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The Awesemo Unofficial World Golf Rankings

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4 months ago

February 14, 2022

Alex Baker

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 Awesemo Unofficial World Golf Rankings, so we can use them in our PGA DFS lineups, or to find an edge on a betting line.

At Awesemo, 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	-2.83	1	2	82
Justin Thomas	-2.33	4	5	108
Patrick Cantlay	-2.47	3	6	81
Cameron Smith	-2.19	6	3	86
Daniel Berger	-1.88	12	29	86
Viktor Hovland	-1.83	13	7	98
Rory McIlroy	-2.55	2	8	90
Scottie Scheffler	-2.20	5	1	117
Dustin Johnson	-1.72	18	13	76
Shane Lowry	-2.15	7	27	82
Sam Burns	-1.93	9	9	107
Bryson DeChambeau	-1.20	44	24	66
Xander Schauffele	-1.91	10	11	94
Paul Casey	-1.90	11	25	56
Tyrrell Hatton	-1.28	38	23	70
Russell Henley	-1.39	33	47	101
Collin Morikawa	-1.98	8	4	90
Hideki Matsuyama	-1.66	21	12	96
Sungjae Im	-1.76	16	22	119
Louis Oosthuizen	-1.77	15	20	68
Matt Fitzpatrick	-1.82	14	15	84
Cameron Young	-1.69	19	30	61
Joaquin Niemann	-1.56	22	18	114
Sergio Garcia	-1.53	24	54	70
Corey Conners	-1.73	17	34	113
Billy Horschel	-1.52	25	17	89
Seamus Power	-1.67	20	40	105
Alexander Noren	-1.40	32		97
Will Zalatoris	-1.46	28	14	89
Abraham Ancer	-1.51	26	21	107
Talor Gooch	-1.39	34	35	107
Max Homa	-1.28	37	28	96
Ian Poulter	-1.37	35	89	80
Webb Simpson	-1.25	40	50	85
Adam Scott	-1.12	46	42	76
Tony Finau	-1.50	27	16	107
Harold Varner III	-1.46	29	38	100
Tom Hoge	-0.74	73	39	117
Jason Kokrak	-1.23	42	32	94
Jordan Spieth	-1.54	23	10	100
Keegan Bradley	-1.44	30	46	100
Aaron Wise	-1.43	31	88	104
Keith Mitchell	-1.17	45	82	106
Maverick McNealy	-1.22	43	81	102
Harris English	-0.95	59	26	75
Chris Kirk	-1.00	54	63	104
Marc Leishman	-1.10	48	48	96
Brian Harman	-1.12	47	55	110
Tommy Fleetwood	-1.26	39	41	80
Patton Kizzire	-0.56	95	134	117
Robert MacIntyre	-1.07	50	86	42
Brooks Koepka	-0.99	57	19	83
Kevin Na	-1.24	41	33	82
Adam Hadwin	-1.00	55	113	107
Russell Knox	-0.56	92	169	115
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-1.04	51	62	79
Gary Woodland	-0.98	58	105	91
Mackenzie Hughes	-0.73	76	76	112
Jason Day	-0.81	70	132	66
Patrick Reed	-0.93	60	36	115
Kevin Streelman	-0.86	64	117	118
Mito Pereira	-1.29	36		97
Jhonattan Vegas	-0.99	56	98	113
Justin Rose	-1.02	52	57	75
Bubba Watson	-0.92	61	70	58
Sebastian Munoz	-0.88	63	53	113
Luke List	-0.81	69	61	105
Cameron Tringale	-1.08	49	51	110
Denny McCarthy	-0.85	65	145	123
Kevin Kisner	-0.57	91	31	93
Joel Dahmen	-0.84	66	127	107
Erik van Rooyen	-0.58	89	73	82
Kyoung-Hoon Lee	-0.80	71	43	127
Taylor Pendrith	-0.69	78	232	57
Thomas Detry	-0.72	77	150	22
Mark Hubbard	-0.50	101	273	92
Sepp Straka	-0.27	131	52	115
Matt Kuchar	-1.02	53	83	86
Charles Howell III	-0.74	74	207	73
Scott Stallings	-0.65	84	142	112
