This article is part of our Golf Draft Kit series.
These are the actual dollar values from our recent RotoWire staff golf league. Our rules base winners on total earnings in PGA Tournaments from the Sony Open to the final FedExCup event (we skipped the Hyundai Tournament of Champions due to scheduling conflicts for the draft), excluding those PGA Tour events held the same week as the the World Golf Championship events and the British Open.
Our format also includes bonus points for the four majors. As a result, some European players may have a higher ranking here than your league. If a European golfer plays in just the four majors and world golf tournaments, he'll still have a lot of value in our league. Our league had 14 members, a budget of $100 per team and each team starts five golfers per week with a total roster of 10 golfers.
Based on our league's results, there's never been a more wide open season for golf. The league has been together since 2000 and this year was the first time Tiger Woods wasn't the most expensive golfer. The $54 paid for Jason Day was by far the lowest amount paid for the most expensive golfer in the draft. The previous low had been for $64 for Tiger Woods in 2000. There just are not as many marquee names to invest in who will dominate PGA
These are the actual dollar values from our recent RotoWire staff golf league. Our rules base winners on total earnings in PGA Tournaments from the Sony Open to the final FedExCup event (we skipped the Hyundai Tournament of Champions due to scheduling conflicts for the draft), excluding those PGA Tour events held the same week as the the World Golf Championship events and the British Open.
Our format also includes bonus points for the four majors. As a result, some European players may have a higher ranking here than your league. If a European golfer plays in just the four majors and world golf tournaments, he'll still have a lot of value in our league. Our league had 14 members, a budget of $100 per team and each team starts five golfers per week with a total roster of 10 golfers.
Based on our league's results, there's never been a more wide open season for golf. The league has been together since 2000 and this year was the first time Tiger Woods wasn't the most expensive golfer. The $54 paid for Jason Day was by far the lowest amount paid for the most expensive golfer in the draft. The previous low had been for $64 for Tiger Woods in 2000. There just are not as many marquee names to invest in who will dominate PGA Tour earnings or major wins like the heyday of Tiger and Phil. Luke Donald went lower than he's ranked in most lists. That seemed to be a quirk where he went later and most owners didn't have money. Still, he was a bargain.
While these dollar values may not exactly fit your league's rules, this should be a good benchmark for your draft preparation.
Here are the results:
| Golfer | $$ | |
| Jason | Day | $ 54 |
| Nick | Watney | $ 50 |
| Phil | Mickelson | $ 46 |
| Tiger | Woods | $ 42 |
| Steve | Stricker | $ 41 |
| Dustin | Johnson | $ 40 |
| Matt | Kuchar | $ 40 |
| Adam | Scot | $ 38 |
| Luke | Donald | $ 37 |
| Justin | Rose | $ 37 |
| Webb | Simpson | $ 36 |
| Rory | McIlroy | $ 35 |
| Hunter | Mahan | $ 34 |
| Rickie | Fowler | $ 30 |
| Bill | Haas | $ 30 |
| Lee | Westwood | $ 30 |
