Golf Rankings: Awesemo's Unofficial World Ranks for DraftKings, FanDuel DFS & PGA Betting

Ranking players in golf is tricky because the fields change in difficulty every week, as do the courses. The biggest part of figuring out the best players is figuring out how to sift through all this noise and come up with a metric to best capture how good a golfer has performed over the past year. Much like the standard rankings in golf, we’ve come up with the Stokastic Unofficial World Golf Rankings, so we can use them in our PGA DFS lineups, or to find an edge on a betting line.

At Stokastic, the metric we’ve chosen is the number of strokes above or below how an average field in a PGA tournament performed. Next, how to weight these data points is essential as people love to talk about short form versus long form. Only PGA tournaments are considered right now, and a minimum of 20 rounds played. Players are not rewarded by more or less rounds in the time period.

Legend:
S/R – Strokes above an average PGA field per round
OWGR – Official World Golf Ranking
UGR – Unofficial Golf Ranking

Name		UGR		LastYearRounds
Name	S/R_1Y	UGR	OWGR	LastYearRounds
Jon Rahm	-2.69	3	4	82
Justin Thomas	-2.24	9	8	85
Patrick Cantlay	-2.53	5	5	75
Cameron Smith	-2.56	4	3	41
Daniel Berger	-1.55	30	53	28
Viktor Hovland	-2.07	14	11	89
Rory McIlroy	-2.87	2	1	71
Scottie Scheffler	-2.89	1	2	91
Dustin Johnson	-1.81	21	44	28
Shane Lowry	-1.98	15	20	76
Sam Burns	-1.72	24	13	87
Xander Schauffele	-2.40	7	6	83
Tyrrell Hatton	-1.92	17	26	78
Russell Henley	-1.34	42	33	75
Collin Morikawa	-1.83	20	9	81
Hideki Matsuyama	-1.38	39	21	75
Sungjae Im	-2.07	13	19	105
Louis Oosthuizen	-0.66	102	52	21
Matt Fitzpatrick	-2.09	10	10	81
Cameron Young	-1.87	18	17	89
Joaquin Niemann	-1.96	16	22	53
Taylor Montgomery	-1.79	22	59	54
Sergio Garcia	-1.29	44	119	25
Corey Conners	-1.69	25	32	96
Billy Horschel	-1.19	50	18	83
Seamus Power	-1.18	52	29	82
Alex Noren	-1.28	45	39	66
Will Zalatoris	-2.07	12	7	71
Abraham Ancer	-1.21	48	34	31
Talor Gooch	-1.50	32	42	26
Max Homa	-2.25	8	16	95
Ian Poulter	-0.84	83	151	34
Webb Simpson	-0.28	138	135	68
Adam Scott	-1.07	60	37	69
Tony Finau	-2.51	6	12	99
Harold Varner III	-1.53	31	46	46
Tom Hoge	-1.37	40	30	96
Jason Kokrak	-0.85	80	48	41
Jordan Spieth	-1.69	26	15	85
Keegan Bradley	-1.63	28	27	83
Aaron Wise	-1.47	34	35	92
Keith Mitchell	-1.63	27	63	96
Maverick McNealy	-1.23	47	57	89
Harris English	-0.40	127	65	69
Chris Kirk	-1.32	43	62	92
Marc Leishman	-0.40	125	87	41
Brian Harman	-1.48	33	23	99
Harry Hall	0.06	166	232	44
Tommy Fleetwood	-1.86	19	24	74
Patton Kizzire	-0.25	144	239	91
Brooks Koepka	-0.32	133	55	22
Kevin Na	-0.88	78	51	26
Adam Hadwin	-1.42	37	78	94
Russell Knox	-0.27	141	186	99
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-1.04	65	75	90
Gary Woodland	-0.81	89	104	85
Mackenzie Hughes	-0.39	128	47	90
Jason Day	-1.77	23	115	78
Patrick Reed	-0.70	100	80	38
Kevin Streelman	-0.40	124	137	98
Mito Pereira	-1.42	36		63
Jhonattan Vegas	-0.98	71	138	70
Justin Rose	-1.20	49	84	61
Sebastian Munoz	-1.01	68	86	69
Luke List	-0.25	142	90	83
Cameron Tringale	-0.56	108	71	53
Denny McCarthy	-1.13	55	80	112
Kevin Kisner	-0.29	136	31	69
Joel Dahmen	-0.77	94	88	88
Erik van Rooyen	0.21	182	126	48
Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-1.03	67	36	104
Taylor Pendrith	-0.99	70	108	73
Thomas Detry	-1.57	29	85	55
Mark Hubbard	-0.56	109	162	87
Sepp Straka	-0.89	76	25	97
Matt Kuchar	-1.46	35	74	76
Charles Howell III	-0.89	77	267	30
Scott Stallings	-1.05	64	54	96
Doug Ghim	-0.19	149	268	76
