2012 Dollar Values/Expert Auction: RotoWire Staff Golf Auction Results

For those of you who have a golf auction and bid a fixed budget on your golfers, the following is meant to be a guide.

These are the actual dollar values from our recent RotoWire staff golf league. Our rules base winners on total earnings in PGA Tournaments from the Sony Open to the final FedExCup event (we skipped the Hyundai Tournament of Champions due to scheduling conflicts for the draft), excluding those PGA Tour events held the same week as the the World Golf Championship events and the British Open.

Our format also includes bonus points for the four majors. As a result, some European players may have a higher ranking here than your league. If a European golfer plays in just the four majors and world golf tournaments, he'll still have a lot of value in our league. Our league had 14 members, a budget of $100 per team and each team starts five golfers per week with a total roster of 10 golfers.

Based on our league's results, there's never been a more wide open season for golf. The league has been together since 2000 and this year was the first time Tiger Woods wasn't the most expensive golfer. The $54 paid for Jason Day was by far the lowest amount paid for the most expensive golfer in the draft. The previous low had been for $64 for Tiger Woods in 2000. There just are not as many marquee names to invest in who will dominate PGA Tour earnings or major wins like the heyday of Tiger and Phil. Luke Donald went lower than he's ranked in most lists. That seemed to be a quirk where he went later and most owners didn't have money. Still, he was a bargain.

While these dollar values may not exactly fit your league's rules, this should be a good benchmark for your draft preparation.

Here are the results:

Golfer		$$
Jason	Day	$ 54
Nick	Watney	$ 50
Phil	Mickelson	$ 46
Tiger	Woods	$ 42
Steve	Stricker	$ 41
Dustin	Johnson	$ 40
Matt	Kuchar	$ 40
Adam	Scot	$ 38
Luke	Donald	$ 37
Justin	Rose	$ 37
Webb	Simpson	$ 36
Rory	McIlroy	$ 35
Hunter	Mahan	$ 34
Rickie	Fowler	$ 30
Bill	Haas	$ 30
Lee	Westwood	$ 30
Anthony	Kim	$ 27
Charl	Schwartzel	$ 26
Bubba	Watson	$ 23
