2 S Briny Baird 7.70 3 S Stewart Cink 11.40 4 S Camilo Villegas 31.55 5 S Steve Flesch 33.40

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

• 1 Stewart Cink
• 2 Ben Crane
• 3 Kenny Perry
• 4 Zach Johnson
• 5 Camilo Villegas

We have 3 players in common in this tournament: Cink, Crane and Villegas.

 

Tour Outsider: The PLAYERS Championship Review

It is now time to review the picks for The PLAYERS 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 Adam Scott 4.45 54 20 37 91 $21,280 2 S Phil Mickelson 9.65 21 4 13 9 $95,000 3 S Padraig Harrington 11.25 MC MC 90 35 $0 4 S Stewart Cink 14.15 21 34 37 23 $95,000 5 S Geoff Ogilvy 32.80 MC MC 107) 111 $0

Well, first of all, my pick of Ogivly (14th in the CLi rankings) was not a good one. However, on the bright side, if I had picked Singh instead, I would not have been in a much better position. Both players missed the cut.

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

• 1 Phil Mickelson | 21 | $95,000
• 2 Adam Scott | 54 | $21,280
• 3 Vijay Singh | 75 (MC) | $0
• 4 Brandt Snedeker | 75 (MC) | $0
• 5 Anthony Kim 42 | $29,830

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

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$211,280	$146,110	TO
Avg Rank	58.6	53.4	TI
Made Cut	3	3	DRAW
Outcome	--	--	DRAW

The Total Earnings category was won by the Tour Outsider.

The Tour Insider won the Avg Rank category.

The Made Cut category was a draw.

This tournament overall was a draw.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider year to date is, 12 wins to the Tour Outsider, 4 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 Adam Scott 4.45 54 20 37 91 $21,280 2 S Phil Mickelson 9.65 21 4 13 9 $95,000 3 S Padraig Harrington 11.25 MC MC 90 35 $0 4 S Stewart Cink 14.15 21 34 37 23 $95,000 5 S Vijay Singh 15.75 MC MC 75 91 $0 6 S Mathew Goggin 17.35 MC MC 98 70 $0 7 S Jim Furyk 18.55 27 20 37 70 $67,450 8 S Retief Goosen 22.60 51 47 16 55 $22,863 9 S Henrik Stenson 26.50 10 34 16 55 $218,500 10 S Brandt Snedeker 28.20 MC MC 75 35 $0 11 S Boo Weekley 30.50 21 7 6 9 $95,000 12 S Lee Westwood 30.95 MC MC 98 55 $0 13 S Stephen Ames 31.50 5 14 7 70 $380,000 14 S Geoff Ogilvy 32.80 MC MC 107) 111 $0 15 S Steve Elkington 33.10 32 53 28 4 $48,260

 

Tour Outsider: The PLAYERS Championship

This week the US PGA Tour is at Sawgrass in Florida playing it's gem of a tournament: The PLAYERS Championship.

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 Adam Scott 4.45 2 S Phil Mickelson 9.65 3 S Padraig Harrington 11.25 4 S Stewart Cink 14.15 5 S Vijay Singh 15.75 6 S Mathew Goggin 17.35 7 S Jim Furyk 18.55 8 S Retief Goosen 22.60 9 S Henrik Stenson 26.50 10 S Brandt Snedeker 28.20 11 S Boo Weekley 30.50 12 S Lee Westwood 30.95 13 S Stephen Ames 31.50 14 S Geoff Ogilvy 32.80 15 S Steve Elkington 33.10

I am going to go with the top 4 in the CLi rankings. Actually the top 5 all look good. However, I am going to do something strange this week and go all the way down to the 14th player in the CLi rankings to pick Ogilvy. I just have a funny feeling that Ogilvy will made the cut and perform well this week. Singh, who is the 5th player in the CLi rankings, would love to win this tournament as he is a local Ponte Vedra Beach resident. However, he might be pushing himself too much to win the tournament because of that.

So the Tour Outsider picks for the PLAYERS Championship are:

Rank Player CLi 1 S Adam Scott 4.45 2 S Phil Mickelson 9.65 3 S Padraig Harrington 11.25 4 S Stewart Cink 14.15 5 S Geoff Ogilvy 32.80

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

• 1 Phil Mickelson
• 2 Adam Scott
• 3 Vijay Singh
• 4 Brandt Snedeker
• 5 Anthony Kim

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

 

Tour Outsider: Wachovia Championship Review

It is now time to review the picks for the Wachovia 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 Adam Scott 5.50 8 11 66 48 $179,200 2 S Jim Furyk 6.45 7 6 3 24 $214,400 3 S Vijay Singh 7.10 17 8 8 13 $89,600 4 S Geoff Ogilvy 8.60 22 6 8 13 $66,560 5 S Phil Mickelson 9.70 12 11 25 2 $125,440

This week was good. All 5 players made the cut, and the average rank was 13.2. The worst finish for a player in the group of 5 was 22nd (Ogilvy). Not bad.

There was one thing that I missed on, and that was Anthony Kim. I specifically skipped over him in the CLi rankings and he ended up winning the tournament for his first US PGA Tour event win. Good for Kim.

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

• 1 Adam Scott | 8 | $179,200
• 2 Vijay Singh | 17 | $89,600
• 3 Stewart Cink | 8 | $179,200
• 4 Boo Weekley | 49 | $15,795
• 5 Phil Mickelson 12 | $125,440

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

	Tour Outsider	Tour Insider	Winner
Total Earnings	$675,000	$589,235	TO
Avg Rank	13.2	18.8	TO
Made Cut	5	5	DRAW
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 a draw.

This tournament overall was won by the Tour Outsider.

The overall results between the Tour Outsider and the Tour Insider year to date is, 12 wins to the Tour Outsider, 4 wins to the Tour Insider, and 4 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 Adam Scott 5.50 8 11 66 48 $179,200 2 S Jim Furyk 6.45 7 6 3 24 $214,400 3 S Vijay Singh 7.10 17 8 8 13 $89,600 4 S Anthony Kim 7.20 1 1 2 13 $1,152,000 5 S Geoff Ogilvy 8.60 22 6 8 13 $66,560 6 S Phil Mickelson 9.70 12 11 25 2 $125,440 7 S Stewart Cink 14.85 8 4 41 72 $179,200 8 S Lucas Glover 16.15 69 30 41 72 $12,928 9 S Steve Stricker 16.20 MC MC 104 148 $0 10 S Kevin Sutherland 16.85 MC MC 115 98 $0 11 S Trevor Immelman 22.40 MC MC 115 131 $0 12 S Nick Watney 23.20 40 18 25 72 $22,428 13 S Sergio Garcia 23.60 34 50 41 24 $32,320 14 S Billy Mayfair 23.90 55 50 18 98 $14,336 15 S Boo Weekley 27.20 49 58 25 48 $15,795

 

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