2019-20 PGA TOUR full-membership fantasy rankings: 1-50

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Brooks Koepka's top shots from the 2018-19 PGA TOUR Season (non-majors)

FULL-MEMBERSHIP RANKINGS: Intro | 1-50 | 51-100 | 101-150 | 151-200 | 201-243 | Cheat sheet

NOTES: Age as of Sept. 12, 2019 | An asterisk beside a salary indicates a bargain.

Rank	Player	Age	2018-19 earnings	Status	Comment
1	Rory McIlroy	30	7.785M	Top 30.	Fulfilled everyone's expectations, most of all his own. The streamlined, U.S.-centric approach paid off. It also has to feel like a relief given that it took a couple of years to solve. He's so locked in now.
2	Brooks Koepka	29	9.684M	Top 30.	Didn't win the FedExCup but he entered the Playoffs atop the standings. If you gripe about him not factoring in non-majors, you've lost your focus on the long-term. Expect to ride this wave for a while.
3	Justin Thomas	26	5.013M*	Top 30.	A sore right wrist limited him to a career-low 20 starts. Now it translates into a green-light special in salary games. Ended the season with a flourish. Early first-round value.
4	Jon Rahm	24	4.990M	Top 30.	The beautiful thing is that he's harnessed his emotion – no doubt fueled by youth and heritage – and scaled to easy first-round caliber. An automatic to qualify for the Ryder Cup in 2020.
5	Dustin Johnson	35	5.534M	Top 30.	His late-season fade raised flags. That doubt was answered when he announced that he had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee on Sept. 5. Still first-round caliber because of his relative youth.
6	Xander Schauffele	25	5.609M	Top 30.	After impressing us with six podium finishes in his first two seasons combined, he recorded five in 2018-19 alone in 21 starts. Just a matter of time before he wins a major. Unflappable.
7	Patrick Cantlay	27	6.121M	Top 30.	Don't know why but there were numerous gamers who were upset with his performance last season despite five – five! – podium finishes. Ignore them. This player has ascended to late first-round value.
8	Hideki Matsuyama	27	3.335M	Top 30.	Now 6-for-6 in reaching the TOUR Championship. He plays video-game golf at times but gets derailed by bad reads on the greens. Don't let that derail you from grabbing him in the first round.
9	Jason Day	31	2.637M*	Top 60.	Despite six top 10s in 2018-19, he's coming off arguably his worst season in seven years, and that's music to the ears of salary gamers. It's cyclical at the top. It was merely his time to sit out a turn.
10	Justin Rose	39	4.358M	Top 30.	An uncharacteristically disappointing Playoffs be damned, he authored a season as good as so many before it. It's worth the reminder that he won the FedExCup in the last Ryder Cup year (2018).
11	Rickie Fowler	30	3.945M	Top 30.	Put together a carbon copy of the season prior, albeit with an emotional (and overdue) victory at TPC Scottsdale, but the glass ceiling in the majors remains in one piece. That pursuit is the key value.
12	Webb Simpson	34	4.690M	Top 30.	You'd be in your prime, too, if you figured out how to thrive with what was your weakness (putting). This is his reality. Remember to save him as the One & Done for the Wyndham Championship.
13	Gary Woodland	35	5.690M	Top 30.	Experienced a career year inside the ropes (with his major breakthrough at Pebble Beach) and outside (with the birth of twin girls and Amy Bockerstette's impact). Balanced and built to let it ride.
14	Bryson DeChambeau	25	3.186M*	Top 30.	Never a dull moment, so continue to embrace the possibilities because he loves to learn. His salary is a gettable target even though he stripped down to 21 starts. Early second-round value.
15	Jordan Spieth	26	2.124M*	Top 60.	No career is without its frustrations, but his struggles tee to green didn't impact his putting, which was phenomenal. He'll feel like strange in the second round, but you're relying on the bounce-back.
