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2019-20 PGA TOUR full-membership fantasy rankings: 201-243
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NICHOLASVILLE, KENTUCKY - JULY 21: Josh Teater of the United States plays his shot from the 16th tee during the final round of the Barbasol Championship at Keene Trace Golf Club on July 21, 2019 in Nicholasville, Kentucky. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
Josh Teater's impressive second leads to birdie at Wyndham
NOTES: Age as of Sept. 12, 2019 | An asterisk beside a salary indicates a bargain.
| Rank | Player | Age | 2018-19 earnings | Status | Comment |
| 201 | Padraig Harrington | 48 | 169K | Minor Medical. | Missed time due to a broken bone in his left wrist. Given 11 starts to earn 314.882 FedExCup points, but he's barely a spot-starter anymore. |
| 202 | Sebastian Cappelen | 29 | -- | Rookie. KFT Finals. | After six straight seasons on the KFT, the Dane busts through despite a career-high 13 missed cuts, including his last six and all three in the Finals. Only two top 10s were a win and a T2. |
| 203 | Shawn Stefani | 37 | 798K | Conditional. | Couldn't return to the Playoffs in a third straight season, but he'll still be a short-lister in Texas and other places where the wind blows. Just ease off in full-season formats. |
| 204 | Nelson Ledesma | 29 | -- | Rookie. KFT Finals. | Just one PGA TOUR start to his credit (MC, 2012 Puerto Rico Open), but he's Argentina's second-best golfer in the OWGR. Terrific putter and scorer, but his ball-striking will be tested. |
| 205 | Kelly Kraft | 30 | 905K | Top 125. | Snuck in at 123rd in the FedExCup, and then alerted followers on social media on Aug. 28 that he's going to have surgery to repair his left hip. He's out indefinitely. |
| 206 | Scott Harrington | 38 | -- | Rookie. KFT Finals. | The oldest rookie is the easiest for whom to root after 195 (winless) starts on the KFT. He shelved touring life to attend to his wife's cancer. Finished fourth in ball-striking and fifth in the all-around. |
| 207 | Seamus Power | 32 | 773K | Conditional. | This is who he's proven to be. Makes/Misses half of his cuts and pops for a few top 25s. You can count on him playing as often as he can, but there are others of greater value with the same status. |
| 208 | Rob Oppenheim | 39 | -- | KFT Finals. | He's alternated status on the PGA TOUR in each of the last five seasons, finishing a respective 158th and 180th in the FedExCup in 2015-16 and 2017-18. Just five top 25s in 56 career starts. |
| 209 | Rhein Gibson | 33 | -- | KFT Finals. | In his rookie season on TOUR in 2015-16, he finished 199th in the FedExCup and hasn't appeared in an event since. The Aussie set numerous personal bests in 2019, but there's little about which to get excited. |
| 210 | Tim Wilkinson | 41 | 8K | KFT Finals. | Although the left-hander from New Zealand has 160 PGA TOUR starts in the FedExCup era under his belt, he's qualified for the Playoffs only once (2014). Reserve for weeklies and opposite events. |
| 211 | Ben Taylor | 27 | -- | Rookie. KFT Finals. | The LSU product dives into the deep end when he was this close to not finding the pool. Was headed to a third consecutive shortfall of a season until a T2 in the first stop of the Finals. Leave him alone. |
| 212 | Michael Gellerman | 27 | -- | Rookie. KFT Finals. | The Oklahoma product never has played in a PGA TOUR event. He had only three top 25s among 11 cuts made on the 2019 KFT, but one was a win and another was a T3. Be careful. |
| 213 | Cameron Percy | 45 | -- | KFT Finals. | Forgotten victim of Jonathan Byrd's playoff ace at 2010 Shriners. The Aussie returns despite missing two months with a fractured left wrist. Never better than 144th in the FedExCup (2016-17) in seven tries. |
| 214 | Josh Teater | 40 | 663K | Conditional. | Lunged at the finish line to capture this status, but he hasn't made enough noise to demand investment since his last of four straight Playoffs appearances in 2013. |
| 215 | Vince Covello | 36 | -- | Rookie. KFT Finals. | Veteran of one TOUR start (in 2013), he went just 9-for-20 on the 2019 KFT but picked off a win. Consistent throughout his bag, but arrives with tempered expectations for a rookie of his age. |
| 216 | Steve Stricker | 53 | 135K | Career earnings exemption (top 50). | While burning his top-25 career earnings exemption in 2018-19, he made only seven starts and finished 216th in the FedExCup. It's been a marvelous run for the 12-time winner. |
| 217 | K.J. Choi | 49 | 185K | Major Medical (carryover). | If he doesn't fulfill his medical in two starts (to earn 197.953 FedExCup points), he's going to burn a Top 50 career earnings exemption. Becomes eligible for the PGA TOUR Champions in May. |
| 218 | Ryan Blaum | 35 | 755K | Conditional. | . Presents as a guy who has squeezed as much out of his talent that he can, so expect a lighter impact due to his status, which will reduce playing time. He'll slide into focus in the five additional events. |
| 219 | Ben Martin | 32 | -- | Major Medical (carryover). | Major Medical (carryover). In only TOUR start, missed cut at Waialae, and then sat out another five months before rehabbing on the KFT. Already conditionally exempt, has six starts to earn 111.322 FedExCup points. |
| 220 | Jim Knous | 29 | 490K | Minor Medical. | Shut it down in late June for an injured right wrist. Underwent surgery in mid-August. Has six starts to collect 152.463 FedExCup points for full status and just 64.916 points for conditional status. Flier. |
