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2022-23 PGA TOUR full-membership fantasy rankings: 151-200
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NOTES: Age of Sept. 9, 2022 | An asterisk beside a salary indicates a bargain.
| Rank | Player | Age | 2021-22 earnings | Status | Comment |
| 151 | Brice Garnett | 39 | 579K | KFT Finals | Long valued for giving us ~30 starts when fully exempt, he lands almost exclusively on the top-125 bubble every season. His skill set as a sharpshooter plays up on shorter tracks and in the additional events. |
| 152 | Justin Lower | 33 | 700K* | Top 125 | Shadowed by a smattering of other rookies who stood taller, but he didn’t flinch. First-time members of a certain age typically don’t. Remember that he was the last KFT grad of its 2020-21 super season. So gritty. |
| 153 | Kramer Hickok | 30 | 881K | Top 125 | Essentially lifted his floor to a top-125 talent when he was victimized in the playoffs at the 2021 Travelers. Loves to stay busy, which is valuable in formats that require starts, but that P2 remains an anomaly. |
| 154 | Stewart Cink | 49 | 1.026M | Top 125 | This could go in any number of directions. He has two more seasons of fully exempt status and one more career earnings exemption to burn. He also turns 50 in May. Limp in late but keep a finger on the buzzer. |
| 155 | Lanto Griffin | 34 | 1.717M | Top 80 | Out until 2023 to recover from a microdiscectomy on July 25. So, he’s undraftable unless you have a taxi squad and months of patience. |
| 156 | Michael Gligic | 32 | 652K | KFT Finals | If he’s been up against a glass ceiling, there’s evidence of it cracking. A pair of top fives in the KFT Finals present both an extension of momentum and his seamless return to a fourth consecutive season on TOUR. |
| 157 | Joseph Bramlett | 34 | 409K | KFT Finals | The KFT Finals is supposed to be pressure-packed, but he’s thrived in the series. However, the tee-to-green behemoth has yet to do the same since returning the PGA TOUR after solving his extended back injury. |
| 158 | Harry Higgs | 30 | 834K | Conditional | Keep your shirt on because he’s been demoted. Yet, with his charisma, he could lead non-winners in his category in sponsor exemptions, so plan on 20-25 starts from this late-round pick. |
| 159 | Nicolas Echavarria | 28 | -- | KFT Finals (Rookie) | Can’t ignore how he’s manifested his vision to steadily and persistently rise through the ranks. Scattering six top 10s on the KFT in 2022 suggests adaptation, which fits the profile. Zero TOUR experience. |
| 160 | Scott Piercy | 43 | 1.030M | Top 125 | A sore back got him in the Playoffs but that he qualified at all was a testament to his grit. That goes against his profile as a scorer but it shows he’s not interested in the sunset just yet. Later-round value. |
| 161 | Nick Watney | 41 | 1.012M | Top 125 | That’s how it’s done! Burned a career earnings exemption in 2021-22 and at an age when he’s his most competitive self. However, he still missed 20 of 30 cuts, so congrats if you were on his salary. Now abstain. |
| 162 | Danny Willett | 34 | 914K | Top 125 | Failed to qualify for the Playoffs in each of the last three seasons that coincided with the conclusion of his membership exemption for winning the 2016 Masters. Since that title, he’s had only six top 10s on TOUR. |
| 163 | Tyler Duncan | 33 | 890K | Top 125 | He’ll never blow us away, evidenced by the fact that he’s gone 78 consecutive starts without a top 10, but the Purdue product has found a groove that works for him. Value as a tiebreaker late in a draft. |
| 164 | Danny Lee | 32 | 1.265M | Top 125 | He’s banged up so often – he even ended the 2021-22 season battling an injured hip – but he’s also lightning in a bottle just as much. Essentially unownable in season-long formats, so consider only fractionally in DFS. |
| 165 | Brandon Matthews | 28 | 37K* | KFT (Rookie) | Electric and intriguing, but … despite a breakout season, until he wrangles consistency throughout his bag and week after week, it could be frustrating. Opens best for DFS and top-X finishes as a longshot. |
| 166 | Jonathan Byrd | 44 | 558K | Conditional | It’s really something that he’s still out there fightin’ the good fight. He scratched out this spot in the pecking order via Past Champion status in 2021-22. Give him a peek in DFS when fields are lighter. |
