Golf Draft Kit: 2016-17 Web.com Qualifiers

Golf Draft Kit: 2016-17 Web.com Qualifiers

This article is part of our Golf Draft Kit series.

The following 50 golfers won 2016-17 PGA Tour cards from last season's Web.com Tour.

Rookies (R)

Wesley Bryan - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$1,100,000
2015-16 Earnings: $178,729
2015-16 Events: 4

This is a sleeper to win and win fast. Contending won't be a surprise. He got a battlefield promotion, after all, for winning three Web.com Tour events in the same season and even was on the leaderboard at the John Deere Classic for a while before finishing T8. But the trick-shot artist has legitimate talent to win, and winning potentially as early as this fall would not surprise at all. And besides, he has a ton of positive mojo from 2016. He's long, can putt and has a confidence that's unique for someone who came from nowhere to something in 2016. Consider this: he only played 15 events on the Web.com Tour this year and still finished the season ranked first in putting average, second in birdie average and third in scoring average.

Bobby Wyatt - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$850,000
2015-16 Earnings: $353,348
2015-16 Events: 6

Wyatt is known for two things: being on the national championship teams at Alabama and shooting 57 in a state tournament as an 18-year old in 2010. On the course last season he had an interesting road. Most notably, he finished fourth at the Zurich Classic while playing on a sponsor's exemption and with no status. That helped him get 137 Non-Member FedEx Cup points, which gave him entry into the Web.com

The following 50 golfers won 2016-17 PGA Tour cards from last season's Web.com Tour.

Rookies (R)

Wesley Bryan - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$1,100,000
2015-16 Earnings: $178,729
2015-16 Events: 4

This is a sleeper to win and win fast. Contending won't be a surprise. He got a battlefield promotion, after all, for winning three Web.com Tour events in the same season and even was on the leaderboard at the John Deere Classic for a while before finishing T8. But the trick-shot artist has legitimate talent to win, and winning potentially as early as this fall would not surprise at all. And besides, he has a ton of positive mojo from 2016. He's long, can putt and has a confidence that's unique for someone who came from nowhere to something in 2016. Consider this: he only played 15 events on the Web.com Tour this year and still finished the season ranked first in putting average, second in birdie average and third in scoring average.

Bobby Wyatt - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$850,000
2015-16 Earnings: $353,348
2015-16 Events: 6

Wyatt is known for two things: being on the national championship teams at Alabama and shooting 57 in a state tournament as an 18-year old in 2010. On the course last season he had an interesting road. Most notably, he finished fourth at the Zurich Classic while playing on a sponsor's exemption and with no status. That helped him get 137 Non-Member FedEx Cup points, which gave him entry into the Web.com Tour Finals where he went T61-T24-T12 to earn his PGA Tour card for 2016-17. Sensational playing in a big spot for a guy with more than enough talent to win on the PGA Tour once he becomes adjusted to things.

Grayson Murray - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$800,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Murray ran the podium on the Web.com Tour, winning at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, which turned out to be the final event of the Web.com Tour season due to Hurricane Matthew, losing in a playoff at the Digital Ally Open and finishing third at the Boise Open. With five other top-10s, he was one of the more consistent players on the Web.com Tour season — especially late – which is useful considering the Safeway Open kicks off the 2016-17 PGA Tour season in mid-October. He can drive for show - 319.4 yards per drive – and putt for dough, too, ranking fifth, and is someone to watch this fall to see if he can carry over that momentum from late summer.

Seamus Power - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$800,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Not sure what this says about Power or the crop of potential European Ryder Cup captain's picks, but Seamus, pronounced "Shamus," was on some lists of potential options for Darren Clarke. He was not picked, but that doesn't diminish his impressive 2016 campaign. He got his PGA Tour card through a win at the United Leasing & Finance Championship, and had a solid summer run that included three top-20 finishes, one at the Rio Olympics where he represented Ireland and tied for 15th. That week, in a limited but still strong field, he ranked 14th in SG tee-to-green, complementing a season-long Web.com Tour ranking of 13th for greens in regulation. Don't be surprised if Power sneaks up on some leaderboards early. The mere mention of him has a possible captain's pick shows you what those across the pond think of him.

