Golf Draft Kit: 2014-15 Best Values

Golf Draft Kit: 2014-15 Best Values

This article is part of our Golf Draft Kit series.

Here is our list of best values for the 2014-15 PGA Tour season.

A player's grade is based solely on his value for 2014-15. The value compares 2013-14 earnings vs. 2014-15 projected earnings. A player like Ryan Moore might earn a "D" grade or lower, but that is no indication of how he will play this year. It is simply a result of how his 2014-15 projected earnings compare to his 2013-14 earnings.

Improvement percentage (2013-14 earnings vs. 2014-15 projected earnings) is the factor that drives the grading process. Anything positive is a good score, though a slight positive score might just reflect inflation in the prize money.

Ranking includes only 2014-15 PGA Tour card winners who earned money on last year's tour:

Top 125 on PGA Tour Money List (M = made money list only)
Top 125 on FedEx Cup Points List (P = made points list only)
PGA Tour Card Winners from Web.com Tour (W)
Notable Exempt Players not in Top 125, i.e. Tiger Woods (N)
Rookies (R)
International Players (I)

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GOLFER2013-14 EVENTS2013-14 EARNINGS2014-15 PROJ. EARNINGSIMPROVE%GRADE
Derek Fathauer - W1$13,320$1,000,0007407.5A
Chez Reavie - N2$11,767$400,0003299.3A
Tiger Woods - N7$108,275$3,000,0002670.7A
Richard Sterne - W7$55,732$1,300,0002232.6A
Sam Saunders - W1$18,476$300,0001523.7A
Scott Verplank - N12$10,696$100,000834.9A
Kyle Reifers - W2
Here is our list of best values for the 2014-15 PGA Tour season.

A player's grade is based solely on his value for 2014-15. The value compares 2013-14 earnings vs. 2014-15 projected earnings. A player like Ryan Moore might earn a "D" grade or lower, but that is no indication of how he will play this year. It is simply a result of how his 2014-15 projected earnings compare to his 2013-14 earnings.

Improvement percentage (2013-14 earnings vs. 2014-15 projected earnings) is the factor that drives the grading process. Anything positive is a good score, though a slight positive score might just reflect inflation in the prize money.

Ranking includes only 2014-15 PGA Tour card winners who earned money on last year's tour:

Top 125 on PGA Tour Money List (M = made money list only)
Top 125 on FedEx Cup Points List (P = made points list only)
PGA Tour Card Winners from Web.com Tour (W)
Notable Exempt Players not in Top 125, i.e. Tiger Woods (N)
Rookies (R)
International Players (I)

Click column headings to sort.

