U.S. Open CLi Results

The U.S. Open was packed with a lot of entertainment for all golf lovers. So the tournament attracted a huge viewing base, which should help the TV channels and Internet sites that follow golf.

As for how the CLi did with predicting the results of the U.S. Open, take a look below:

Rank Player CLi Rank Earnings Rd4 Rd3 Rd2 Rd1 Actual 1 S Phil Mickelson 7.40 18 47 35 12 $87,230 2 S Vijay Singh 13.70 65 70 65 12 $16,514 3 S Anthony Kim 14.90 26 24 65 49 $61,252 4 S Sergio Garcia 17.00 18 11 35 85 $87,230 5 S Justin Leonard 20.20 36 47 42 64 $35,709 6 S Stewart Cink 20.90 14 47 22 19 $122,159 7 S Geoff Ogilvy 21.50 9 4 9 3 $160,769 8 S Stephen Ames 23.50 58 70 49 49 $18,664 9 S Jim Furyk 27.60 36 19 22 49 $35,709 10 S Robert Allenby 28.70 18 6 9 7 $87,230 11 S Ryuji Imada 29.80 18 24 65 49 $87,230 12 S Tim Clark 30.10 48 24 22 31 $23,985 13 S Boo Weekley 31.20 26 24 65 31 $61,252 14 S Mike Weir 31.20 18 11 42 31 $87,230 15 S Tiger Woods 32.00 1 1 2 19 $1,350,000

Overall, the CLi did well for this major tournament. Here are a few of the things that I have highlighted:

• average ranking: 27.3
• lowest ranking: 1 (Woods)
• highest ranking: 65 (Singh)
• cli average 23.3; as compared to 8 if they were ranked 1-15 in the tournament.
• that difference of 15 is very low, and very good
• the average ranking was only 4 points higher than the average of the Cli for the top 15
• that difference of 19 between the actual ranks is also very good and very low. This is especially true seeing that only 2 players were in the top 10 (1st -- Woods, and 9th -- Ogilvy) -- meaning not many were in the top 10. only 2 in the top 10, which is 20%. in and of itself, that is not very good as it would be better to have 40-50% in the top 10. that is the only negative for the cli results this week.
• all made the cut
• they combined to earn $2,32,163, with an average of $153,810 between the 15 players. that compares to the top 15 spots in the U.S. Open earning close to $5 million. $5 million is 66.7% of the total $7.5 million purse for the tournament. $2.32 million is 31% of the tournament's total purse.

2008 U.S. Open

For the 2008 U.S. Open, the free Golf CLi calculation is run with the following settings:

- Looking at the previous 7 U.S. Opens (weights: 20% scoring average, 20% earnings average)

- Looking at the previous 60 days leading up to the 2008 U.S. Open (weights: 10% scoring average, 10% earnings average)

- Looking at the previous 6 tournaments players have played in leading up to the 2008 U.S. Open (weights: 20% scoring average, 20% earnings average)

View the Golf CLi rankings as they are updated daily leading up to the tournament.

2008 U.S. Open Golf CLi