Ollie Schniederjans - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$800,000
2015-16 Earnings: $68,586
2015-16 Events: 7

Ah yes, Schniederjans, the player we've known for years as the No. 1 amateur in the world, who nearly won the NCAA championship at Georgia Tech and finished T12 at an Open Championship, has made it to the big time. He got there by winning the Air Capital Classic on the Web.com Tour in a playoff, part of a season where he had a second and four other top-10 finishes. He also made seven PGA Tour starts, making the cut four times. In a weak rookie class, he's one of the studs, a fantasy player you can rely on early even as he gets his footing. It's interesting – sometimes the stats page makes you wonder why a guy even earned a card in the first place. Schniederjans was 141st in driving accuracy, 98th in greens hit and 30th in putting. But dig deeper and you'll find that in his win he ranked T2 in GIR and in a week where he made 20 birdies to finish ninth in the field, and that clearly helped the cause. If he gets more consistent, watch out. He's got a world of talent.

Richy Werenski - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$750,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Werenski had a successful 2016 on the Web.com Tour, demonstrated by his win at the BMW Charity Pro-Am in May and three second-place finishes. Most impressive is that those seconds came at three times of the year — February, April, August. One thing that separates rookies who make the PGA Tour from those who stay on the PGA Tour is complete game consistency, and finishing high like that at different times of the year really helps. He ranked 16th in total driving but 73rd in putting, something he'll need to improve for the PGA Tour. He can contend once or twice, but stringing together multiple good appearances may be tough unless the putter improves.

Cheng Tsung Pan - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$750,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

If there's a sleeper in this bunch it's Pan. Another Olympian (T30), he had a whopping seven top-10s on the Web.com Tour this year, which got him a card even without a win. The best finish was a playoff loss at the LECOM Health Challenge. He was 15th in greens hit and ninth in putting average. Do that on the next level and he'll be headed back to more Olympics and find himself in the PGA Tour winner's circle too.

Cameron Smith
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$750,000
2015-16 Earnings: $477,843
2015-16 Events: 24

The young Aussie took a step back in his second season on tour, but that's not uncommon. He did not have a top-10 in his 24 starts and finished 157th in points. It's entirely possible the 23-year-old contends for a playoff berth in 2016-17.

Scott Stallings
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$700,000
2015-16 Earnings: $697,434
2015-16 Events: 27

Stallings is the most accomplished of the 50 Web.com grads, with three PGA Tour wins. But pretty remarkably, he's also missed more cuts than he's made in his career, and it's tough reaching the playoffs that way. He just missed last season while finishing 128th in points, and it should be another down-to-the-wire scenario for Stallings again this season.

Trey Mullinax - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$700,000
2015-16 Earnings: $49,635
2015-16 Events: 2

This name will be familiar for anyone who follows college golf, as Mullinax played at Alabama and was a teammate of guys like Justin Thomas, who won NCAA titles in 2013 and 2014. Now his individual game is getting the spotlight after a 2016 Web.com Tour campaign in which he won the Rex Hospital Open and had six other top-25 finishes, enough to clinch a spot on the PGA Tour. This combination is pretty sweet too: 318.2 yards off the tee, 47th in greens hit, third in putting average.

J.T. Poston - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$650,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

No victories for Poston in 2016 but consistently high finishes ensured him a playing spot on the PGA Tour for 2016-17. That's especially impressive considering he didn't even join the Web.com Tour until June, and in fact played in the Canadian Tour's Qualifying School in March. He finished second twice, the first by shooting a final-round 64 at the Lincoln Land Charity Championship and the next by losing in a playoff at the Digital Ally Open. Couple that with a third in his second event of the year and a T6 in June and Poston quickly earned enough cash to make it to the next stage. The strength of his game is his irons and putter, where he ranked fifth in greens hit and 19th in putting average. Keep that consistency going on the next level and you could have a money machine.

Bryson DeChambeau - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$600,000
2015-16 Earnings: $656,621
2015-16 Events: 13

Here's the thing about DeChambeau: the dude's legit, but this is going to be a tough road for him. Yes, he nearly won the RBC Heritage in his first week on Tour but then he struggled, big time, missing four straight cuts. He admitted that he overprepared and worked too hard, perhaps expected considering the angles (figuratively and literally) at which he looks at golf. The man whose irons are the same length firmly believes he has the power to change golf -- and he very well might. Kudos to him for winning the DAP Championship in a playoff, the first Web.com Tour Finals event, to clinch his PGA Tour card. But getting acclimated to the traveling grind and learning all the golf courses on tour won't be easy - it's not even for the best -- and it wouldn't surprise if it takes the better part of a season for DeChambeau to work his way into a groove. That might not be a bust in a golf fan's eyes but in the eyes of a fantasy player it might not be good enough.