16	Marc Leishman	35	3.886M	Top 30.	Curiously inconsistent back half of the season en route to a career-low 21 starts despite advancing to East Lake, yet equaled a career high in top 10s (seven). Proven quality, but don't lead with him.
17	Tony Finau	29	4.344M	Top 30.	This second-rounder finally scaled back to 25 starts in 2018-19, but we'll take them to the bank. Added two top 10s in the majors and two more in the Playoffs. No stage is too big for his talent.
18	Patrick Reed	29	3.593M	Top 30.	Ideal second-round support because he's more likely to record a top 20 instead of a top 10, but he's advanced to East Lake in six consecutive Playoffs and has only one season (2016-17) without a win.
19	Adam Scott	39	4.084M	Top 30.	At this time last year, we couldn't have expected him to turn it around so well on the greens en route to top 10s in half of his 18 starts, but he is, indeed, reinvented. Just surround him with busier bodies.
20	Matt Kuchar	41	6.294M	Top 30.	It seems so long ago that he went "from hola to aloha," but that's the reaction after a headliner of a season. Because of the late slide and the quiet season that preceded it, let him drift into the second round.
21	Charles Howell III	40	3.039M	Top 30.	The mainstream narrative remains that he doesn't win enough – oh, wait, he prevailed at Sea Island last season! – but honestly, we don't care. He scuffles but he's still a chiseled cornerstone.
22	Tommy Fleetwood	28	3.853M	Top 30.	Although still winless in the U.S., he's made a bigger splash early in his career than so many Brits with household names made early in theirs. Poised for greatness and suitable in every format.
23	Paul Casey	42	4.257M	Top 30.	Five straight trips to the TOUR Championship in which he's recorded four top fives prove why we never worry. Since focusing on the U.S. in 2014-15, he's averaged 22 starts per season.
24	Billy Horschel	32	2.187M	Top 60.	As noted throughout the second half of 2018-19, he's replaced the reputation of being streaky with consistently strong form. Remains busy and threatens often. He's a cornerstone as he enters his prime.
25	Brandt Snedeker	38	3.122M	Top 30.	Coming off one of his best seasons despite the absence of a win. His never-ending ability to both score at will and salvage pars on tough tracks is invaluable in every format. Stays busy, too.
26	Ian Poulter	43	2.162M	Top 60.	. Maximized on 18 starts with a career-best six top 10s, so the rewards of streamlining his life outside the ropes continue. He's not going to let you down unless drafted early (because of his limited schedule).
27	Francesco Molinari	36	3.467M	Top 60.	There are whiffs of evidence that he peaked in the summer of 2018, but he also limited his schedule to the minimum 15 starts. So, among the dual-tour stars, he's at the end of the line to fear.
28	Sungjae Im	21	2.851M	Top 30.	What can you say except that he was born to play this game. Led TOUR in starts (35) and had nine more red numbers than anyone else in the last four seasons! His next appearance in a WGC will be his first.
29	Kevin Kisner	35	3.489M	Top 30.	You want him on your team; you need him on your team. Almost half of his cuts made in his last 109 starts were top 25s. He's still a fantastic putter and he's gone 2nd-Win in last two Match Plays.
30	Matthew Fitzpatrick	25	2.124M*	Non-member Top 125.	After numerous close calls, he's finally a member. This is what he wanted when he turned pro but he was willing to wait until the timing was right. It's right, all right.
31	Collin Morikawa	22	1.754M*	Top 60.	Built for this. You can successfully argue that he did his best work (in limited action) in shootouts, but the entirety of his skill set was polished as soon as he stepped foot inside the ropes as a pro.
32	Lucas Glover	39	2.613M	Top 30.	Terrific comeback story. Hard to believe that he's entering his age-40 season. He joins Justin Rose and Webb Simpson as previously average (or worse) putters who have solved the riddle on the greens.
33	Joaquin Niemann	20	1.434M*	Top 70.	It took a minute but he paid off with a red-hot summer thanks to a putter that improved measurably. Once again, the sky is the limit for the long-hitting ball-striker from Chile.