GOLFER2013-14 EVENTS2013-14 EARNINGS2014-15 PROJ. EARNINGSIMPROVE%GRADE
Derek Fathauer - W1$13,320$1,000,0007407.5A
Chez Reavie - N2$11,767$400,0003299.3A
Tiger Woods - N7$108,275$3,000,0002670.7A
Richard Sterne - W7$55,732$1,300,0002232.6A
Sam Saunders - W1$18,476$300,0001523.7A
Scott Verplank - N12$10,696$100,000834.9A
Kyle Reifers - W2$12,300$100,000713.0A
Alex Cejka - W6$57,059$450,000688.7A
Chris DiMarco - N7$6,370$50,000684.9A
Fabian Gomez - W4$27,616$175,000533.7A
Blake Adams - N8$98,439$600,000509.5A
Vaughn Taylor - N3$20,451$100,000389.0A
Daniel Chopra - N16$20,775$100,000381.3A
Eric Axley - W10$180,734$800,000342.6A
Mark Wilson - N25$155,313$600,000286.3A
Lucas Glover - N26$210,166$750,000256.9A
Padraig Harrington - N16$169,175$600,000254.7A
D.A. Points - N27$364,653$1,250,000242.8A
Max Homa - W8$195,924$600,000206.2A
Scott Piercy - N12$411,635$1,250,000203.7A
Derek Ernst - N28$305,654$900,000194.5A
Jamie Donaldson – I12$302,656$850,000180.8A
Patrick Cantlay - N5$76,131$200,000162.7A
John Peterson - W25$238,230$625,000162.4A
Martin Laird - N20$583,663$1,500,000157.0A
Andres Gonzales - W2$75,000$175,000133.3A
Bobby Gates - N14$10,919$25,000129.0A
Benjamin Alvarado - N6$13,241$30,000126.6A
Jason Gore - W7$273,857$600,000119.1A
Spencer Levin - N20$277,780$600,000116.0A
Sang-Moon Bae24$718,111$1,500,000108.9A
John Rollins - N28$289,757$600,000107.1A
Roberto Castro - N27$615,933$1,250,000102.9A
John Merrick - N25$516,148$1,000,00093.7A
Brian Gay - N26$605,368$1,100,00081.7A
Brandt Snedeker25$1,652,380$3,000,00081.6A
Jonathan Byrd - N24$617,014$1,100,00078.3A
Steve Marino - N13$294,565$500,00069.7A
Jonas Blixt21$1,342,198$2,250,00067.6A
Jason Dufner17$1,651,491$2,750,00066.5A
Ken Duke - N25$455,589$750,00064.6A
Phil Mickelson21$2,158,019$3,500,00062.2A
Henrik Stenson15$1,894,235$3,000,00058.4A
Kyle Stanley - N28$473,581$750,00058.4A
Greg Owen - W8$95,117$150,00057.7A
Hudson Swafford - W26$513,883$800,00055.7A
John Huh28$974,043$1,500,00054.0A
Brendon de Jonge31$1,171,395$1,750,00049.4B
Luke Guthrie26$840,555$1,250,00048.7B
Carl Pettersson28$1,348,393$2,000,00048.3B
Paul Casey16$877,968$1,250,00042.4B
Jordan Spieth27$4,342,748$6,000,00038.2B
Alex Prugh - W16$90,606$125,00038.0B
Luke Donald17$1,451,440$2,000,00037.8B
Charl Schwartzel18$1,997,482$2,750,00037.7B
Nick Watney25$913,398$1,250,00036.9B
Harris English28$2,947,322$4,000,00035.7B
Ben Martin26$1,482,836$2,000,00034.9B
Adam Scott17$4,098,588$5,500,00034.2B
Michael Thompson22$932,300$1,250,00034.1B
Jim Herman - W21$187,337$250,00033.4B
Louis Oosthuizen16$946,134$1,250,00032.1B
Jason Day15$3,789,574$5,000,00031.9B
David Hearn28$1,138,324$1,500,00031.8B
Billy Hurley III26$1,145,299$1,500,00031.0B
Steve Stricker11$1,154,747$1,500,00029.9B
Matt Jones25$1,928,154$2,500,00029.7B
Brendan Steele26$1,359,890$1,750,00028.7B
Justin Rose19$3,926,768$5,000,00027.3B
Scott Stallings28$1,385,689$1,750,00026.3B
Russell Henley29$2,590,493$3,250,00025.5B
Morgan Hoffmann32$1,595,922$2,000,00025.3B
Rickie Fowler26$4,806,117$6,000,00024.8C
Lee Westwood18$1,223,104$1,500,00022.6C
James Hahn27$735,259$900,00022.4C
Rory Sabbatini26$1,024,736$1,250,00022.0C
Camilo Villegas29$1,642,124$2,000,00021.8C
Webb Simpson25$3,539,601$4,250,00020.1C
Matt Kuchar24$4,695,515$5,500,00017.1C
Victor Dubuisson – I10$670,986$780,00016.2C
Russell Knox26$1,513,630$1,750,00015.6C
Andres Romero26$782,184$900,00015.1C
Keegan Bradley26$2,828,638$3,250,00014.9C
Hideki Matsuyama24$2,837,477$3,250,00014.5C
Billy Horschel27$4,814,787$5,500,00014.2C
Robert Garrigus25$1,095,474$1,250,00014.1C
Ben Crane25$1,534,634$1,750,00014.0C
Hunter Mahan25$3,097,983$3,500,00013.0C