Gonzalo Fdez-Castano
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$600,000
2015-16 Earnings: $65,600
2015-16 Events: 2

Fdez-Castano made 17 of 22 cuts on the Web.com Tour last season with seven top-25s, including two top-10s. He went T16-T9-T24 at the Finals to earn his PGA Tour card for this season. The T9 at the Boise Open was highlighted by opening rounds of 68 and weekend 66s. A seven-time European Tour winner, the 35-year-old Spaniard will get more opportunities on the PGA Tour this year after just two events last season, though his first resulted in a T15 at the Sanderson Farms Championship.

J.J. Spaun - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$600,000
2015-16 Earnings: $0
2015-16 Events: 1

Spaun registered one victory – the News Sentinel Open in late August – two seconds and seven top-10s in 2016 on the Web.com Tour, easily sealing his spot on the PGA Tour for 2016-17. The win included middle rounds of 62-64, two of four rounds of 64 or better he shot in competition this year. He also played the Northern Trust Open on the PGA Tour, missing the cut. He was second in greens in regulation on the Web.com Tour at 76.65 percent and was 12th in the all-around ranking. One negative is that he finished 89th in putting average, something that will have to change on the PGA Tour for him to be a strong fantasy player.

Max Homa
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$550,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

The youngster out of UCLA was a rookie in 2014-15 and enjoyed limited success. So he returned to the Web.com Tour and finished 23rd on the regular-season money list to get a second try. He should be better suited this time around, but whether enough to reach the playoffs and keep his card is a big question mark.

Andres Gonzales
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$550,000
2015-16 Earnings: $579,667
2015-16 Events: 28

Gonzales has made the playoffs just once, in 2015, and he used his best career finish, T3 at the OHL Classic, to get him there. Last season, he missed 16-of-28 cuts in finishing 154th in points, and that is more of the norm for him. Making the playoffs this season would be a surprise.

Will MacKenzie
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$525,000
2015-16 Earnings: $416,033
2015-16 Events: 26

MacKenzie is a two time PGA Tour winner, but his best season came in 2013-14, with five top-10s. He hasn't been able to match that in the past two years combined, while battling injuries. He was 151st in points last season, and it's hard to envision a finish inside the top-125 this season.

Michael Thompson
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$500,000
2015-16 Earnings: $521,983
2015-16 Events: 23

Thompson has steadily regressed since notching his lone PGA Tour win in 2013, barely making half his cuts the past two seasons. He averaged 25 starts those two seasons, so it's not like he didn't have opportunities to get inside the top-125. There's scant evidence that will change this season.

Andrew Johnston - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$500,000
2015-16 Earnings: $270,262
2015-16 Events: 4

Few took golf more socially by storm in the second half of 2016 than Andrew "Beef" Johnston. The Brit who said out loud, publicly, right after his Spanish Open win that he'd celebrate Open by getting really drunk (which is an automatic way to gain a ton of fans on social media, by the way) backed up his party antics by: a) getting really drunk, b) contending at the Open Championship and being in the second-to-last group on Sunday before finishing eighth, c) getting a sponsorship with fast-food chain Arby's and staring in some utterly hilarious commercials, d) coming to the U.S. to play the Web.com Tour Finals for a PGA Tour card even when he had a place to play and e) backing up those intentions with great play - fourth at the Boise Open - to clinch his tour card. It's uncertain how much he'll play over here or how well he'll play being a world traveler playing both tours - we've seen that backfire before - but he has the game to contend in a big spot and a personality that's infectious.

Miguel Angel Carballo
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$500,000
2015-16 Earnings: $240,509
2015-16 Events: 18

Carballo struggled on the PGA Tour this year in 18 starts, finishing 187th in FedEx Cup Points. Yet he went to the Web.com Tour Finals and got his card back by virtue of a second-place finish at the Boise Open. If he can fix a balky putter that lost him -.447 strokes per round, which would have ranked him 175th with the requisite number of rounds, Carballo can contend on the PGA Tour.

