RotoWire Staff Golf Draft Results: 2015 Dollar Values

RotoWire Staff Golf Draft Results: 2015 Dollar Values

This article is part of our Golf Draft Kit series.

For those of you who have a golf auction and bid a fixed budget on your golfers, the following is meant to be a guide.

These are the actual dollar values from our RotoWire staff golf league, which took place on Jan. 11. 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 and also didn't use the fall portion of the 2014-15 wrap-around schedule), excluding those PGA Tour events held the same week as 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 be ranked higher 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 nine golfers. The league has been around since 2000.

The 2015 draft had a clear No. 1 in Rory McIlroy, but the second and third tiers look muddled this season. Tiger Woods may be a surprise at No. 3 overall considering his frequent injuries and lack of a win in a major the past few years.

Some surprising prices included Brooks Koepka at $28, which may be a lot for a

For those of you who have a golf auction and bid a fixed budget on your golfers, the following is meant to be a guide.

These are the actual dollar values from our RotoWire staff golf league, which took place on Jan. 11. 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 and also didn't use the fall portion of the 2014-15 wrap-around schedule), excluding those PGA Tour events held the same week as 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 be ranked higher 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 nine golfers. The league has been around since 2000.

The 2015 draft had a clear No. 1 in Rory McIlroy, but the second and third tiers look muddled this season. Tiger Woods may be a surprise at No. 3 overall considering his frequent injuries and lack of a win in a major the past few years.

Some surprising prices included Brooks Koepka at $28, which may be a lot for a player yet to become a star. Luke Donald has fallen from No. 1 player in the world in 2012 to $12 in 2015. The top rookie was Tony Finau at $5 with Adam Hadwin at $4

While these dollar values may not exactly fit your league's rules, this should be a good benchmark for your draft preparation.

$64 Rory McIlroy
$57 Jordan Spieth
$53 Tiger Woods
$50 Jason Day
$49 Adam Scott
$47 Rickie Fowler
$43 Matt Kuchar
$43 Bubba Watson
$42 Justin Rose
$39 Keegan Bradley
$35 Phil Mickelson
$31 Sergio Garcia
$29 Dustin Johnson
$28 Brooks Koepka
$28 Billy Horschel
$28 Patrick Reed
$27 Hunter Mahan
$27 Jimmy Walker
$27 Webb Simpson
$26 Jason Dufner
$26 Zach Johnson
$26 Brandt Snedeker
$25 Bill Haas
$25 Chris Kirk
$23 Jim Furyk
$20 Harris English
$20 Henrik Stenson
$18 Kevin Na
$18 Hideki Matsuyama
$18 Graham DeLaet
$17 Martin Kaymer
$17 Ryan Moore
$14 Gary Woodland
$13 Brendon Todd
$12 Morgan Hoffmann
$12 Graeme McDowell
$12 Luke Donald
$12 Russell Henley
$12 Ryan Palmer
$11 Jonas Blixt
$10 Jason Kokrak
$10 Matt Every
$10 J.B. Holmes
$10 Marc Leishman
$10 Charl Schwartzel
$9 Fredrik Jacobson
$9 Lee Westwood
$9 Charles Howell
$8 Geoff Ogilvy
$8 Paul Casey
$8 Charley Hoffman
$8 Cameron Tringale
$6 Scott Piercy
$6 Tim Clark
$6 Brendon de Jonge
$5 Brian Harman
$5 Ben Martin
$5 Sang-moon Bae
$5 Tony Finau
$5 Victor Dubuisson
$5 Seung-yul Noh
$5 Kevin Streelman
$4 Ryo Ishikawa
$4 Adam Hadwin
$4 Kevin Stadler
$4 John Huh
$4 John Senden
$4 Nick Watney
$3 Robert Streb
$3 Martin Laird
$3 Francesco Molinari
$3 Louis Oosthuizen
$3 Ian Poulter
$3 Shawn Stefani
$3 Russell Knox
$2 Carl Pettersson
$2 Justin Thomas
$2 Angel Cabrera
$2 Chris Stroud
$2 Carlos Ortiz
$2 Kevin Chappell
$2 Ernie Els
$2 Pat Perez
$2 George McNeill
$2 Chesson Hadley
$2 William McGirt
$2 Nick Taylor
$2 Scott Brown
$1 Jhonattan Vegas
$1 Blayne Barber
$1 Erik Compton
$1 Steve Stricker
$1 Brian Stuard
$1 Will MacKenzie
$1 Joost Luiten
$1 Scott Stallings
$1 Kiradech Aphibrnrat
$1 Jamie Donaldson
$1 K.J. Choi
$1 Matt Jones
$1 Robert Allenby
$1 Stuart Appleby
$1 Justin Hicks
$1 Jeff Overton
$1 Robert Garrigus
$1 John Merrick
$1 Brian Gay
$1 Billy Hurley
$1 Andrew Svoboda
$1 Martin Flores
$1 Jason Gore
$1 Bo Van Pelt
$1 Derek Fathauer
$1 Camilo Villegas
$1 Scott Langley
$1 Ben Crane
$1 Thomas Bjorn
$1 Brendan Steele
$1 Luke Guthrie
$1 John Peterson
$1 Daniel Summerhays
$1 Steven Bowditch
$1 D.A. Points
$1 Zac Blair
$1 David Hearn
$1 Richard H. Lee

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