Jim	Furyk	$ 22
Keegan	Bradley	$ 21
Aaron	Baddeley	$ 20
Zach	Johnson	$ 20
Geoff	Ogilvy	$ 20
K.J.	Choi	$ 19
Harris	English	$ 19**
Brandt	Snedeker	$ 19
Charlies	Howell III	$ 17
Gary	Woodland	$ 17
Martin	Laird	$ 16
David	Toms	$ 16
Camilo	Villegas	$ 16
Sergio	Garcia	$ 15
Cameron	Tringale	$ 15
Bo	Van Pelt	$ 15
Trevor	Immelman	$ 12
Lucas	Glover	$ 11
Kevim	Na	$ 11
Sean	O'Hair	$ 11
Ernie	Els	$ 10
Ryan	Moore	$ 10
Brendan	Steele	$ 10
Yong-Eun	Yang	$ 10
Stewart	Cink	$ 9
Sang-Moon	Bae	$ 8
Jonas	Blixt*	$ 8
Jonathan	Byrd	$ 8
Ben	Crane	$ 8
Jason	Dufner	$ 8
Spencer	Levin	$ 8
Carl	Pettersson	$ 8
Vijay	Singh	$ 8
Fredrik	Jacobson	$ 7
Robert	Karlsson	$ 7
Steve	Marino	$ 7
Graeme	McDowell	$ 7
Ian	Poulter	$ 7
Robert	Allenby	$ 6
Paul	Casey	$ 6
Tommy	Gainey	$ 6
Retief	Goosen	$ 6
Ryan	Palmer	$ 6
Rory	Sabbatini	$ 6
John	Senden	$ 6
Kyle	Stanley	$ 6
Mark	Wilson	$ 6
Bud	Cauley	$ 5
Brendon	de Jonge	$ 5
Martin	Kaymer	$ 5
J.J.	Killeen	$ 5
George	McNeill	$ 5
Bryce	Molder	$ 5
Jeff	Overton	$ 5
Andres	Romero	$ 5
Angel	Cabrera	$ 4
Robert	Garrigus	$ 4
Brian	Gay	$ 4
Charley	Hoffman	$ 4
Chris	Kirk	$ 4
Kevin	Streelman	$ 4
Ricky	Barnes	$ 3
Tim	Clark	$ 3
Graham	DeLaet	$ 3
Hunter	Haas	$ 3
Jerry	Kelly	$ 3
Seung-yul	Noh	$ 3
Louis	Oosthuizen	$ 3
Pat	Perez	$ 3
D.A.	Points	$ 3
Chez	Reavie	$ 3
Scott	Stallings	$ 3
Jhonattan	Vegas	$ 3
Jimmy	Walker	$ 3
Chad	Campbell	$ 2
Greg	Chalmers	$ 2
Kevin	Chappell	$ 2
Brian	Davis	$ 2
Padraig	Harrington	$ 2
Ryo	Ishikawa	$ 2
Kyung-Tae	K.T. Kim	$ 2
Danny	Lee	$ 2
Marc	Leishman	$ 2
Scott	Piercy	$ 2
Alvero	Quiros	$ 2
John	Rollins	$ 2
Heath	Slocum	$ 2
Anders	A. Hansen	$ 1
Blake	Adams	$ 1
Stuart	Appleby	$ 1
Arjon	Atwal	$ 1
Briny	Baird	$ 1
Kris	Blanks	$ 1
Jason	Bohn	$ 1
Miguel Angel	Carballo	$ 1
Kerik	Compton	$ 1
Simon	Dyson	$ 1
Edoardo	E. Molinari	$ 1
Matt	Every	$ 1
Harrison	Frazar	$ 1
Matthew	Goggin	$ 1
Paul	Goydos	$ 1
Peter	Hanson	$ 1
David	Hearn	$ 1
J.J.	Henry	$ 1
Ryuji	Imada	$ 1
Miguel Angel	Jimenez	$ 1
Brandt	Jobe	$ 1
Russell	Knox	$ 1
Jason	Kokrak	$ 1
Jamie	Lovemark	$ 1
Matteo	Manassero	$ 1
Francesco	Molinari	$ 1
Nick	O'Hern	$ 1
Ted	Potter	$ 1
Michael	Sim	$ 1
Henrik	Stenson	$ 1
Vaughn	Taylor	$ 1
Michael	Thompson	$ 1
Johnson	Wagner	$ 1
Charlie	Wi	$ 1