Doug Ghim	-0.48	102	203	101
Davis Riley	-0.89	62	94	81
Pat Perez	-0.82	68	181	100
Si Woo Kim	-0.60	88	60	121
Aaron Rai	-0.75	72	139	86
Troy Merritt	-0.84	67	97	113
Guido Migliozzi	-0.50	100	157	28
Sahith Theegala	-0.66	81	140	98
Cam Davis	-0.74	75		106
Lanto Griffin	-0.62	86	104	109
Martin Laird	-0.53	97	168	84
Austin Eckroat	-0.39	114	626	27
Matt Jones	-0.40	110	68	101
Brendan Steele	-0.61	87	119	83
Stewart Cink	-0.68	80	80	101
C.T. Pan	-0.65	85	126	101
Brian Stuard	-0.31	127	263	119
Alex Smalley	-0.57	90	174	80
Carlos Ortiz	-0.20	135	106	106
Taylor Moore	-0.12	143	176	59
Dylan Frittelli	-0.32	124	129	105
Zach Johnson	-0.30	128	236	81
Hank Lebioda	-0.65	83	271	97
Adam Long	-0.48	103	198	111
Ryan Moore	-0.27	132	388	57
Anirban Lahiri	-0.39	112	78	93
Brendon Todd	-0.69	79	110	99
Dylan Wu	0.19	193	437	55
Doc Redman	-0.05	155	316	99
Brice Garnett	-0.16	140	292	98
Ryan Armour	-0.51	99	351	74
Michael Thompson	-0.20	134	216	90
Matthew NeSmith	-0.38	116	172	116
Rickie Fowler	-0.41	109	135	83
Rory Sabbatini	-0.37	119	149	77
Lucas Glover	-0.47	104	107	114
Nick Taylor	-0.34	122	233	109
Danny Willett	-0.66	82	136	68
Patrick Rodgers	-0.56	93	221	114
Adam Svensson	-0.40	111	193	77
Beau Hossler	-0.37	118	175	98
Branden Grace	-0.55	96	118	81
Chan Kim	-0.11	145	102	30
Matthias Schwab	-0.51	98	197	58
Sam Ryder	-0.08	153	238	105
J.J. Spaun	-0.34	121	101	110
Nick Hardy	-0.44	106	379	42
Kramer Hickok	-0.13	142	166	105
Francesco Molinari	-0.35	120	190	58
Thomas Pieters	0.62	222	37	26
Andrew Putnam	-0.14	141	147	105
Lucas Herbert	-0.42	108	44	64
Lee Westwood	-0.11	144	74	56
Emiliano Grillo	-0.45	105	153	101
Ryan Palmer	-0.02	162	95	81
Greyson Sigg	-0.09	150	203	77
Charley Hoffman	-0.38	115	160	94
Tyler Duncan	-0.07	154	364	93
Chase Seiffert	0.05	173	435	65
Harry Higgs	0.05	171	167	105
Matthew Wolff	-0.17	139	64	69
David Lipsky	-0.43	107	192	75
Austin Smotherman	-0.09	148	307	57
Robert Streb	-0.24	133	170	107
Chez Reavie	-0.37	117	215	107
Hudson Swafford	-0.34	123	91	101
John Huh	0.07	174	228	77
Luke Donald	-0.28	130	471	81
Peter Malnati	-0.03	160	226	119
Vince Whaley	-0.11	146		32
Brandt Snedeker	-0.32	125	300	96
Danny Lee	0.09	178	281	77
Wyndham Clark	-0.18	137	313	108
Jonathan Byrd	-0.09	151	537	55
Lee Hodges	-0.03	161	223	74
Matt Wallace	0.15	187	148	67
Trey Mullinax	0.03	167	324	59
Byeong Hun An	-0.08	152	251	44
Garrick Higgo	0.16	189	115	75
Nate Lashley	-0.19	136	268	84
Kevin Tway	0.05	172	295	97
James Hahn	0.18	192	247	77
Robert Garrigus	0.27	202	1,124	28
Roger Sloan	0.21	198	315	97
Jason Dufner	0.23	200	590	77
J.T. Poston	-0.29	129	165	99
Curtis Thompson	0.43	212	498	54
Cameron Champ	0.04	170	108	78
Rafa Cabrera Bello	0.11	182	144	46
Davis Thompson	-0.18	138	515	26
Padraig Harrington	0.30	204	183	26
Henrik Norlander	0.12	183	296	97
Tom Lewis	0.03	169	499	42
Scott Piercy	-0.09	149	275	102