| Anthony | Kim | $ 27 |
| Charl | Schwartzel | $ 26 |
| Bubba | Watson | $ 23 |
| Jim | Furyk | $ 22 |
| Keegan | Bradley | $ 21 |
| Aaron | Baddeley | $ 20 |
| Zach | Johnson | $ 20 |
| Geoff | Ogilvy | $ 20 |
| K.J. | Choi | $ 19 |
| Harris | English | $ 19** |
| Brandt | Snedeker | $ 19 |
| Charlies | Howell III | $ 17 |
| Gary | Woodland | $ 17 |
| Martin | Laird | $ 16 |
| David | Toms | $ 16 |
| Camilo | Villegas | $ 16 |
| Sergio | Garcia | $ 15 |
| Cameron | Tringale | $ 15 |
| Bo | Van Pelt | $ 15 |
| Trevor | Immelman | $ 12 |
| Lucas | Glover | $ 11 |
| Kevim | Na | $ 11 |
| Sean | O'Hair | $ 11 |
| Ernie | Els | $ 10 |
| Ryan | Moore | $ 10 |
| Brendan | Steele | $ 10 |
| Yong-Eun | Yang | $ 10 |
| Stewart | Cink | $ 9 |
| Sang-Moon | Bae | $ 8 |
| Jonas | Blixt* | $ 8 |
| Jonathan | Byrd | $ 8 |
| Ben | Crane | $ 8 |
| Jason | Dufner | $ 8 |
| Spencer | Levin | $ 8 |
| Carl | Pettersson | $ 8 |
| Vijay | Singh | $ 8 |
| Fredrik | Jacobson | $ 7 |
| Robert | Karlsson | $ 7 |
| Steve | Marino | $ 7 |
| Graeme | McDowell | $ 7 |
| Ian | Poulter | $ 7 |
| Robert | Allenby | $ 6 |
| Paul | Casey | $ 6 |
| Tommy | Gainey | $ 6 |
| Retief | Goosen | $ 6 |
| Ryan | Palmer | $ 6 |
| Rory | Sabbatini | $ 6 |
| John | Senden | $ 6 |
| Kyle | Stanley | $ 6 |
| Mark | Wilson | $ 6 |
| Bud | Cauley | $ 5 |
| Brendon | de Jonge | $ 5 |
| Martin | Kaymer | $ 5 |
| J.J. | Killeen | $ 5 |
| George | McNeill | $ 5 |
| Bryce | Molder | $ 5 |
| Jeff | Overton | $ 5 |
| Andres | Romero | $ 5 |
| Angel | Cabrera | $ 4 |
| Robert | Garrigus | $ 4 |
| Brian | Gay | $ 4 |
| Charley | Hoffman | $ 4 |
| Chris | Kirk | $ 4 |
| Kevin | Streelman | $ 4 |
| Ricky | Barnes | $ 3 |
| Tim | Clark | $ 3 |
| Graham | DeLaet | $ 3 |
| Hunter | Haas | $ 3 |
| Jerry | Kelly | $ 3 |
| Seung-yul | Noh | $ 3 |
| Louis | Oosthuizen | $ 3 |
| Pat | Perez | $ 3 |
| D.A. | Points | $ 3 |
| Chez | Reavie | $ 3 |
| Scott | Stallings | $ 3 |
| Jhonattan | Vegas | $ 3 |
| Jimmy | Walker | $ 3 |
| Chad | Campbell | $ 2 |
| Greg | Chalmers | $ 2 |
| Kevin | Chappell | $ 2 |
| Brian | Davis | $ 2 |
| Padraig | Harrington | $ 2 |
| Ryo | Ishikawa | $ 2 |
| Kyung-Tae | K.T. Kim | $ 2 |
| Danny | Lee | $ 2 |
| Marc | Leishman | $ 2 |
| Scott | Piercy | $ 2 |
| Alvero | Quiros | $ 2 |
| John | Rollins | $ 2 |
| Heath | Slocum | $ 2 |
| Anders | A. Hansen | $ 1 |
| Blake | Adams | $ 1 |
| Stuart | Appleby | $ 1 |
| Arjon | Atwal | $ 1 |
| Briny | Baird | $ 1 |
| Kris | Blanks | $ 1 |
| Jason | Bohn | $ 1 |
| Miguel Angel | Carballo | $ 1 |
| Kerik | Compton | $ 1 |
| Simon | Dyson | $ 1 |
| Edoardo | E. Molinari | $ 1 |
| Matt | Every | $ 1 |
| Harrison | Frazar | $ 1 |
| Matthew | Goggin | $ 1 |
| Paul | Goydos | $ 1 |
| Peter | Hanson | $ 1 |
| David | Hearn | $ 1 |
| J.J. | Henry | $ 1 |
| Ryuji | Imada | $ 1 |
| Miguel Angel | Jimenez | $ 1 |
| Brandt | Jobe | $ 1 |
| Russell | Knox | $ 1 |
| Jason | Kokrak | $ 1 |
| Jamie | Lovemark | $ 1 |
| Matteo | Manassero | $ 1 |
| Francesco | Molinari | $ 1 |
| Nick | O'Hern | $ 1 |
| Ted | Potter | $ 1 |
| Michael | Sim | $ 1 |
| Henrik | Stenson | $ 1 |
| Vaughn | Taylor | $ 1 |
| Michael | Thompson | $ 1 |
| Johnson | Wagner | $ 1 |
| Charlie | Wi | $ 1 |
*Blixt went for $8 as an owner's last player who had $8 for a final roster spot. He likely would have gone for just $1.
