3Jack Golf's PGA Tour Rundown - Week 9

Michael Thompson gets his first PGA Tour victory of his career at PGA National.



I was out last week with a stomach ulcer, so I did not officially post my picks.

Here are my picks for Doral

Justin Rose: 16/1
Lee Westwood: 25/1
Keegan Bradley: 25/1
Nick Watney: 28/1
Bubba Watson: 28/1
Rickie Fowler: 33/1
Robert Garrigus: 50/1
Bill Haas: 50/1
Padraig Harrington: 66/1

Value Pick: Russell Henley 80/1

And here are the first published rankings for 2013. Please note that I’m still working on ‘Critical Hole Index’ metric. I was out all last week that was put off for the time being.

DRIVING EFFECTIVENESS



1. Furyk, Jim
2. Weekley, Boo
3. Cantlay, Patrick
4. Palmer, Ryan
5. Westwood, Lee
6. McDowell, Graeme
7. Streelman, Kevin
8. de Jonge, Brendon
9. Dufner, Jason
10. Duke, Ken


169. Reed, Patrick
170. Day, Jason
171. Watkins, Aaron
172. Baddeley, Aaron
173. Herron, Tim
174. Bradley, Michael
175. Haley II, Paul
176. Na, Kevin
177. Weir, Mike
178. Gonzales, Andres


BIRDIE ZONE PLAY



1. Chappell, Kevin
2. Gates, Bobby
3. Wi, Charlie
4. Clark, Tim
5. Claxton, Will
6. Bradley, Michael
7. Noh, Seung-Yul
8. Hearn, David
9. Points, D.A.
10. Holmes, J.B.


168. Jobe, Brandt
169. Gardiner, Scott
170. Marino, Steve
171. Romero, Andres
172. Kelly, Troy
173. Dufner, Jason
174. Thompson, Michael
175. Harrington, Padraig
176. Blixt, Jonas
177. Goosen, Retief


SAFE ZONE PLAY



1. Van Pelt, Bo
2. Langley, Scott
3. Curtis, Ben
4. Chappell, Kevin
5. Stefani, Shawn
6. Sabbatini, Rory
7. Rollins, John
8. Reavie, Chez
9. Duke, Ken
10. Every, Matt


169. Hoffmann, Morgan
170. Herron, Tim
171. Senden, John
172. Kohles, Ben
173. Leishman, Marc
174. Meierdierks, Eric
175. Gonzales, Andres
176. Klauk, Jeff
177. Ernst, Derek
178. Ridings, Tag


DANGER ZONE PLAY



1. Harrington, Padraig
2. Palmer, Ryan
3. Merrick, John
4. Thompson, Nicholas
5. Pride, Dicky
6. Maggert, Jeff
7. Tomasulo, Peter
8. Garrigus, Robert
9. Ridings, Tag
10. Villegas, Camilo


169. Claxton, Will
170. Steele, Brendan
171. Kelly, Troy
172. Herron, Tim
173. Potter, Jr., Ted
174. Noh, Seung-Yul
175. Gates, Bobby
176. Letzig, Michael
177. Johnson, Dustin
178. Ishikawa, Ryo


SHORT GAME PLAY

1. Haas, Bill
2. McDowell, Graeme
3. Pride, Dicky
4. Estes, Bob
5. Merrick, John
6. Watney, Nick
7. Jones, Matt
8. Leonard, Justin
9. Day, Jason
10. McGirt, William


169. Gonzales, Andres
170. Sabbatini, Rory
171. Beljan, Charlie
172. Fisher, Ross
173. Langley, Scott
174. Haley II, Paul
175. Allenby, Robert
176. Short, Jr., Wes
177. Hoffman, Charley
178. Stefani, Shawn


PUTTS GAINED

1. Molder, Bryce
2. Kelly, Jerry
3. Baddeley, Aaron
4. Jacobson, Freddie
5. Teater, Josh
6. Ames, Stephen
7. Stuard, Brian
8. Kirk, Chris
9. Henley, Russell
10. Na, Kevin


169. Tomasulo, Peter
170. LeBrun, Steve
171. Weekley, Boo
172. Karlsson, Robert
173. Claxton, Will
174. Meierdierks, Eric
175. Colsaerts, Nicolas
176. Ishikawa, Ryo
177. Sabbatini, Rory
178. Stanley, Kyle







3JACK