| 167 | Paul Haley II | 34 | -- | KFT | Redemption for the former TOUR member 10 years after his rookie season. On opening position alone, he deserves early trust (in drop-add leagues), just not an early call. Not short, but figures to emerges on cozier setups. |
| 168 | Brian Stuard | 39 | 705K | KFT Finals | With an 0-for-11 stretch during the second half of the PGA TOUR season, it’s impressive that he stepped up when it counted in the KFT Finals. Will play every week (and has) if necessary. Flier with upside. |
| 169 | Ben Taylor | 30 | -- | KFT | Perhaps the third time is the charm for the Brit, but in his first two seasons on TOUR, he managed no better than a T20 (2021 Barbasol) among just 13 paydays in 36 starts. Made it look easy on the KFT, though. Tweener. |
| 170 | Vincent Norrman | 24 | -- | KFT (Rookie) | After four top 15s across five starts on the DP World Tour in 2021, the Swede was a co-runner-up at KFT Q-School. Led the circuit in ball-striking and ranked seventh in scrambling. Intriguing, but so hot and cold. |
| 171 | Harrison Endycott | 26 | -- | KFT (Rookie) | After concluding the 2020-21 KFT season 0-for-10 and falling outside the bubble for the Finals, the Aussie regrouped for a win among six top 20s. Gutty. His next PGA TOUR start will be his first. |
| 172 | Tano Goya | 34 | -- | KFT Finals (Rookie) | Veteran gamers will remember being captivated by then-Estanislao a decade ago. He’s won all over the world, but it took the Argentine until now to get here. Infrequently made noise in lone KFT season. |
| 173 | Martin Trainer | 31 | 726K | Conditional | Like so many before him, he responded to the pressure of his contract season with a pair of top 10s and a career-best 11 paydays. It wasn’t quite enough for the full monty, but it keeps him afloat. |
| 174 | Tyson Alexander | 34 | -- | KFT (Rookie) | Balanced but average, but with golf at the highest level of the pro (grandfather Skip) and college (father Buddy) levels is in his blood, he’s groomed for this, even though it’s taken a minute to arrive. Easy does it. |
| 175 | Ben Griffin | 26 | 357K | KFT (Rookie) | From First Stage of 2021 Q-School to his TOUR card – adding a solo fourth at Sedgefield along the way – is crazy. Could go hard in either direction. He’s lived the alternative, so he appreciates this more than most. |
| 176 | Brent Grant | 26 | -- | KFT Finals (Rookie) | If only it was easier to determine that he cared. He brings a moxie that we haven’t seen in a while from an American who didn’t make a strong run in college. His form has come in infrequent spurts. |
| 177 | Eric Cole | 34 | -- | KFT Finals (Rookie) | With oodles of experience and success on mini-tours, and at his age, he’ll be unfazed. He was among the best putters on the KFT but relied almost solely on it. DFSers should target him as a sixth man in shootouts. |
| 178 | Trevor Cone | 29 | -- | KFT (Rookie) | Length off the tee never is an issue, but he tightened up the irons in 2022. Managed only two top 10s but one was a win. Now need to improve his putting. Never has pegged it on the PGA TOUR. |
| 179 | Philip Knowles | 25 | -- | KFT Finals (Rookie) | Authored a two-step rise from outside the KFT Finals with a T10 at the regular-season finale, and then snared his TOUR card with a T2 to open the Finals. Total wild card if you can’t resist the mojo. |
| 180 | Carson Young | 27 | -- | KFT Finals (Rookie) | Only top 10 as a KFT rookie in 2022 was a win, so he needed the Finals to graduate. Iffy except in finding fairways, so long-term ownership isn’t advised, but he’d be cheap in DFS on short, tight tracks. |
| 181 | Andrew Novak | 27 | 513K | Conditional | Given that all of his four best finishes were on paspalum – each going for a top 25, too – that he’s relegated to this status isn’t so bad. He should have chances to return to at least three of them in 2022-23. |
| 182 | Bill Haas | 40 | 466K | Conditional | Burned career earnings exemption (top 50) in 2021-22 and matched a career high with 31 starts, but he hasn’t had a top 20 since July of 2019, so merely retaining this status again will be a serious challenge. |
| 183 | Cameron Percy | 48 | 576K | Conditional | Surrendered his season-long GIR title to Scottie Scheffler in 2021-22, but the Aussie carved out a path to retain some status without qualifying for the Playoffs for the 10th time in as many tries. Bananas. |