**English went to an owner who had $19 for his last roster spot. So the money he left on the table he overbid on English. He probably would have gone for $3-$6.
Here are the team-by-team rosters:
Participants included:
Peter Schoenke, RotoWire
Jeff Erickson, RotoWire
Brian Rappe
James Ybiernas
Josh Ross
Scott Pianowski, Yahoo! Sports
Travis Hines, RotoWire
Joe Sheehan
Jeff Ritter, Sports Illustrated
Tim Schuler, RotoWire
Daryl Shevin
Len Hochberg, MLB.com
Andrew Martinez, RotoWire
Justin Green, RotoWire
| Erickson | Steve | Stricker | 41 |
| Erickson | Zach | Johnson | 20 |
| Erickson | David | Toms | 16 |
| Erickson | Kevim | Na | 11 |
| Erickson | Graeme | McDowell | 7 |
| Erickson | Blake | Adams | 1 |
| Erickson | Michael | Thompson | 1 |
| Erickson | Miguel Angel | Jimenez | 1 |
| Erickson | Kris | Blanks | 1 |
| Erickson | Johnson | Wagner | 1 |
| Green | Webb | Simpson | 36 |
| Green | Rickie | Fowler | 30 |
| Green | Lucas | Glover | 11 |
| Green | Ernie | Els | 10 |
| Green | Brian | Gay | 4 |
| Green | D.A. | Points | 3 |
| Green | Danny | Lee | 2 |
| Green | Jamie | Lovemark | 1 |
| Green | Jason | Kokrak | 1 |
| Green | J.J. | Henry | 1 |
| Hines | Phil | Mickelson | 46 |
| Hines | Charl | Schwartzel | 26 |
| Hines | Carl | Pettersson | 8 |
| Hines | Charley | Hoffman | 4 |
| Hines | Scott | Stallings | 3 |
| Hines | Pat | Perez | 3 |
| Hines | Hunter | Haas | 3 |
| Hines | Ricky | Barnes | 3 |
| Hines | Jerry | Kelly | 3 |
| Hines | Charlie | Wi | 1 |
| Hochberg | Tiger | Woods | 42 |
| Hochberg | Sergio | Garcia | 15 |
| Hochberg | Spencer | Levin | 8 |
| Hochberg | Steve | Marino | 7 |
| Hochberg | Robert | Karlsson | 7 |
| Hochberg | George | McNeill | 5 |
| Hochberg | Angel | Cabrera | 4 |
| Hochberg | Chez | Reavie | 3 |
| Hochberg | Jimmy | Walker | 3 |
| Hochberg | Harrison | Frazar | 1 |
| Martinez | Rory | McIlroy | 35 |
| Martinez | Bill | Haas | 30 |
| Martinez | Sean | O'Hair | 11 |
| Martinez | Sang-Moon | Bae | 8 |
| Martinez | Brendon | de Jonge | 5 |
| Martinez | Chris | Kirk | 4 |
| Martinez | Louis | Oosthuizen | 3 |
| Martinez | Scott | Piercy | 2 |
| Martinez | Matt | Every | 1 |
| Martinez | Briny | Baird | 1 |
| Pianow | Matt | Kuchar | 40 |
| Pianow | Jim | Furyk | 22 |
| Pianow | Bo | Van Pelt | 15 |
| Pianow | Mark | Wilson | 6 |
| Pianow | John | Senden | 6 |
| Pianow | Robert | Garrigus | 4 |
| Pianow | Chad | Campbell | 2 |
| Pianow | Kevin | Chappell | 2 |
| Pianow | Marc | Leishman | 2 |
| Pianow | Peter | Hanson | 1 |
| Rappe | Dustin | Johnson | 40 |
| Rappe | Adam | Scot | 38 |
| Rappe | Kyle | Stanley | 6 |