Mackenzie Hughes - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$500,000
2015-16 Earnings: $0
2015-16 Events: 1

Hughes got into the winner's circle this year at the Price Cutter Charity Championship in August, shooting a Saturday 64 to help propel him up the leaderboard. He added two other top-10s, leading the Canadian to the PGA Tour for 2016-17. He missed nine cuts in 23 starts, which is concerning, not helped by his 111st-place ranking in driving accuracy and 67th place in greens in regulation. But he has a strong putter, ranking 17th, and that will help take his game to new heights if he can hit more fairways and greens.

Tim Wilkinson
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$450,000
2015-16 Earnings: $708,623
2015-16 Events: 22

Wilkinson started last season making 11 of 13 PGA Tour cuts, including a T4 at the Byron Nelson, and then went into a tailspin. He missed six of the last nine cuts and headed to the Web.com Finals to look to retain his card. A T33 and T48 in the first two events put him in a tough spot, but a T12 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship was enough to the claim the 50th and final Web.com tour card. Don't expect much more this season.

Rory Sabbatini
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$450,000
2015-16 Earnings: $150,236
2015-16 Events: 20

Sabbatini regained his card via the Web.com Tour finals, but if he hadn't made it, he was expected to use his one-time top-50 career money list exemption. But that doesn't mean you should have him on your team.

Ryan Brehm - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$400,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Brehm won the Portland Open in late August on the Web.com Tour, sealing his spot on the PGA Tour for 2016-17 after a Web.com Tour campaign that saw him have two thirds and five top-10s in 24 starts. He missed seven cuts in 24 starts and had nine other finishes outside of the top 25. That's probably attributed to his 134th-place ranking in driving accuracy and 58th place in greens in regulation. That has to improve for him to be a better player than the $400K he's pegged for.

Rod Pampling
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$400,000
2015-16 Earnings: $142,433
2015-16 Events: 18

Pampling played 18 PGA Tour events in 2015-16 but made just eight cuts, his best finish a T26 at the opposite-field Puerto Rico Open. After finishing 195th on the FedEx Cup points list, Pampling carded three top-25s, including a T10, in the Web.com Finals to earn his 2016-17 card. He hasn't topped $190K since 2012, and at 47, likely will keep that streak alive this year.

Ryan Blaum - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$400,000
2015-16 Earnings: $42,160
2015-16 Events: 1

Blaum got his PGA Tour card through the Web.com Tour Finals and used a T5 in Boise and a T18 in Columbus to do it. In Boise he finished with 64 and ranked T2 in birdies and 10th in putts per GIR. If he continues that combination on the PGA Tour, he might contend. Blaum was 33rd on the regular season money list, just missing his card that way. He also competed last fall at the OHL Classic on the PGA Tour and tied for 29th. A player hot now, the fall could be a good spot for him.

Brandon Hagy - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$400,000
2015-16 Earnings: $33,226
2015-16 Events: 2

Five top-10s and seven top-25s gave Hagy a PGA Tour card, the best finish being a T3 at the Ellie Mae Classic at TPC Stonebrae in July. A long hitter, he ranked second in driving average at 321.7 yards per drive, first in eagles and 11th in scoring average. If he can control his distance — something Tony Finau and Justin Thomas have had to figure out, for example – he's certainly got the length to contend on the PGA Tour. Another key for him, which could lead to early struggles, is working out a gameplan for each course and where his length fits in.

Xander Schauffele - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$400,000
2015-16 Earnings: $0
2015-16 Events: 2

Schauffele, 26th on the regular-season Web.com Tour money list to miss a tour card that way by one spot, gathered himself and went T50-T18-T9 in the playoffs, clinching a spot on the PGA Tour and giving himself a nice sigh of relief. He's playing well and could hop up on a leaderboard this fall, as he was T12 in GIR and T15 in putts per GIR in Columbus.

Steven Alker
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$400,000
2015-16 Earnings: $0
2015-16 Events: 1

Alker is back on the PGA Tour for the third time. He persevered through an up-and-down Web.com season last year, posting seven top-25s, including two top-10s, but missed four consecutive summer cuts and then trunk slammed at the first Finals event. Fortunately for him, he bounced back in the next two events, finishing eighth at the Boise Open and T18 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship. In 22 PGA Tour events in 2014-15, Alter made more than $236K.

