2022-23 PGA TOUR full-membership fantasy rankings: 101-150

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2022-23 PGA TOUR full-membership fantasy rankings: 101-150

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FULL-MEMBERSHIP RANKINGS: Intro | 1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-214| Cheat sheet

NOTES: Age of Sept. 9, 2022 | An asterisk beside a salary indicates a bargain.

Rank	Player	Age	2021-22 earnings	Status	Comment
101	Robby Shelton	27	--	KFT	He was the only KFT member to win as many as two events in 2022. He also led the circuit in putting and converting GIR into par breakers. As a result, confidence is restored in his third spin with a PGA TOUR card.
102	Byeong Hun An	30	74K*	KFT	The moment he failed to do enough at the 2021 KFT Finals, you knew that he’d be back ASAP. Done and done. The PGA TOUR veteran made quick work of the wakeup call, but he still needs to prove himself again.
103	Lee Hodges	27	1.377M	Top 80	It can be easy to overanalyze a rookie and get excited, but his knack of getting after it in first rounds and flushing his irons with regularity portends very good things. And now he has a year of experience logged.
104	Matti Schmid	24	118K*	KFT Finals (Rookie)	All he does is excel. Louisville grad from Germany won the European Amateur twice and he was the DP World Tour ROY in 2021. Two TOUR starts via strategic alliance yielded KFT Finals appearance.
105	Austin Eckroat	23	92K*	KFT Finals (Rookie)	It was only a matter of time before the former pillar at Oklahoma State made it. He capitalized on just about every opportunity since May. Three top 25s on the PGA TOUR, one as an amateur.
106	Max McGreevy	27	999K	Top 125	The 2021-22 rookie logged an extreme season, but he earned the promotion in status. Went just 9-for-28, but he connected for a solo second and another four top 20s. Intriguing and infuriating all at once!
107	Ryan Palmer	45	1.167M*	Top 125	With his power and personality, he was a natural to coast and not crash in his 40s. He’ll barely eclipse 20 starts but he knows the ins and outs of almost every stop, so he could still pop for one more win.
108	John Huh	32	1.631M	Top 80	Although he ended his season with a sore lower back, the season was a success. He’s back with fully exempt status and free of medicals and reshuffles. Dependable tee-to-green and with a scorer’s mentality.
109	Lucas Glover	42	1.941M	Top 60	He’s been as frequent a competitor in the last two seasons as he was when he splashed onto the TOUR almost 20 years ago. Still as reliable as ever tee to green, so go ahead and lean into the constants.
110	Carl Yuan	25	--	KFT (Rookie)	The regular-season KFT points leader slipped to second in the Finals but his power-and-precision game will translate to this level. Steady progression of success was punctuated in 2022 with a win among five podiums.
111	Beau Hossler	27	1.716M*	Top 80	Fresh off best season since membership debut in 2017-18, and via conditional status no less. Firepower is tantalizing, but he’s struggled on weekends. Putter is primary weapon but it withstands only so much pressure.
112	Dean Burmester	33	388K*	KFT Finals (Rookie)	The decorated champion abroad chases fellow South African Christiaan Bezuidenhout as a first-time TOUR member. Playing time won’t be an issue; the question is how often he’ll want to show.
113	Austin Smotherman	28	770K*	Top 125	The First Tee alum owns the profile to make hay at this level. His power and precision can play anywhere, and now he has his first lode of experience after his rookie season. Superb lower-round impact.
114	Matthias Schwab	27	955K*	Top 125	As one of the DP World Tour members who crashed on as a PGA TOUR rookie last season, expectations were elevated. He didn’t disappoint but he didn’t make much noise. It was uneventful in a good way.
115	Sam Ryder	32	1.257M	Top 125	Responsible for a contender for shot of the year at TPC Scottsdale, but his owners grimace as often as they grin. Finished 101-112 in the FedExCup in all five tries. Six career podiums with at least one in every season.
116	Thomas Detry	29	409K*	KFT Finals (Rookie)	The Belgian already had captured our attention before going 5-for-5 with four top 25s in 2021-22, so this cat is out of the bag. What we don’t know is how he’ll juggle DP World Tour obligations.