Davis Riley	-0.79	91	69	107
Pat Perez	-0.84	81	214	35
Si Woo Kim	-1.18	51	41	99
Aaron Rai	-0.61	107	134	104
Troy Merritt	-0.45	119	99	98
Sahith Theegala	-1.11	57	40	121
Erik Barnes	-0.01	163		42
Cameron Davis	-1.07	61	72	84
Lanto Griffin	-0.15	153	178	50
Martin Laird	-0.30	135	193	79
Austin Eckroat	0.10	171	197	36
Matt Jones	-0.17	151	114	27
Brendan Steele	-1.03	66	123	70
Stewart Cink	-0.30	134	155	86
C.T. Pan	-0.16	152	229	70
Brian Stuard	0.60	218	332	80
Alex Smalley	-0.74	98	93	105
Carlos Ortiz	0.81	231	237	31
Taylor Moore	-0.67	101	125	102
Dylan Frittelli	-0.40	126	196	101
Zach Johnson	-0.13	154	399	66
Hank Lebioda	0.11	172	409	72
Adam Long	-0.47	116	255	97
Ryan Moore	-0.05	160	428	49
Anirban Lahiri	-1.10	58	95	44
Brendon Todd	-1.07	62	102	95
Dylan Wu	0.32	194	552	76
Doc Redman	0.32	195	388	71
Brice Garnett	0.15	176	334	78
Ryan Armour	0.05	165	310	72
Michael Thompson	-0.13	155	272	79
Matthew NeSmith	-0.66	103	96	92
Rickie Fowler	-1.12	56	106	85
Rory Sabbatini	0.55	215	297	59
Lucas Glover	-0.06	158	109	96
Nick Taylor	-0.63	105	218	97
Danny Willett	-0.91	75	97	84
Patrick Rodgers	-0.84	85	147	99
Adam Svensson	-0.83	86	66	118
Beau Hossler	-0.50	113	173	93
Branden Grace	-0.87	79	194	28
Matthias Schwab	-0.18	150	299	95
Sam Ryder	-0.83	87	278	96
J.J. Spaun	-1.00	69	61	97
Nick Hardy	-0.41	122	181	72
Kramer Hickok	-0.05	161	282	91
Francesco Molinari	-0.27	139	166	53
Andrew Putnam	-0.95	73	60	106
Lucas Herbert	-0.51	111	64	58
Lee Westwood	0.09	170	179	24
Emiliano Grillo	-0.71	99	89	94
Ryan Palmer	-0.39	129	175	73
Greyson Sigg	-0.25	143	187	101
Charley Hoffman	0.18	178	322	72
Tyler Duncan	-0.36	131	403	89
Chase Seiffert	0.19	179	658	34
Harry Higgs	0.54	214	265	79
Matthew Wolff	1.37	257	159	24
David Lipsky	-0.50	112	148	100
Austin Smotherman	0.11	173	326	88
Robert Streb	0.25	187	287	83
Chez Reavie	0.42	206	122	83
Hudson Swafford	0.00	164	118	28
John Huh	-0.20	148	180	75
Luke Donald	-0.24	145	541	59
Tom Kim	-2.08	11	14	80
Peter Malnati	-0.45	117	339	96
Vince Whaley	-0.08	157		56
Brandt Snedeker	0.35	199	427	32
Danny Lee	0.29	190	302	66
Wyndham Clark	-1.14	54	160	110
Jonathan Byrd	0.62	222	626	58
Lee Hodges	-0.55	110	184	100
Matt Wallace	0.09	169	188	66
Trey Mullinax	-0.38	130	98	91
Byeong Hun An	-0.64	104	211	52
Garrick Higgo	0.25	188	167	78
Nate Lashley	-0.49	115	290	85
Kevin Tway	0.21	183	360	83
James Hahn	0.08	168	308	75
Robert Garrigus	2.24	269	1,375	30
Roger Sloan	0.56	217	517	43
Jason Dufner	1.13	247	877	64
J.T. Poston	-1.15	53	50	98
Curtis Thompson	1.03	238	854	36
Justin Suh	-0.97	72	117	50
Cameron Champ	0.12	174	157	63
Davis Thompson	-0.77	95	169	46
Padraig Harrington	0.41	204	321	22
Henrik Norlander	0.19	180	382	67
Scott Piercy	-0.45	118	261	86
Kevin Chappell	0.67	225	663	48
Satoshi Kodaira	0.13	175	294	52
Camilo Villegas	1.27	252	661	56
Bo Hoag	0.52	213	715	36
Vaughn Taylor	0.44	207	556	39
Sean O'Hair	0.78	229	420	40
Bill Haas	0.35	198	584	70
Hayden Buckley	-0.40	123	100	99
Jimmy Walker	0.66	224	510	38
Joseph Bramlett	-0.27	140	230	88
Nick Watney	1.31	254	429	79
Scott Brown	0.86	232	716	45
Adam Schenk	-0.35	132	176	112
Cameron Percy	-0.08	156	354	47
Bo Van Pelt	1.60	262	737	33
Stephan Jaeger	-0.84	82	152	106
Will Gordon	-0.79	90	124	52
Ben Martin	-0.29	137	344	77
Aaron Baddeley	-0.23	147	415	64
Charl Schwartzel	-1.05	63	170	26
Chris Stroud	0.20	181	499	39
Kyle Stanley	1.84	268	690	29
Ben Taylor	-0.75	97		50
Seung-yul Noh	0.31	193		67
MJ Daffue	0.61	220	141	47
Ben Kohles	0.51	211	671	36
Jim Herman	1.07	243	640	57
William McGirt	0.26	189	522	51