34	Chez Reavie	37	3.660M	Top 30.	Redefining what it means to be in one's prime, his was interrupted by wrist surgery five years ago. A steady climb has ensued and he's established himself as a force in the heart of league contenders.
35	Ryan Moore	36	1.838M	Top 60.	Value across the board. He's been a machine throughout his career despite limiting his travel to 22-24 starts in each of the last 10 seasons, so it'd be surprising only if he wasn't slotted right around here.
36	Scott Piercy	40	2.679M	Top 60.	His game is aging well if it's aging at all. Established career bests in top 10s (six), cuts made (21) and missed cuts (three). Among the best out there in attacking pins and converting the putts.
37	Andrew Putnam	30	2.439M	Top 60.	He contends too often to be fluky, so prevent that default to deter you from a mid-round selection. One of the best putters and scorers on the PGA TOUR who most can't pick out of a crowd of two.
38	Cameron Smith	26	1.504M*	Top 125.	With his skill set, last season's three top 10s among eight top 25s in only 23 starts is his baseline. He also endured another extended drought over the summer. Always heats up later in the year.
39	Corey Conners	27	2.919M	Top 30.	Emerged from conditional status to record a win, a second, a T3 and a perfectly timed T7 (at Medinah) to reach East Lake in his Playoffs debut. Already owned the pedigree, too. No flash in the pan.
40	Jason Kokrak	34	2.330M	Top 30.	Finally shed the reputation as a streaky option in favor of career bests across the board, so he paid off savvy full-season investors who pounced when he was available. He's hiding no more.
41	Keegan Bradley	33	1.902M	Top 70.	If he could wave a magic putter, there's no telling what kinds of numbers he'd log, but that's the annual lament. Just count on a guy who makes most cuts and will play in all of the biggies. That works.
42	Adam Hadwin	31	2.039M	Top 60.	Coming off a top-heavy season of a career-best five top 10s. Since his breakthrough victory at the 2017 Valspar Championship, he's adopted the less-is-more approach. Complement, not cornerstone.
43	Keith Mitchell	27	2.405M	Top 60.	The win at PGA National was a bonus for the long hitter who can score. Zero worries as he learns which courses he prefers and as he approaches regular appearances in the WGCs.
44	Ryan Palmer	42	2.873M	Top 60.	Sustaining just fine, thank you. Capturing his first win (with Jon Rahm in NOLA) in nine years was nice, but the body of work was more impressive in just 21 starts. League contenders love proven veterans.
45	Kevin Na	35	2.257M	Top 70.	His season was a microcosm of his career with time missed due to injury and a flurry of leaderboard appearances. He also won (Schwab) and exited the Playoffs for the birth of his second child.
46	Louis Oosthuizen	36	2.539M	Top 30.	Never lets us down but still doesn't play often enough to be a cornerstone. This is to say that the value is in understanding exactly who he is and his likelihood to populate leaderboards regularly.
47	Shane Lowry	32	3.490M	Top 60.	Because he started 2018-19 with conditional status, he wasn't subject to the minimum-starts provision. (He made only 14.) Plan on 16-20 starts and appearances in all of the big events this season.
48	Byeong Hun An	27	1.990M	Top 60.	. It feels like he plays more often than he does, but he's totaled only 68 starts in his first three seasons as a member. Forever confident tee to green, so remain patient with his putting. Slump-resistant.
49	Si Woo Kim	24	2.191M	Top 60.	When a guy averages over 30 starts per season and piles up the top 10s, we can forgive extended droughts. He's a foundational scorer with a short game who you can set and forget.
50	Emiliano Grillo	26	1.752M	Top 70.	He's hit at least 20 cuts made in each of his four seasons without exceeding 25 starts in any. More likely to record a top 25 than a top 10, so he's a tweener with pop. Won't sting you if you're a fan.