117	Doug Ghim	26	1.347M	Top 125	One of the super season’s Cinder-fella stories eked into the 2022 Playoffs but he still banked almost $65K more than 2020-21. Remains suitable for deep formats in which his propensity to play a lot enhances value.
118	MJ Daffue	33	116K*	KFT	In his prime and can hang with anyone off the tee. Crashed leaderboards all year. Note that he isn’t a PGA TOUR rookie because he made nine starts in 2020-21, but that’s why he won’t be rattled by brighter lights.
119	Harry Hall	25	204K*	KFT (Rookie)	Among the better-known rookies, so he won’t fall as far as you think. Nor should he. The Brit scored well in his two-season apprenticeship on the KFT, with a win in each. Veteran touch around and on greens.
120	Zecheng Dou	25	--	KFT	You might remember him as Marty. He was one-and-out as a PGA TOUR rookie during his age-21 season of 2017-18. Now, forget about both. He has all the tools to make noise. Likely going to tumble to you late.
121	Garrick Higgo	23	667K	Multi-year	Predictably struggled in his first full season with a TOUR card, but don’t sleep on the lefty, especially if he gets hot in the short-term. Also gets to return to Congaree (in October) where he prevailed in 2021.
122	Peter Malnati	35	1.288M	Top 125	He touched a career-high 20 paydays last season but he hasn’t suddenly reinvented himself, so pump the brakes on your expectations. He rides heaters, so stick with short-term considerations.
123	Ryan Moore	39	282K*	Career earnings exemption (top 50)	Limited to 16 starts for various reasons in each of the last three seasons, healthy again, he could be cheap contributor in DFS and potentially a midseason pickup in full-season formats.
124	Francesco Molinari	39	816K	Multi-year	It’s been two years since he’s relocated to California, but it’s been three years since he’s done damage, so you’re right to doubt the possibilities. Save for very late rounds and for weekly formats.
125	Ben Martin	35	491K*	KFT Finals	It took five months-plus, but the one-time PGA TOUR winner avenged his emotional close call at Corales with a 3-for-3 in the KFT Finals and return to fully exempt status for the first time in five seasons.
126	Doc Redman	24	849K	Top 125	It’s still too early to pigeonhole him as a ball-striking horse for courses because he has a fearlessness about him. Also consider that he’s logged at least one podium finish in each of the last four seasons. Still a sleeper.
127	Zac Blair	32	--	Major Medical	Welcome back! Waited 19 months after surgery for two tears in his right shoulder in November of 2020 to return and went 5-for-5 on the KFT. Has 24 starts to clear 437.455 FedExCup points, so that’s a full season.
128	Henrik Norlander	35	613K*	KFT Finals	The expectation for an uptick in earnings isn’t so much reliant on a reason that he’ll turn it around as it is a belief that he will. Whatever clicked at the Barracuda stayed in the bag. The ball-striker will stay busy.
129	Kevin Yu	24	144K*	KFT (Rookie)	The 2021 PGA TOUR University grad is built for this. He hung up a trio of podiums on the 2022 KFT and sprinkled in six TOUR appearances, including a T7 in Puerto Rico. Elite off the tee, even at just 5’9”.
130	Rory Sabbatini	46	628K*	Career earnings exemption (top 25)	Could’ve settled with conditional status but at his age and having risen into the top 25 all-time, he’s opted to burn his second straight career earnings exemption. Still packs a punch.
131	Nate Lashley	39	976K	Top 125	Taking a page out of the Adam Long playbook, seven of Lashley’s 13 paydays were top 20s. He also battled a toe injury that prevented him from a Playoffs appearance, but he wasn’t in jeopardy. Note the age.
132	Nick Taylor	34	832K	Top 125	He is what we think he Is – a steady, predictable contributor with occasional pop. Thrice he’s finished 120-125 in the FedExCup, and now he’s in his prime, so draft with confidence. Again.
133	Adam Schenk	30	1.339M	Top 125	In averaging almost 30 starts per season, the five-year veteran remains a factory of possibilities, but he’s lacked the spark to climb to the next tier. The upshot is that he’ll remain undervalued among the impatient.