| 184 | Scott Harrington | 41 | -- | KFT Finals | Returns to the big leagues thanks to a T4 to open the KFT Finals, but it was his only his second flashy performance of the year. Value is low but he could surprise because he’s a long-hitting ball-striker. |
| 185 | Zach Johnson | 46 | 610K | Career earnings exemption (top 25) | Given that he’s in no danger of falling outside the top 25 in all-time earnings, it’s surprising that he’s burning this exemption. He’ll be busy focusing on his duties as the Ryder Cup captain. |
| 186 | Nicholas Lindheim | 37 | -- | KFT Finals | No stranger to PGA TOUR membership – this is his fourth spin but first since 2018-19 – but he’s yet to sniff the Playoffs. Prototypical tee-to-green tactician who could emerge on courses with small greens. |
| 187 | Andrew Landry | 35 | 498K | Multi-year | This is his bonus season as the 2020 Amex champion, and it’s good timing. He’s been cool since and hampered by impingements in both shoulders, but when healthy, he attacks the top of the leaderboard. |
| 188 | Brandt Snedeker | 41 | 352K | ^Minor Medical | Shut it down after missing the cut at the Deere. Granted five starts to earn 148.084 FedExCup points. ^ - If he falls short, he’ll burn a career earnings exemption, but we need to see him healthy, anyway. |
| 189 | Kevin Tway | 34 | 927K | Top 125 | Picked off two-thirds of his FedExCup points with a T2 in Houston early in the season and made it stand up. That ain’t for the faint of heart for a guy who hasn’t performed well most of the time for three seasons. |
| 190 | Jim Herman | 44 | 202K* | Multi-year | For a guy who’s run into three wins and little else in his career, clearing this threshold in earnings should be automatic, but throttle back wild expectations at his age. Among the easiest for whom to root, though. |
| 191 | Anders Albertson | 29 | -- | KFT | Returns as the 25th man from the regular season (that he concluded with an 0-for-6 skid) and after a three-year hiatus on TOUR. If compelled, limit usage as a minimum-cost throw-in in salary leagues. |
| 192 | Kyle Westmoreland | 30 | -- | KFT Finals (Rookie) | He’s the first grad of the U.S. Air Force to secure a PGA TOUR card and the last man to do so via the KFT Finals. Obviously a great story, and no doubt disciplined, but the X’s and O’s are uninspiring. |
| 193 | Trevor Werbylo | 24 | 7K* | KFT (Rookie) | Early-season win punctuated form dating back to his Order of Merit title on the 2021 PGA TOUR Canada, but he lost momentum with only one top 30 among five paydays in his last 14 starts. Abstain. |
| 194 | Erik Barnes | 34 | -- | KFT (Rookie) | So you’re saying there’s a chance… The veteran of 174 KFT starts needed seven seasons to graduate, and it’s been three years in the making in earnest. Fairly balanced but always beware the old rookie. |
| 195 | Kevin Roy | 32 | -- | KFT (Rookie) | Walked off a second-half surge by going 8-for-8 with a solo second among five top 15s. Led the KFT in par-5 scoring. With no TOUR experience and cachet to match, you can let him fall all the way to your last pick. |
| 196 | Ryan Fox | 35 | 57K* | OWGR Top 50 | The long-hitting Kiwi has a cult following in DFS, but even though he’s 47th in the OWGR, he’s managed just one top 25 in 20 career starts across seven seasons on the PGA TOUR. |
| 197 | Hank Lebioda | 28 | 588K | Conditional | The lefty regressed pretty much across the board, so it seems that his 2020-21 was a bubble. In four seasons, he’s cashed in just a hair north of half of his starts, and now he’s going to be governed to fewer opps. |
| 198 | Jimmy Walker | 43 | 210K | Career earnings exemption (top 50) | After missing the cut in his backyard (almost literally) at TPC San Antonio, he shut it down and skipped starts at the PGA Championship and The Open. One top 10 in last four seasons. |
| 199 | Kyle Stanley | 34 | 188K* | Major Medical | Ended an unexplained, four-month hiatus with a return to the KFT Finals. The two-time TOUR champ has nine starts to gather 208.584 FedExCup points. Inexpensive contributor for salary leaguers. |
| 200 | Jason Dufner | 45 | 118K* | Career earnings exemption (top 50) | Navigated 2021-22 on Past Champion status and went just 6-for-22 without a top 25. Should eclipse 25 starts on this one-time promotion, but he’s a penny stock in salary leagues. |