Daniel Summerhays27$1,509,543$1,700,00012.6C
Jeff Overton24$1,115,467$1,250,00012.1C
Zach Johnson26$3,353,417$3,750,00011.8C
George McNeill24$2,014,357$2,250,00011.7C
Kevin Chappell28$1,343,412$1,500,00011.7C
David Lingmerth - W26$676,661$750,00010.8C
Geoff Ogilvy26$1,809,632$2,000,00010.5C
Tyrone Van Aswegen - W25$454,856$500,0009.9D
Gary Woodland25$2,734,153$3,000,0009.7D
Shawn Stefani17$1,369,259$1,500,0009.5D
Chris Stroud25$1,826,399$2,000,0009.5D
Retief Goosen26$826,073$900,0008.9D
Tim Clark26$2,066,344$2,250,0008.9D
Ryo Ishikawa24$1,380,579$1,500,0008.7D
Bryce Molder25$828,605$900,0008.6D
Scott Langley29$1,151,496$1,250,0008.6D
Matt Every26$2,540,370$2,750,0008.3D
Ian Poulter17$1,616,693$1,750,0008.2D
Boo Weekley24$832,673$900,0008.1D
Gonzalo Fdez-Castano25$926,493$1,000,0007.9D
Stewart Cink25$929,166$1,000,0007.6D
Marc Leishman24$2,558,657$2,750,0007.5D
Andrew Svoboda24$1,168,073$1,250,0007.0D
Robert Allenby - P29$514,288$550,0006.9D
Brian Davis28$842,539$900,0006.8D
Kevin Streelman24$2,107,994$2,250,0006.7D
Seung-Yul Noh27$2,115,234$2,250,0006.4D
Sergio Garcia16$4,939,606$5,250,0006.3D
Aaron Baddeley24$942,559$1,000,0006.1D
J.B. Holmes24$2,365,204$2,500,0005.7D
Bill Haas28$2,841,521$3,000,0005.6D
Mike Weir25$854,413$900,0005.3D
Freddie Jacobson27$1,901,789$2,000,0005.2D
Nicholas Thompson – M30$713,377$750,0005.1D
Ryan Moore24$3,098,263$3,250,0004.9D
Kevin Kisner26$954,497$1,000,0004.8D
K.J. Choi23$1,677,848$1,750,0004.3D
Jason Kokrak19$1,200,381$1,250,0004.1D
Chad Collins - W28$408,434$425,0004.1D
Scott Brown30$1,441,725$1,500,0004.0D
Cameron Tringale31$2,169,723$2,250,0003.7D
Brian Harman32$2,414,334$2,500,0003.5D
Chesson Hadley29$1,703,316$1,750,0002.7D
Bo Van Pelt25$982,218$1,000,0001.8D
Charley Hoffman25$1,977,296$2,000,0001.1D
Charles Howell III29$1,997,044$2,000,0000.1D
David Toms20$801,355$800,000-0.2F
Jhonattan Vegas23$751,763$750,000-0.2F
Ricky Barnes – P27$706,855$700,000-1.0F
Justin Leonard22$807,949$800,000-1.0F
William McGirt29$1,275,738$1,250,000-2.0F
Sean O'Hair - W25$408,793$400,000-2.2F
Ernie Els24$1,799,569$1,750,000-2.8F
Justin Hicks30$1,544,061$1,500,000-2.9F
Heath Slocum - W23$566,167$550,000-2.9F
Rory McIlroy17$8,280,096$8,000,000-3.4F
Martin Flores26$1,035,447$1,000,000-3.4F
Graeme McDowell17$2,077,387$2,000,000-3.7F
Robert Streb21$1,300,075$1,250,000-3.9F
Graham DeLaet24$2,616,518$2,500,000-4.5F
Kevin Na27$3,153,107$3,000,000-4.9F
Pat Perez25$1,315,080$1,250,000-4.9F
Jason Bohn25$1,585,189$1,500,000-5.4F
Brian Stuard29$1,852,531$1,750,000-5.5F
Angel Cabrera23$1,868,559$1,750,000-6.3F
Jim Renner – M25$763,978$700,000-8.4F
Vijay Singh25$989,028$900,000-9.0F
Troy Merritt20$882,864$800,000-9.4F
J.J. Henry - W28$554,615$500,000-9.8F
Danny Lee28$781,295$700,000-10.4F
Brendon Todd29$3,396,747$3,000,000-11.7F
Martin Kaymer19$4,532,537$4,000,000-11.7F
Chris Kirk28$4,854,777$4,250,000-12.5F
John Senden27$2,856,685$2,500,000-12.5F
Kevin Stadler26$2,300,307$2,000,000-13.1F
Jimmy Walker27$5,787,016$5,000,000-13.6F
Jerry Kelly23$1,451,059$1,250,000-13.9F
Michael Putnam30$818,799$700,000-14.5F
Ryan Palmer23$2,924,300$2,500,000-14.5F
Tim Wilkinson25$824,179$700,000-15.1F
Erik Compton28$1,796,143$1,500,000-16.5F
Jim Furyk21$5,987,395$5,000,000-16.5F
Bubba Watson21$6,336,978$5,250,000-17.2F
Will MacKenzie27$1,853,822$1,500,000-19.1F
Patrick Reed28$4,026,076$3,250,000-19.3F
Bud Cauley - W19$647,886$500,000-22.8F
Steven Bowditch30$1,734,693$1,250,000-27.9F
Stuart Appleby29$1,477,971$1,000,000-32.3F
Dustin Johnson17$4,249,180$2,500,000-41.2F
Francesco Molinari – I12$847,974$250,000-70.5F
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