134	Vince Whaley	27	1.039M	Top 125	Predictably sustained momentum in the fall of 2021, but there was little about which to get excited throughout the 2022 portion. Still, he’s just about found his footing with three seasons of experience.
135	Augusto Núñez	29	--	KFT (Rookie)	The KFT’s leader in GIR (75.65%!) ripped off a T3-6th-T3-T5-T2 stretch this summer, proving how it’s done on that circuit. The native of Argentina has one TOUR start (2018 Corales). Raw but ready.
136	Michael Thompson	37	1.148M	Top 125	Few light fire with no notice and sustain it like he does. It’s most valuable in the short-term, obviously, but he’s still too reliant on his putter for our purposes. Draft late, and then leave him alone.
137	Robert Streb	35	1.120M	Top 125	Hasn’t made more cuts than he’s missed in a single season since 2016-17, so you know the risk. Value is experience and potential to pop when he’s a fit. That short list starts with Sea Island, site of both TOUR wins.
138	James Hahn	40	1.183M	Top 125	This is a good ceiling for his expectation, especially entering his age-41 season, because eight of his 10 top 25s over the last two seasons are top 10s. Always invest in the baseline, but he’s tank-proof.
139	Martin Laird	39	1.094M	Top 125	He’s still reliable tee to green and at the Barracuda Championship (regardless of its venue over time), but he loses tiebreakers late in drafts to upstarts who promise to play more and present similar punch.
140	Matt Wallace	32	918K	Top 125	Flew out of the gates last fall but failed to get anything going in earnest in 2022 save for a couple of top-five finishes on his native DP World Tour, and he totaled only 21 TOUR starts. We require more action.
141	David Lingmerth	35	229K*	KFT Finals	When he won the second leg of the KFT Finals, albeit one great week, he paid off mild tremors that he generated throughout the PGA TOUR season. However, curb your enthusiasm and let him fall to you.
142	Chad Ramey	30	1.281M	Top 80	Obviously can’t complain about being the only natural rookie to pop for a victory, but he went just 5-for-14 the rest of the way. Set now for two more seasons, he can be choosy where to play to find consistency.
143	Stephan Jaeger	33	1.289M	Top 125	Defied historical trending by failing to parlay a mammoth 2020-21 KFT season into a hot start in his TOUR return, but he recovered late to qualify for his first Playoffs. Refuses to rest; that’s great for us.
144	Charley Hoffman	45	554K*	Conditional	Eschewed burning a career earnings exemption, but he’ll be a short-lister for sponsor exemptions as a first-timer in the category. With a little fire under him now, doubling that salary isn’t unreasonable.
145	Thomas Pieters	30	406K*	OWGR Top 50	At 36th in the OWGR, he’s the highest-ranked among non-members eligible to compete on TOUR. He climbed back inside the bubble (and sustained position) with play abroad. A spell for majors, maybe.
146	Chesson Hadley	35	1.195M	Top 125	Heart-attack Hadley was at it again in waiting until the finish line was within view before proving why he’s on this stage. At least he still fulfills his model as a reliable streaky piece to spell starts in weekly formats.
147	Austin Cook	31	552K	KFT Finals	After a fruitful rookie season in 2017-18, he’s failed to reach the Playoffs every time. Among the sharpest off the tee and he could win a putting contest, but he simply hasn’t given himself enough looks. Careful.
148	Ryan Armour	46	412K*	KFT Finals	Led TOUR in fairways hit and proximity, so he’ll play up on shorter tracks as usual. Veteran savvy and appreciation of the possibilities are intangibles piggybacking improved status. The combination projects a rebound in salary.
149	Richy Werenski	30	354K*	Multi-year	Save his victory at the Barracuda Championship in 2020 (via which he’s fully exempt through this season), he’s a tough fit in every format, including weeklies, but he’s also a no-brainer at that price tag.
150	Kelly Kraft	33	680K*	Top 125	Amid an array of injuries and considerable time missed, he hasn’t been able to lock into any rhythm for years, but the stars have aligned for a rebound. Profiles to pop on shorter, easier tests, but you can make room.