David Lingmerth	-0.03	162	206	77
Andrew Novak	0.24	186	398	75
Richy Werenski	1.16	249	548	70
Brandon Hagy	0.89	233	519	48
Robby Shelton	-0.78	93	163	50
Wesley Bryan	1.10	246	869	48
Paul Barjon	0.96	237	438	46
Brandon Wu	-0.76	96	192	101
Chad Ramey	0.31	192	202	81
Henrik Stenson	-0.49	114	205	25
Scott Harrington	1.05	240	601	36
Sung Kang	1.74	265	677	53
Michael Gligic	0.39	203	351	74
Scott Gutschewski	0.64	223	611	34
Max McGreevy	1.55	261	277	80
Jim Knous	1.06	242	832	30
Ryan Brehm	1.70	264	387	80
Kurt Kitayama	-1.35	41	43	76
Kiradech Aphibarnrat	0.22	184	320	34
Chesson Hadley	-0.44	120	280	82
Seth Reeves	1.10	245	618	38
Justin Lower	-0.43	121	215	91
Austin Cook	0.35	200	417	79
Jared Wolfe	0.36	202	745	32
Andrew Landry	1.52	259	572	40
Brian Gay	1.06	241	790	31
Callum Tarren	-0.23	146	158	89
Matthias Schmid	1.14	248		31
Kevin Yu	-0.82	88		37
Dawie van der Walt	0.94	236	780	36
Kelly Kraft	0.33	197	489	69
Brett Drewitt	1.09	244	1,044	38
Ricky Barnes	1.67	263	309	26
Fabian Gomez	1.27	253	609	22
Martin Trainer	0.75	227	507	68
Min Woo Lee	-0.61	106	58	34
Greg Chalmers	1.53	260	1,254	31
David Skinns	0.56	216	528	40
Kyle Westmoreland	0.32	196	589	35
Zac Blair	0.07	167	648	32
Joshua Creel	1.26	251	566	28
Brent Grant	1.24	250	376	36
Arjun Atwal	2.48	271	1,803	23
Cole Hammer	0.69	226	479	30
Jonas Blixt	1.35	256	1,232	41
D.A. Points	2.43	270	3,064	22
Michael Kim	0.52	212	333	41
Grayson Murray	1.33	255	631	31
Tommy Gainey	1.82	267	718	29
Cody Gribble	0.50	210	911	22
Carson Young	0.76	228	435	36
Dean Burmester	-1.08	59	56	42
Chris Gotterup	-0.84	84	384	40
Alex Noren	-1.28	45	39	66
Carl Yuan	0.47	209		30
Seonghyeon Kim	-0.79	92	131	55
Zecheng Dou	0.93	235		41
Sam Stevens	-0.06	159		44
Augusto Nunez	0.61	221	324	39
Paul Haley	0.36	201		40
Kevin Roy	0.61	219	404	34
Vincent Norrman	0.24	185	329	33
Philip Knowles	1.45	258	350	25
Ben Griffin	-1.39	38		59
Trevor Cone	0.91	234	422	30
Eric Cole	-0.93	74	370	44
Nicolas Echavarria	0.42	205	363	32
Tano Goya	0.31	191	577	40
Brandon Matthews	1.76	266	284	41
Harrison Endycott	0.16	177	314	35
Anders Albertson	0.79	230	383	26
Trevor Werbylo	1.04	239	345	40
Tyson Alexander	0.44	208	156	41

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Alex Baker

Alex is better known to fantasy players by his handle "Awesemo" from seeing him in every big tournament in the industry. Playing poker professionally from 2009-2015, he heard that daily fantasy was the next big game picking up steam, and he quickly saw the potential of the relatively new game. Growing his bankroll from 2015-2016, he made a big step in 2017 by claiming the #1 overall ranking on RotoGrinders for the year. After completing his primary objective, he was looking for what's next. Attending dozens of fantasy events, Alex realized that everyone was repeating the same story: wanting to be a great DFS player while holding down a full-time job. He realized that the resources available to fantasy players while great weren't enough to help hobbyists get to the level of competing with the top pros. Having met Tom Kennedy during the FanDuel Scottish Open, the two decided to take on the realm of fantasy content along with co-founder Eddie Lai. Alex creates his own projections for each sport he plays, publishing rankings derived directly from them updated for each major slate. He also writes strategy content for how to become a better DFS player in his Game Plan series. You can contact Alex by emailing [email protected].

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