| Rappe | Rory | Sabbatini | 6 |
| Rappe | J.J. | Killeen | 5 |
| Rappe | Matthew | Goggin | 1 |
| Rappe | Nick | O'Hern | 1 |
| Rappe | Henrik | Stenson | 1 |
| Rappe | Vaughn | Taylor | 1 |
| Rappe | Ryuji | Imada | 1 |
| Ritter | Hunter | Mahan | 34 |
| Ritter | Anthony | Kim | 27 |
| Ritter | Gary | Woodland | 17 |
| Ritter | Stewart | Cink | 9 |
| Ritter | Retief | Goosen | 6 |
| Ritter | Kyung-Tae | Kim | 2 |
| Ritter | Heath | Slocum | 2 |
| Ritter | Stuart | Appleby | 1 |
| Ritter | Jason | Bohn | 1 |
| Ritter | Michael | Sim | 1 |
| Ross | Lee | Westwood | 30 |
| Ross | Aaron | Baddeley | 20 |
| Ross | Trevor | Immelman | 12 |
| Ross | Ryan | Moore | 10 |
| Ross | Jonas | Blixt | 8 |
| Ross | Fredrik | Jacobson | 7 |
| Ross | Robert | Allenby | 6 |
| Ross | Seung-yul | Noh | 3 |
| Ross | Alvero | Quiros | 2 |
| Ross | Ryo | Ishikawa | 2 |
| Schoenke | Justin | Rose | 37 |
| Schoenke | Geoff | Ogilvy | 20 |
| Schoenke | Cameron | Tringale | 15 |
| Schoenke | Brendan | Steele | 10 |
| Schoenke | Vijay | Singh | 8 |
| Schoenke | Paul | Casey | 6 |
| Schoenke | Simon | Dyson | 1 |
| Schoenke | Russell | Knox | 1 |
| Schoenke | Kerik | Compton | 1 |
| Schoenke | Arjon | Atwal | 1 |
| Schuler | Nick | Watney | 50 |
| Schuler | Bubba | Watson | 23 |
| Schuler | Ian | Poulter | 7 |
| Schuler | Ryan | Palmer | 6 |
| Schuler | Tim | Clark | 3 |
| Schuler | Jhonattan | Vegas | 3 |
| Schuler | Brian | Davis | 2 |
| Schuler | Padraig | Harrington | 2 |
| Schuler | John | Rollins | 2 |
| Schuler | Brandt | Jobe | 1 |
| Sheehan | Jason | Day | 54 |
| Sheehan | Luke | Donald | 37 |
| Sheehan | Greg | Chalmers | 2 |
| Sheehan | Edoardo | E. Molinari | 1 |
| Sheehan | Miguel Angel | Carballo | 1 |
| Sheehan | David | Hearn | 1 |
| Sheehan | Matteo | Manassero | 1 |
| Sheehan | Ted | Potter | 1 |
| Sheehan | Paul | Goydos | 1 |
| Sheehan | Anders | A. Hansen | 1 |
| Shevin | Keegan | Bradley | 21 |
| Shevin | K.J. | Choi | 19 |
| Shevin | Martin | Laird | 16 |
| Shevin | Camilo | Villegas | 16 |
| Shevin | Yong-Eun | Yang | 10 |
| Shevin | Jeff | Overton | 5 |
| Shevin | Andres | Romero | 5 |
| Shevin | Kevin | Streelman | 4 |
| Shevin | Graham | DeLaet | 3 |
| Shevin | Francesco | Molinari | 1 |
| Ybiernas | Brandt | Snedeker | 19 |
| Ybiernas | Harris | English | 19 |
| Ybiernas | Charlies | Howell III | 17 |
| Ybiernas | Jason | Dufner | 8 |
| Ybiernas | Jonathan | Byrd | 8 |
| Ybiernas | Ben | Crane | 8 |
| Ybiernas | Tommy | Gainey | 6 |
| Ybiernas | Bryce | Molder | 5 |
| Ybiernas | Martin | Kaymer | 5 |
| Ybiernas | Bud | Cauley | 5 |
