The Stokastic Unofficial World Golf Rankings

Ranking players in golf is tricky because the fields change in difficulty every week, as do the courses. The biggest part of figuring out the best players is figuring out how to sift through all this noise and come up with a metric to best capture how good a golfer has performed over the past year. Much like the standard rankings in golf, we’ve come up with the Stokastic Unofficial World Golf Rankings, so we can use them in our PGA DFS lineups, or to find an edge on a betting line.

At Stokastic, the metric we’ve chosen is the number of strokes above or below how an average field in a PGA tournament performed. Next, how to weight these data points is essential as people love to talk about short form versus long form. Only PGA tournaments are considered right now, and a minimum of 20 rounds played. Players are not rewarded by more or less rounds in the time period.

Legend:
S/R – Strokes above an average PGA field per round
OWGR – Official World Golf Ranking
UGR – Unofficial Golf Ranking

Name		UGR		LastYearRounds
Name	S/R_1Y	UGR	OWGR	LastYearRounds
Jon Rahm	-2.38	4	4	46
Justin Thomas	-1.46	43	8	74
Patrick Cantlay	-2.27	7	5	82
Cameron Smith	-2.18	11	3	41
Viktor Hovland	-2.28	6	11	78
Rory McIlroy	-2.78	2	1	78
Scottie Scheffler	-3.72	1	2	96
Dustin Johnson	-1.49	41	44	46
Shane Lowry	-1.61	29	20	71
Sam Burns	-1.63	28	13	88
Bryson DeChambeau	-1.22	65	83	45
Xander Schauffele	-2.69	3	6	92
Paul Casey	-1.36	56	67	24
Tyrrell Hatton	-2.25	8	26	66
Russell Henley	-2.21	9	33	90
Collin Morikawa	-2.16	12	9	82
Hideki Matsuyama	-1.76	23	21	88
Sungjae Im	-1.53	35	19	98
Louis Oosthuizen	-0.61	125	52	35
Matt Fitzpatrick	-2.08	13	10	90
Cameron Young	-1.57	32	17	102
Joaquin Niemann	-1.41	49	22	33
Taylor Montgomery	-0.89	89	59	86
Sergio Garcia	-0.89	90	119	38
Corey Conners	-1.88	20	32	98
Billy Horschel	-0.86	92	18	65
Alex Noren	-1.40	51	39	94
Will Zalatoris	-1.11	72	7	36
Abraham Ancer	-0.67	118	34	41
Talor Gooch	-0.92	85	42	38
Max Homa	-1.81	21	16	92
Ian Poulter	-0.05	182	151	30
Webb Simpson	-0.48	137	135	52
Adam Scott	-1.97	16	37	74
Tony Finau	-1.54	34	12	96
Harold Varner III	-0.84	94	46	29
Tom Hoge	-1.06	74	30	106
Jason Kokrak	-0.36	152	48	26
Jordan Spieth	-1.78	22	15	76
Keegan Bradley	-1.42	47	27	86
Keith Mitchell	-1.02	77	63	98
Maverick McNealy	-0.73	110	57	63
Harris English	-1.53	36	65	94
Chris Kirk	-1.50	38	62	94
Marc Leishman	-0.22	162	87	21
Brian Harman	-2.05	14	23	96
Harry Hall	-0.63	121	232	87
Tommy Fleetwood	-2.19	10	24	78
Patton Kizzire	-0.02	185	239	71
Robert MacIntyre	-0.29	156	76	37
Brooks Koepka	-1.95	17	55	47
Kevin Na	-0.12	178	51	29
Adam Hadwin	-1.16	69	78	86
Russell Knox	0.29	200	186	54
Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-1.42	48	75	90
Gary Woodland	-0.82	95	104	72
Mackenzie Hughes	-1.02	76	47	98
Jason Day	-1.45	44	115	76
Patrick Reed	-1.99	15	80	47
Kevin Streelman	-0.62	123	137	64
Jhonattan Vegas	-0.70	113	138	23
Justin Rose	-1.36	55	84	72
Luke List	-0.98	78	90	92
Cameron Tringale	-0.45	140	71	21
Denny McCarthy	-1.95	18	80	92
Kevin Kisner	1.62	242	31	39
Joel Dahmen	-0.04	183	88	69
Erik van Rooyen	-0.62	122	126	90
Taylor Pendrith	-0.71	112	108	75
Thomas Detry	-0.88	91	85	95
Mark Hubbard	-1.16	68	162	116
Sepp Straka	-1.32	58	25	92