*Blixt went for $8 as an owner's last player who had $8 for a final roster spot. He likely would have gone for just $1.
**English went to an owner who had $19 for his last roster spot. So the money he left on the table he overbid on English. He probably would have gone for $3-$6.

Here are the team-by-team rosters:

Participants included:

Peter Schoenke, RotoWire
Jeff Erickson, RotoWire
Brian Rappe
James Ybiernas
Josh Ross
Scott Pianowski, Yahoo! Sports
Travis Hines, RotoWire
Joe Sheehan
Jeff Ritter, Sports Illustrated
Tim Schuler, RotoWire
Daryl Shevin
Len Hochberg, MLB.com
Andrew Martinez, RotoWire
Justin Green, RotoWire

Erickson	Steve	Stricker	41
Erickson	Zach	Johnson	20
Erickson	David	Toms	16
Erickson	Kevim	Na	11
Erickson	Graeme	McDowell	7
Erickson	Blake	Adams	1
Erickson	Michael	Thompson	1
Erickson	Miguel Angel	Jimenez	1
Erickson	Kris	Blanks	1
Erickson	Johnson	Wagner	1
Green	Webb	Simpson	36
Green	Rickie	Fowler	30
Green	Lucas	Glover	11
Green	Ernie	Els	10
Green	Brian	Gay	4
Green	D.A.	Points	3
Green	Danny	Lee	2
Green	Jamie	Lovemark	1
Green	Jason	Kokrak	1
Green	J.J.	Henry	1
Hines	Phil	Mickelson	46
Hines	Charl	Schwartzel	26
Hines	Carl	Pettersson	8
Hines	Charley	Hoffman	4
Hines	Scott	Stallings	3
Hines	Pat	Perez	3
Hines	Hunter	Haas	3
Hines	Ricky	Barnes	3
Hines	Jerry	Kelly	3
Hines	Charlie	Wi	1
Hochberg	Tiger	Woods	42
Hochberg	Sergio	Garcia	15
Hochberg	Spencer	Levin	8
Hochberg	Steve	Marino	7
Hochberg	Robert	Karlsson	7
Hochberg	George	McNeill	5
Hochberg	Angel	Cabrera	4
Hochberg	Chez	Reavie	3
Hochberg	Jimmy	Walker	3
Hochberg	Harrison	Frazar	1
Martinez	Rory	McIlroy	35
Martinez	Bill	Haas	30
Martinez	Sean	O'Hair	11
Martinez	Sang-Moon	Bae	8
Martinez	Brendon	de Jonge	5
Martinez	Chris	Kirk	4
Martinez	Louis	Oosthuizen	3
Martinez	Scott	Piercy	2
Martinez	Matt	Every	1
Martinez	Briny	Baird	1
Pianow	Matt	Kuchar	40
Pianow	Jim	Furyk	22
Pianow	Bo	Van Pelt	15
Pianow	Mark	Wilson	6
Pianow	John	Senden	6
Pianow	Robert	Garrigus	4
Pianow	Chad	Campbell	2
Pianow	Kevin	Chappell	2
Pianow	Marc	Leishman	2
Pianow	Peter	Hanson	1
Rappe	Dustin	Johnson	40
Rappe	Adam	Scot	38
Rappe	Kyle	Stanley	6
Rappe	Rory	Sabbatini	6
Rappe	J.J.	Killeen	5
Rappe	Matthew	Goggin	1
Rappe	Nick	O'Hern	1
Rappe	Henrik	Stenson	1
Rappe	Vaughn	Taylor	1
Rappe	Ryuji	Imada	1
Ritter	Hunter	Mahan	34
Ritter	Anthony	Kim	27
Ritter	Gary	Woodland	17
Ritter	Stewart	Cink	9
Ritter	Retief	Goosen	6
Ritter	Kyung-Tae	Kim	2
Ritter	Heath	Slocum	2
Ritter	Stuart	Appleby	1
Ritter	Jason	Bohn	1
Ritter	Michael	Sim	1
Ross	Lee	Westwood	30
Ross	Aaron	Baddeley	20
Ross	Trevor	Immelman	12
Ross	Ryan	Moore	10
Ross	Jonas	Blixt	8
Ross	Fredrik	Jacobson	7
Ross	Robert	Allenby	6
Ross	Seung-yul	Noh	3
Ross	Alvero	Quiros	2
Ross	Ryo	Ishikawa	2
Schoenke	Justin	Rose	37
Schoenke	Geoff	Ogilvy	20
Schoenke	Cameron	Tringale	15
Schoenke	Brendan	Steele	10
Schoenke	Vijay	Singh	8
Schoenke	Paul	Casey	6
Schoenke	Simon	Dyson	1
Schoenke	Russell	Knox	1
Schoenke	Kerik	Compton	1
Schoenke	Arjon	Atwal	1
Schuler	Nick	Watney	50
Schuler	Bubba	Watson	23
Schuler	Ian	Poulter	7
Schuler	Ryan	Palmer	6
Schuler	Tim	Clark	3
Schuler	Jhonattan	Vegas	3
Schuler	Brian	Davis	2
Schuler	Padraig	Harrington	2
Schuler	John	Rollins	2
Schuler	Brandt	Jobe	1
Sheehan	Jason	Day	54
Sheehan	Luke	Donald	37
Sheehan	Greg	Chalmers	2
Sheehan	Edoardo	E. Molinari	1
Sheehan	Miguel Angel	Carballo	1
Sheehan	David	Hearn	1
Sheehan	Matteo	Manassero	1
Sheehan	Ted	Potter	1
Sheehan	Paul	Goydos	1
Sheehan	Anders	A. Hansen	1
Shevin	Keegan	Bradley	21
Shevin	K.J.	Choi	19
Shevin	Martin	Laird	16
Shevin	Camilo	Villegas	16
Shevin	Yong-Eun	Yang	10
Shevin	Jeff	Overton	5
Shevin	Andres	Romero	5
Shevin	Kevin	Streelman	4
Shevin	Graham	DeLaet	3
Shevin	Francesco	Molinari	1
Ybiernas	Brandt	Snedeker	19
Ybiernas	Harris	English	19
Ybiernas	Charlies	Howell III	17
Ybiernas	Jason	Dufner	8
Ybiernas	Jonathan	Byrd	8
Ybiernas	Ben	Crane	8
Ybiernas	Tommy	Gainey	6
Ybiernas	Bryce	Molder	5
Ybiernas	Martin	Kaymer	5
Ybiernas	Bud	Cauley	5