Kevin Chappell	0.17	190	539	48
Josh Teater	0.64	224	735	22
Satoshi Kodaira	0.08	176	308	61
Camilo Villegas	0.07	175	482	89
Bo Hoag	0.83	236	462	63
Peter Uihlein	0.03	166	319	54
Vaughn Taylor	0.00	164	432	69
Sean O'Hair	-0.10	147	402	51
Bill Haas	0.14	184	553	94
Hayden Buckley	-0.04	158	245	71
Jimmy Walker	-0.03	159	385	75
Phil Mickelson	0.20	195	71	51
Joseph Bramlett	0.11	181	241	98
Nick Watney	0.92	240	365	88
Chris Baker	0.10	180	794	26
Scott Brown	0.32	206	679	55
Mark Anderson	0.15	188	393	22
Graeme McDowell	0.14	185	377	47
Adam Schenk	-0.31	126	185	123
Cameron Percy	0.22	199	352	60
Bo Van Pelt	0.46	213	489	54
Stephan Jaeger	0.03	168	171	67
Will Gordon	0.88	237	614	28
Ben Martin	-0.04	157	349	54
Aaron Baddeley	0.65	227	690	39
Charl Schwartzel	-0.39	113	120	79
Rasmus Hojgaard	-0.56	94	123	26
David Hearn	0.79	233	960	43
Kyle Stanley	0.20	194	372	75
Bronson Burgoon	0.50	217	403	62
Seung-yul Noh	0.52	218		46
Ben Kohles	0.49	215	557	45
Jim Herman	0.38	210	362	69
William McGirt	-0.02	163	1,249	50
David Lingmerth	0.18	191	625	44
Rob Oppenheim	0.37	209	515	30
Andrew Novak	0.02	165	355	58
Richy Werenski	0.79	234	358	84
Takumi Kanaya	1.47	253	77	22
Brandon Hagy	0.66	228	323	99
Robby Shelton	0.59	221	592	34
Wesley Bryan	0.24	201	540	49
Paul Barjon	0.33	207	390	62
Brandon Wu	0.30	205	249	50
Chad Ramey	-0.04	156	121	61
Henrik Stenson	0.09	179	231	43
Scott Harrington	0.75	231	633	30
Sung Kang	0.65	226	523	102
Michael Gellerman	0.08	177	568	24
Michael Gligic	0.29	203	504	86
Tyler McCumber	0.67	229	375	50
Scott Gutschewski	0.37	208	664	42
Max McGreevy	1.05	243	253	52
Jim Knous	0.15	186	855	35
Ryan Brehm	1.61	255	298	46
Johnson Wagner	1.38	251	1,540	34
Kurt Kitayama	0.20	196	131	52
Kiradech Aphibarnrat	0.49	216	259	53
Chesson Hadley	0.39	211	503	90
Seth Reeves	1.00	241	433	47
Justin Lower	0.21	197	428	50
D.J. Trahan	1.10	246	1,518	39
Austin Cook	0.78	232	522	79
Jared Wolfe	0.49	214	524	40
Andrew Landry	0.63	223	342	52
Rafael Campos	1.09	245	530	36
Brian Gay	0.73	230	533	69
Callum Tarren	0.58	220	424	46
K.J. Choi	1.31	250	1,439	22
Dawie van der Walt	1.16	248	555	44
Rikuya Hoshino	0.80	235	67	24
Kelly Kraft	0.89	238	644	55
Brett Drewitt	1.00	242	588	42
Ricky Barnes	2.18	262	305	23
John Pak	1.62	256	1,053	23
Kristoffer Ventura	2.09	261	738	24
J.B. Holmes	1.08	244	1,285	24
Fabian Gomez	1.82	258	757	28
Martin Trainer	0.90	239	410	85
Min Woo Lee	0.52	219	58	29
Nelson Ledesma	2.00	260	864	22
Greg Chalmers	1.42	252	1,529	26
David Skinns	0.65	225	345	48
Ted Potter Jr.	1.98	259	875	41
J.J. Henry	1.30	249	3,813	26
Joshua Creel	1.60	254	416	35
Jonas Blixt	1.16	247	1,406	62
D.A. Points	1.77	257	3,910	33
Michael Kim	2.20	263	813	34
Grayson Murray	2.27	264	525	32
Kevin Stadler	3.58	265	3,969	29

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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].