Matt Kuchar	-0.77	104	74	89
Charles Howell III	-1.57	31	267	24
Scott Stallings	-0.20	168	54	70
Doug Ghim	-1.23	64	268	93
Davis Riley	0.12	193	69	80
Pat Perez	0.19	196	214	27
Si Woo Kim	-1.51	37	41	102
Aaron Rai	-1.39	53	134	91
Troy Merritt	-0.10	179	99	79
Sahith Theegala	-1.91	19	40	102
Erik Barnes	-0.73	109		22
Lanto Griffin	-0.07	181	178	74
Martin Laird	-0.37	149	193	77
Austin Eckroat	-1.32	57	197	96
Bernd Wiesberger	0.92	229	129	30
Matt Jones	0.02	186	114	30
Stewart Cink	-0.54	133	155	62
C.T. Pan	-0.76	105	229	60
Brian Stuard	1.37	238	332	40
Alex Smalley	-0.38	146	93	96
Carlos Ortiz	-1.57	30	237	29
Taylor Moore	-0.90	86	125	94
Dylan Frittelli	2.40	248	196	37
Zach Johnson	-0.47	138	399	60
Hank Lebioda	1.24	236	409	30
Adam Long	-0.15	175	255	67
Ryan Moore	-0.67	117	428	81
Brendon Todd	-1.19	67	102	104
Dylan Wu	-0.90	88	552	97
Doc Redman	0.42	206	388	44
Brice Garnett	-0.21	164	334	52
Ryan Armour	0.75	218	310	40
Rickie Fowler	-1.38	54	106	101
Lucas Glover	-1.41	50	109	100
Nick Taylor	-0.95	81	218	87
Danny Willett	0.46	208	97	34
Patrick Rodgers	-1.09	73	147	92
Adam Svensson	-0.93	83	66	114
Beau Hossler	-1.29	63	173	102
Branden Grace	-1.69	27	194	29
Chan Kim	-1.46	42	145	32
Matthias Schwab	1.16	235	299	48
Sam Ryder	-0.80	99	278	96
J.J. Spaun	-0.85	93	61	86
Nick Hardy	-0.69	116	181	114
Kramer Hickok	0.37	202	282	52
Francesco Molinari	0.13	194	166	40
Wade Ormsby	1.47	240	426	21
Thomas Pieters	-0.37	150	38	23
Andrew Putnam	-1.45	45	60	102
Lucas Herbert	-0.69	115	64	42
Lee Westwood	-0.52	134	179	30
Emiliano Grillo	-1.32	60	89	106
Akshay Bhatia	-1.31	61	432	99
Ryan Palmer	-0.37	148	175	67
Greyson Sigg	-0.92	84	187	84
Charley Hoffman	-0.56	130	322	73
Tyler Duncan	-0.39	145	403	76
Harry Higgs	0.88	226	265	42
Matthew Wolff	-1.70	26	159	27
David Lipsky	0.03	187	148	85
Austin Smotherman	-0.41	144	326	60
Robert Streb	0.33	201	287	48
Chez Reavie	-0.77	103	122	84
Hudson Swafford	1.47	240	118	21
Luke Donald	-0.33	154	541	34
Tom Kim	-1.56	33	14	89
Peter Malnati	-0.26	158	339	85
Vince Whaley	-0.47	139		60
Brandt Snedeker	1.16	234	427	53
Wyndham Clark	-2.37	5	160	86
Jonathan Byrd	0.54	211	626	30
Lee Hodges	-0.74	107	184	105
Matt Wallace	-0.22	161	188	79
Trey Mullinax	0.43	207	98	32
Byeong Hun An	-1.50	39	211	94
Garrick Higgo	-0.64	120	167	86
Nate Lashley	-1.11	71	290	89
Kevin Tway	0.03	189	360	48
James Hahn	-0.20	166	308	57
Roger Sloan	-0.20	167	517	27
Jason Dufner	0.37	203	877	51
J.T. Poston	-1.73	24	50	104
Justin Suh	-0.61	126	117	85
Cameron Champ	-0.41	143	157	79
Davis Thompson	-1.20	66	169	88
Padraig Harrington	-0.69	114	321	32
Henrik Norlander	0.28	199	382	54
Scott Piercy	-0.62	124	261	48
Kevin Chappell	0.11	190	663	42
Satoshi Kodaira	-0.37	151	294	44
Camilo Villegas	-0.57	128	661	42
Peter Uihlein	-1.15	70	385	30
Sean O'Hair	0.66	216	420	24
Victor Perez	-1.29	62	111	36
Hayden Buckley	-0.12	177	100	79
Jimmy Walker	0.12	192	510	62
Phil Mickelson	-0.02	184	231	46
Joseph Bramlett	-0.90	87	230	61
Nick Watney	1.93	247	429	40
Martin Kaymer	-0.32	155	494	22
Graeme McDowell	0.38	204	408	30
Adam Schenk	-1.32	59	176	107
Cameron Percy	0.58	212	354	36
Stephan Jaeger	-1.44	46	152	104
Will Gordon	-0.18	170	124	68
Ben Martin	-0.37	147	344	78
Aaron Baddeley	-0.79	102	415	69
Charl Schwartzel	0.03	188	170	38