D.A. Points
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$350,000
2015-16 Earnings: $305,250
2015-16 Events: 18

Points made little more than $300K in 18 PGA Tour events last season, and nearly three-quarters of it came from three top-20 finishes. Aside from that, he never finished inside the top 50. But T6 at the DAP Championship in the first Web.com Finals event all but sealed his PGA Tour card for 2016-17. A two-time PGA Tour winner, Points hasn't finished in the top 10 in three years and will probably make it four this season.

Martin Flores
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$350,000
2015-16 Earnings: $101,576
2015-16 Events: 2

Flores lost his PGA Tour card after 2014-15, but was fifth among Web.com regular-season money winners to earn a trip back. It'll be a struggle to stick around. He did make the playoffs three years running from 2012-14, but slipped to 156th in points the following season to return to the Web.com Tour.

Dominic Bozzelli - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$300,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Four top-10s propelled Bozzelli to the big time, including a victory in June at the Corales Puntacana Resort and Club Championship. Middle rounds of 63-64 and a winning score of 24-under clinched his spot on the PGA Tour for 2016-17 and a playoff loss just weeks later at the LECOM Health Challenge where he closed with 66 on Sunday proved he has closing power. He missed eight cuts in 18 starts, which isn't a great percentage and something he'll have to improve at the next level, but his average driving distance of 304.2 yards will be helpful as long as he can hit more greens. His 127th GIR rank won't cut it on the tour.

Julian Etulain - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$300,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Two second-place finishes, the first at the Louisiana Open and the second coming in a playoff loss at the DAP Championship, propelled Etulain to the PGA Tour. The Argentinian was 12th in greens hit, which he will need to continue on the tour. Look for early season struggles as he gets acclimated to the golf courses on the PGA Tour.

Whee Kim
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$300,000
2015-16 Earnings: $682,662
2015-16 Events: 27

Kim finished T3 at the John Deere and T6 at the RBC Heritage last season but those were his only top-25 finishes in 27 PGA Tour starts. So, he headed to the Web.com Finals to earn his card where he finished T9 in the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship to ice it. The 24-year-old South Korean improved his driving distance by 13 yards to 301.1 and has the talent to contend, as he showed last season. More consistency - 13 missed cuts — would go a long way.

Kelly Kraft
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$300,000
2015-16 Earnings: $403,437
2015-16 Events: 20

Kraft rode a rollercoaster last season. He struggled out of the gate in his first full season on the PGA Tour to miss four of six cuts but then went on a run at season's end, making five of six, including a T5 at the John Deere Classic. He still needed a trip to the Web.com Finals to secure his 2016-17 card but missed the first two cuts before a T5 at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship saved him. Perhaps more familiarity with PGA courses will help his consistency in his second year on tour.

Tag Ridings
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$250,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

The 42-year-old Ridings rallied for a T12 in the last stop of the Web.com Finals to earn a PGA Tour card for the first time since 2013. He was 52nd on the Web.com Tour regular-season money list and entered the finale, the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship, 36th. Ridings has played one event on the PGA Tour the last two years (2015 John Deere Classic, MC). His best shot at money will come this fall.

Cameron Percy
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$250,000
2015-16 Earnings: $313,456
2015-16 Events: 15

Percy finished T10 in the first Web.com Finals event, and that was enough to carry him to a PGA Tour card for the second consecutive year after missing in 2014-15. He went T61-MC in the last two Finals events to cap an unimpressive year, carding two top-25s in 15 PGA Tour events. Expect more of the same this season from the 42-year-old Australian.

Ryan Armour
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$250,000
2015-16 Earnings: $32,455
2015-16 Events: 1

Armour was 12th on the Web.com regular-season money list, so he's back for another go-round on the PGA Tour. But he's 40 years old and has played only 83 Tour events going back to his 2007 debut season. This could be his final ride at the PGA Tour rodeo.

Nicholas Lindheim - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$200,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Lindheim has played only once on the PGA Tour (he made the cut in 2014). He'll get a lot more opportunities after a perplexing Web.com season. He had a win and a runner-up, but he also missed 10 of 20 cuts. That won't cut it with the big boys.

