It's mostly luck on my part. I make a list of 10-14 and choose from that. If I stick with my original gut-feeling 6 it works about 1/2 the time. If I study who's playing well, who gets the most average points, trying to be scholarly that works about 1/2 the time. If I do 1/2 with gut feeling and 1/2 scholarly, that works about 1/2 the time. I haven't tried it with the golf picks but the following works pretty well with stock picks
1. Darken the room
2. Burn incense
3. Get the voodoo dolls out
It's nice to have a lot of horsepower in the engine room but you need some in the wheelhouse too.