Chris Stroud	0.84	224	499	26
Ben Taylor	1.15	233		77
Seung-yul Noh	-0.17	172		24
MJ Daffue	0.11	191	141	52
Ben Kohles	0.25	198	671	27
Jim Herman	1.70	243	640	44
William McGirt	0.21	197	522	30
David Lingmerth	0.97	230	206	46
Andrew Novak	-0.80	98	398	85
Richy Werenski	0.54	210	548	58
Robby Shelton	-0.16	174	163	89
Wesley Bryan	0.64	215	869	28
Brandon Wu	-0.55	131	192	87
Chad Ramey	-0.51	135	202	79
Henrik Stenson	-0.79	101	205	25
Shaun Norris	1.71	244	127	21
Scott Harrington	0.90	227	601	36
Sung Kang	0.60	213	677	24
Michael Gligic	1.74	245	351	37
Max McGreevy	1.00	231	277	46
Ryan Brehm	0.87	225	387	57
Kurt Kitayama	-0.96	80	43	82
Chesson Hadley	-0.82	96	280	78
Justin Lower	-0.54	132	215	95
Austin Cook	0.49	209	417	48
Andrew Landry	1.46	239	572	50
Brian Gay	0.92	228	790	26
Callum Tarren	-0.19	169	158	85
Kevin Yu	-0.35	153		68
Kelly Kraft	-0.44	141	489	52
Ryan Fox	-0.80	97	28	58
Chase Koepka	0.68	217	1,430	30
J.B. Holmes	1.77	246	1,765	23
Martin Trainer	0.60	214	507	40
Min Woo Lee	-1.49	40	58	64
David Skinns	-0.76	106	528	25
Kyle Westmoreland	1.27	237	589	40
Zac Blair	-0.25	160	648	72
Brent Grant	0.80	223	376	42
Michael Kim	-0.97	79	333	82
Laurie Canter	-0.18	171	165	34
Grayson Murray	-0.22	163	631	49
Peter Kuest	-1.05	75	1,146	48
Tommy Gainey	1.09	232	718	28
Jorge Campillo	-0.28	157	254	22
Cody Gribble	0.39	205	911	40
Parker Coody	-0.73	108	775	33
Carson Young	-0.80	100	435	90
Chris Gotterup	-0.16	173	384	28
Sam Horsfield	-0.08	180	113	30
James Piot	0.78	221	1,493	30
Richard Bland	-0.50	136	92	34
Alex Noren	-1.40	51	39	94
Carl Yuan	-0.25	159		75
Seonghyeon Kim	-0.59	127	131	40
Zecheng Dou	-0.13	176		52
Sam Stevens	-0.65	119		98
Kevin Roy	-0.21	165	404	38
Vincent Norrman	-0.57	129	329	76
Ben Griffin	-0.94	82		100
Trevor Cone	0.80	222	422	42
Eric Cole	-1.73	25	370	132
Tano Goya	-0.42	142	577	40
Brandon Matthews	3.32	249	284	26
Harrison Endycott	0.17	195	314	62
Trevor Werbylo	0.76	220	345	36
Jacob Bridgeman	-0.72	111	974	24
Tyson Alexander	0.76	219	156	77

Author

Alex Baker

Alex is better known to fantasy players by his handle "Awesemo" from seeing him in every big tournament in the industry. Playing poker professionally from 2009-2015, he heard that daily fantasy was the next big game picking up steam, and he quickly saw the potential of the relatively new game. Growing his bankroll from 2015-2016, he made a big step in 2017 by claiming the #1 overall ranking on RotoGrinders for the year. After completing his primary objective, he was looking for what's next. Attending dozens of fantasy events, Alex realized that everyone was repeating the same story: wanting to be a great DFS player while holding down a full-time job. He realized that the resources available to fantasy players while great weren't enough to help hobbyists get to the level of competing with the top pros. Having met Tom Kennedy during the FanDuel Scottish Open, the two decided to take on the realm of fantasy content along with co-founder Eddie Lai. Alex creates his own projections for each sport he plays, publishing rankings derived directly from them updated for each major slate. He also writes strategy content for how to become a better DFS player in his Game Plan series. You can contact Alex by emailing [email protected].