Brian Campbell - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$200,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Campbell had two second-place finishes in a three-tournament span, the BMW Charity Pro-Am and Nashville Golf Open, and added three other top-10 finishes to clinch a spot on the PGA Tour. He had an interesting stats dichotomy – 75th in greens hit yet eighth in putting average — and, not surprisingly, was fairly high (36th) in scrambling. He must hit more greens.

Brad Fritsch
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$200,000
2015-16 Earnings: $0
2015-16 Events: 1

The veteran Canadian has had his most PGA Tour success in 2013 and 2014, but still couldn't reach the playoffs. He's back on tour, thanks to finishing 14th on the Web.com regular-season money list, but it's likely a one-year reprieve.

Mark Anderson
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$200,000
2015-16 Earnings: $0
2015-16 Events: 1

Anderson has had only one full-season run on the PGA Tour, in 2012, and didn't do much with the opportunity. He's getting a second chance after a 16th-place showing on the Web.com money list during the regular season. Fun fact: Anderson has made $715,000 in his career on the PGA Tour and $715,000 on the Web.com Tour. No-so-fun-fact: He won't make the playoffs this season.

Jonathan Randolph
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$150,000
2015-16 Earnings: $0
2015-16 Events: 1

Randolph was 13th on the Web.com regular-season money list. He's had only one full season on the PGA Tour, in 2014-15, and made only $250,000. It's hard to see him making that much this time around.

Zack Sucher
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$130,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Sucher came alive at the right time, using two top-10s in the Web.com Finals to secure his PGA Tour card. He played 18 events on tour in 2014-15, but made only five cuts and earned less than $100,000. He might surpass that number this season, but not by nearly enough to even sniff a playoff berth.

Sebastian Munoz - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$100,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Munoz won a tournament to get inside the top 25 on the Web.com regular-season money list, but he also missed 16 of 23 cuts. That was his first foray onto the secondary tour, and he's never played a PGA Tour event. But he will now, and he'll likely experience significant growing pains.

Rick Lamb - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$100,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Lamb played only 13 times on the Web.com Tour last season, but he won once, good enough to sneak into the 24th spot on the regular-season money list. He's never played a PGA Tour event, and he'll almost assuredly be heading back to the Web.com Tour after his rookie PGA season.

Joel Dahmen - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$100,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Dahmen used two T3s during the regular season to snag the 25th spot on the Web.com money list. He's played in only one PGA Tour event, in 2014, and he made the cut. But he shouldn't expect that to be a weekly occurrence this season.

Brett Drewitt - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$100,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

A mediocre regular season – he was 55th on the Web.com Tour regular season money list – got turned into a great season after clinching his PGA Tour card via the Web.com Tour Finals. Drewitt went T28-MC-T5 in the playoffs, ranking first in greens hit and T3 in driving accuracy at Nationwide. A nice combination to close his season and a potential good omen for the 2016-17 PGA Tour fall campaign.

Kevin Tway
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$100,000
2015-16 Earnings: $0
2015-16 Events: 1

Tway tied for third in a Web.com playoff event to secure his PGA Tour card. It's going to be hard to replicate that this season, as he's had zero top-25s in 32 career PGA starts. His claim to fame is being the son of 1986 PGA champion Bob Tway, and that's not likely to change this season.

Cody Gribble - R
2016-17 Projected Earnings:
$50,000
2015-16 Earnings: N/A
2015-16 Events: 0

Gribble tied for second early in the Web.com Tour season at the United Leasing & Finance Championship but struggled throughout, missing a whopping 15 cuts in 24 starts. But he tied for fifth at the Nationwide Children's Hospital Championship and with the playoffs shortened to three events it was good enough for a PGA Tour card, even after missing the cut in the first two playoff events. That's a huge red flag for fantasy players: a talented golfer who didn't play well and basically got a card on one good finish. Look for any sign of strong, consistent finishes before starting or playing him regularly.

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Len Hochberg
Len Hochberg has covered golf for RotoWire since 2013. A veteran sports journalist, he was an editor and reporter at The Washington Post for nine years. Len is a three-time winner of the FSWA DFS Writer of the Year Award (2020, '22 and '23) and a five-time nominee (2019-23). He is also a writer and editor for MLB Advanced Media.
Jeremy Schilling
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