I thought it would be interesting to see how the Average Draft Picks stack up against the PGA’s current top-scorers. In the below table, you will find the top 50 scoring players in the PGA – according to the DSE scoring system – and where they were drafted in start-up leagues this year.
As the season progresses, I will post an updated table that will highlight players who climb or fall in the rankings. Any player taken in the Free-Agent rounds of the start-up draft whose +/- differential is greater than or equal to 50 has been marked in BOLD, whereas any player whose +/- differential is less than or equal to -25 has been ITALICIZED.
Here is a list to the DSE start-up ADP list.
Player | Total Points | FP/G | Rank | Start-Up ADP | +/- |
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Sungjae Im | 635 | 33.42 | 1 | 13 | 12 |
Corey Conners | 570 | 33.53 | 2 | 29 | 27 |
Will Zalatoris | 539.5 | 35.97 | 3 | 26 | 23 |
Charley Hoffman | 536 | 31.53 | 4 | 95 | 91 |
Joaquin Niemann | 522.5 | 40.19 | 5 | 20 | 15 |
Brian Harman | 519.5 | 32.47 | 6 | 65 | 59 |
Hideki Matsuyama | 518 | 32.38 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
Justin Thomas | 518 | 47.09 | 8 | 2 | -6 |
Cameron Smith | 514 | 39.54 | 9 | 23 | 14 |
Xander Schauffele | 511 | 46.45 | 10 | 6 | -4 |
Matt Jones | 498 | 29.29 | 11 | F/A | |
Tony Finau | 489 | 37.62 | 12 | 12 | 0 |
Jon Rahm | 481 | 43.73 | 13 | 4 | -9 |
Emiliano Grillo | 481 | 28.29 | 14 | 57 | 43 |
Abraham Ancer | 478.5 | 31.9 | 15 | 25 | 10 |
Viktor Hovland | 473.5 | 39.46 | 16 | 14 | -2 |
Sepp Straka | 472 | 24.84 | 17 | 57 | 40 |
Patton Kizzire | 467 | 29.19 | 18 | 88 | 70 |
Jordan Spieth | 458.5 | 32.75 | 19 | 28 | 9 |
Cameron Tringale | 454 | 30.27 | 20 | 70 | 50 |
Si Woo Kim | 453.5 | 26.68 | 21 | 48 | 27 |
Webb Simpson | 451 | 37.58 | 22 | 9 | -13 |
Ryan Palmer | 445.5 | 37.12 | 23 | 68 | 45 |
Scottie Scheffler | 444.5 | 29.63 | 24 | 16 | -8 |
Harris English | 437.5 | 31.25 | 25 | 21 | -4 |
Sebastian Munoz | 431.5 | 23.97 | 26 | 37 | 11 |
Tom Hoge | 430 | 22.63 | 27 | 76 | 49 |
Stewart Cink | 425.5 | 28.37 | 28 | 87 | 59 |
Jason Kokrak | 423.5 | 30.25 | 29 | 42 | 13 |
Carlos Ortiz | 423 | 26.44 | 30 | 65 | 35 |
Chris Kirk | 423 | 30.21 | 31 | F/A | |
Doug Ghim | 418 | 26.12 | 32 | 100 | 68 |
Collin Morikawa | 414 | 34.5 | 33 | 4 | -29 |
Bryson DeChambeau | 413.5 | 45.94 | 34 | 5 | -29 |
Patrick Cantlay | 413 | 34.42 | 35 | 13 | -22 |
Cameron Davis | 413 | 27.53 | 36 | 53 | 17 |
Brendon Todd | 407.5 | 25.47 | 37 | 61 | 24 |
Daniel Berger | 407 | 33.92 | 38 | 20 | -18 |
Russell Henley | 399 | 30.69 | 39 | 40 | 1 |
Billy Horschel | 398.5 | 28.46 | 40 | 32 | -8 |
Patrick Reed | 385 | 38.5 | 41 | 16 | -25 |
Kevin Streelman | 384.5 | 24.03 | 42 | 74 | 32 |
Talor Gooch | 384 | 25.6 | 43 | 79 | 36 |
Lanto Griffin | 383.5 | 23.97 | 44 | 55 | 11 |
Brendan Steele | 380 | 25.33 | 45 | 111 | 66 |
Max Homa | 364 | 24.27 | 46 | 86 | 40 |
Matthew NeSmith | 364 | 21.41 | 47 | 71 | 24 |
Zach Johnson | 362 | 24.13 | 48 | 87 | 39 |
Denny McCarthy | 355 | 19.72 | 49 | 89 | 40 |
Michael Thompson | 355 | 25.36 | 50 | 116 | 66 |
Takeaways:
Cameron Tringale
After an up and down 2020 year, Tringale has faired very well in 2021, where he only missed the cut once this year. Look for Tringale to continue his solid 2021 season as the year continues.
Matt Jones
Matt Jones is having a terrific 2021 year. Besides winning the Honda Classic, he opened 2021 with a T11 in Hawaii and had one other top-10 finish. He’s also only missed the cut once this year. Jones, who went undrafted this year, may end the year as the hottest free-agent pick-up of 2021!
Brendan Steele
Brendan Steele is having a great 2021. He’s not only had 2 top-5 finishes, but he’s also not missed the cut in any tournament. Look for Steele to continue being a top-50 fantasy golfer for the remainder of the 2021 year!
Chris Kirk
Chris Kirk is another un-drafted fantasy golfer for 2021 who is drastically outperforming the field. With one top-3 and two top-10 finished so far in 2021, Kirk has made his fantasy owners very happy this season.
If you would like to read last month’s article and see some other player takeaways, here is a link to the previous article – v2.