| 221 | Camilo Villegas | 37 | -- | Major Medical (carryover). | Hasn't competed in over 17 months due to an injury to his right shoulder, so he still has 13 starts to bank 287.683 FedExCup points. Presents as curious in full-season salary games. |
| 222 | Graham DeLaet | 37 | -- | Major Medical (carryover). | Approaching two years since live action after having much work done on his back. Hopes to return at the Safeway Open (Sept. 26). Still has 24 starts to get 266.483 FedExCup points. |
| 223 | Wesley Bryan | 29 | -- | Major Medical. | After going 0-for-5 last fall, he had surgery to repair the labrum in his left shoulder in January, so he has 21 starts to collect the full allotment of 375.582 FedExCup points. Wait until he returns. |
| 224 | Martin Trainer | 28 | 692K | Multi-year (thru 2020-21). | His win at the Puerto Rico Open was his only top 25 in 25 starts as a PGA TOUR rookie in 2018-19. He ended the season by going 0-for-11. Leave him undrafted. |
| 225 | John Huh | 29 | 97K | Major Medical. | An explanation for time off wasn't publicized, but for a guy who didn't miss the Playoffs since joining the TOUR in 2012, he was a notable absence. Fifteen starts to earn 331.932 FedExCup points. |
| 226 | Trey Mullinax | 27 | 536K | Minor Medical. | Has one start to collect 115.119 FedExCup points for a promotion. If he snares 27.572 points (solo 30th-place finish in a fully allocated event), he'll reach conditional. Perfect for drop-add leagues. |
| 227 | Hunter Mahan | 37 | 287K | Minor Medical. | Missed over two months of the spring with an undisclosed matter and went all of 2019 without a top 30. Has four starts to bank 234.225 FedExCup points. |
| 228 | Kevin Stadler | 39 | -- | Major Medical (carryover). | Granted an additional season with this status. Has 23 starts and needs the full boat of FedExCup points or earnings to retain status, but save as a potential midseason pick-up in deep leagues. |
| 229 | Michael Kim | 26 | 104K | Multi-year. | After the season he just endured, he's fortunate to have the second season of the exemption for winning the 2018 John Deere Classic, but lay off. It's still one of only two top 10s in 112 TOUR starts as a pro. |
| 230 | Will McGirt | 40 | -- | Major Medical. | Sat out all of 2018-19 after having surgery on his left hip. Underwent a second procedure in late August and doesn't expect to return until spring. Has 29 starts to earn 375.582 FedExCup points. |
| 231 | Morgan Hoffmann | 30 | 92K | Major Medical (carryover). | Ever since his diagnosis of muscular dystrophy, he's made more of an impact outside the ropes with his MH Foundation, but he still has seven starts to earn 262.020 FedExCup points. |
| 232 | Greg Chalmers | 45 | -- | Major Medical (carryover). | Hasn't played the PGA TOUR since June of 2018 due to arthritis in his back, but made two starts in native Australia last fall. Still has seven starts remaining to nab 244.707 FedExCup points. |
| 233 | D.A. Points | 42 | 43K* | Major Medical. | Ended his season in time to open 2019-20 with this status, and then had surgery to remove a disc in his neck. Has 12 starts to collect 360.253 FedExCup points. Leave for weekly decisions only. |
| 234 | Chad Collins | 40 | 59K | Medical (reshuffle: carryover). | Once an intriguing complement in deep leagues, he now has just four starts to total 363.497 FedExCup points or 252.175 points for conditional. Let him exhaust them alone. |
| 235 | Bo Van Pelt | 44 | -- | Career earnings exemption (top 50; medical carryover). | Remains out indefinitely after multiple serious injuries and surgeries on his arm and shoulder have sidelined him since the winter of 2016. No urgency to return. |
| 236 | Colt Knost | 34 | 66K | Major Medical (carryover). | Although he's carefully chosen where to play while dealing with discomfort in his left wrist, he's barely made a dent. Just three starts left to earn 322.152 FedExCup points and retain status. |
| 237 | Ben Crane | 43 | 193K | Non-exempt Medical. | Had three starts to get 280.792 FedExCup points. Made only 14 starts on conditional status last season and finished 200th in the FedExCup. Hasn't made the Playoffs since the 2015-16 season. |
| 238 | Nicholas Lindheim | 34 | 227K | Minor Medical. | Undisclosed reasoning, but he has only two starts to earn 278.182 FedExCup points for full status or 190.635 points for conditional. Abstain. |
| 239 | Whee Kim | 27 | 292K | Minor Medical. | Zero top-35 finishes in almost 10 months. Always surprises and never trendy, but don't rely on one start to earn 257.452 FedExCup points for a promotion or 169.905 points for conditional status. |
| 240 | David Berganio, Jr. | 50 | -- | Medical (reshuffle; carryover) | His late WD from the Rocket Mortgage opened the door for eventual winner Nate Lashley, but DBJ is rationing his last two starts on the medical. His terms are irrelevant. |
| 241 | Briny Baird | 47 | -- | Major Medical (carryover). | Went a fifth consecutive season without hitting one ball. Still has nine starts remaining and he's conditionally exempt, but his back simply hasn't cooperated. |
| 242 | Harrison Frazar | 48 | -- | Major Medical (carryover). | Seventh season covered by the medical and hasn't played since July of 2015. Has only three starts remaining. Zero fantasy value. |
| 243 | Tim Clark | 43 | -- | Career earnings exemption (top 50). | His medical extension has expired, but because it applied when he was inside the top 50 in all-time earnings, he retains status until he returns and uses it. Zero value, however. |