Olympic Men’s Golf Competition

This tournament has 60 players entered. Just over half have sufficiently strong
resumes to have played at least two of the 2016 majors. Another third were
strong enough to have played Euro Tour events, including a bunch in Asia. Then
there are a handful with nothing on either the PGA or Euro tours this year. Figuring
that the winner has got to come from that first group, I’m leading off my
DraftKings teams with the two hottest guys in the field – Henrik Stenson and
Patrick Reed. Stenson is the winner of one of those majors, the British Open
Championship, has won twice in the last four events, and been in the top 10
four times in the last six events. In his last nine times out, Reed has been in
the top 10 twice and between 11th and 15th four times. Also
he may have the kind of personality that can allow him to compete imperviously
to a gallery where only his fellow citizens will be cheering for the Americans.

 

I kind of like three guys from the value list. That’s Canadian David Hearn, German
Alex Cejka, and Frenchman Gregory Bourdy. Hearn has five top-20-type finishes
on the PGA Tour since spring. Cejka has two top-10s in that span plus an 11th-place
finish last week in the Travelers. Bourdy finished 18th at both the
U.S. Open and the PGA, has two top-10s on the Euro Tour, and has posted a bunch
of other top-20-type finishes since spring.

 

Hawley Weekly Top 8 (Salaries of 7600 and Over)

Henrik Stenson (12400)

Sergio Garcia (11900)

Patrick Reed (10700)

Martin Kaymer (10300)

Emiliano Grillo (9600)

Soren Kjeldsen (8500

Jhonattan Vegas (8300)

David Lingmerth (8000)

 

The following table is limited to guys with salary numbers at 7500 or less, and not necessarily the 10 best players, but 10 players from
various salary tiers — at least four at 7000 or less. Usually I name two at
6000 or less but I could not put my name behind any picks from that low on the
list in this event. If you’re desperate for a cheapie, start at the bottom and
work your way up until you find something. Consider:

 

Hawley Weekly Value List (Salaries of 7500 and Under)

Joost Luiten (7500)

David Hearn (7400)

Felipe Aguilar (7300)

Nino Bertasio (7000)

Gregory Bourdy (7000)

Nicolas Colsaerts (6900)

Fabrizio Zanotti (6800)

Ricardo Gouveia (6700)

Alex Cejka (6600)

Julien Quesne (6500)

 

These lists have been reliable guides as the season has
progressed. Among players with DraftKings salaries of 7600 and up, the above
list continues to represent great value in comparison with the dart-board
method of selection, especially in terms of dollars earned per salary cap
dollar. Since the Sony in January, for the Hawley Weekly Top 8, the number is
$15.78 earned per cap dollar vs. $13.16 for a random selection of all players
over 7500. See Table 1 at the bottom of this text.

 

Table 2 at the bottom does the same comparison of the value
list vs. a dartboard method of selection. As with the big guys, the guys shown
significantly outperform random selection in both dollars earned per cap dollar
and percent of players making the cut.

 

Details on all players (listed
in descending salary cap order) follows. This reflects the players’ full
results in PGA and Euro tour events plus some Asian events between October and
December with purses of at least $1 million. Obviously with no prior Olympic
golf and no prior competitive results on the Olympic course, the event history
and stats profile usually seen here are missing.

 

 

Henrik Stenson (12400) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 7 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 1 at British;

07/10/16 Finished 13 at Scottish;

06/26/16 Finished 1 at BMW Germany;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 4 at Sweden;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

05/08/16 MC at Wells Fargo;

04/10/16 Finished 21 at Masters;

04/03/16 Finished 2 at Houston;

03/20/16 Finished 3 at Palmer;

03/13/16 Finished 11 at Valspar;

 

 

Sergio Garcia (11900) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 5 at British;

06/26/16 Finished 5 at BMW Germany;

06/19/16 Finished 5 at Open;

05/22/16 Finished 1 at Nelson;

05/15/16 Finished 54 at TPC;

04/17/16 Finished 3 at Espana;

04/10/16 Finished 29 at Masters;

04/03/16 Finished 72 at Houston;

03/27/16 Finished 18 at WGC Match;

03/06/16 Finished 11 at Cadillac;

02/28/16 Finished 2 at Honda;

 

 

Justin Rose (11500) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 22 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 22 at British;

07/03/16 Finished 46 at Bridgestone;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

05/15/16 Finished 19 at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 3 at Wells Fargo;

05/01/16 MC at Zurich;

04/10/16 Finished 10 at Masters;

03/27/16 Finished 33 at WGC Match;

03/20/16 Finished 9 at Palmer;

03/06/16 Finished 17 at Cadillac;

02/21/16 Finished 16 at Northern Trust;

 

 

Rickie Fowler (10900) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 33 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 46 at British;

07/03/16 Finished 10 at Bridgestone;

06/26/16 Finished 44 at National;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

06/05/16 MC at Memorial;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 4 at Wells Fargo;

05/01/16 Finished 20 at Zurich;

04/10/16 MC at Masters;

04/03/16 Finished 10 at Houston;

03/27/16 Finished 38 at WGC Match;

 

 

Patrick Reed (10700) profile:

08/07/16 Finished 11 at Travelers;

07/31/16 Finished 13 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 12 at British;

07/10/16 Finished 10 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 52 at Bridgestone;

06/26/16 Finished 39 at National;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 8 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 15 at Colonial;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 28 at Wells Fargo;

04/24/16 Finished 2 at Texas;

 

 

Bubba Watson (10500) profile:

08/07/16 Finished 25 at Travelers;

07/31/16 Finished 60 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 39 at British;

07/03/16 Finished 14 at Bridgestone;

06/19/16 Finished 51 at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 65 at Memorial;

05/15/16 Finished 43 at TPC;

04/10/16 Finished 34 at Masters;

03/27/16 Finished 29 at WGC Match;

03/06/16 Finished 2 at Cadillac;

02/21/16 Finished 1 at Northern Trust;

02/14/16 Finished 70 at Pebble;

 

 

Martin Kaymer (10300) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 7 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 36 at British;

07/10/16 Finished 13 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 5 at France;

06/19/16 Finished 37 at Open;

05/29/16 Finished 7 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 5 at Irish;

05/15/16 Finished 39 at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 41 at Wells Fargo;

04/17/16 Finished 6 at Espana;

04/10/16 Finished 42 at Masters;

03/27/16 Finished 18 at WGC Match;

 

 

Matt Kuchar (10100) profile:

08/07/16 Finished 17 at Travelers;

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/24/16 Finished 9 at Canadian;

07/17/16 Finished 46 at British;

07/03/16 Finished 3 at Bridgestone;

06/19/16 Finished 46 at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 4 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 6 at Colonial;

05/22/16 Finished 3 at Nelson;

05/15/16 Finished 3 at TPC;

04/24/16 Finished 42 at Texas;

04/17/16 Finished 9 at Heritage;

 

 

Danny Willett (9900) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 79 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 53 at British;

07/03/16 MC at France;

06/26/16 MC at BMW Germany;

06/19/16 Finished 37 at Open;

05/29/16 Finished 3 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 23 at Irish;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

04/10/16 Finished 1 at Masters;

03/27/16 Finished 35 at WGC Match;

03/13/16 Finished 22 at Valspar;

03/06/16 Finished 3 at Cadillac;

 

 

Emiliano Grillo (9600) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 13 at PGA;

07/24/16 Finished 42 at Canadian;

07/17/16 Finished 12 at British;

07/03/16 Finished 14 at Bridgestone;

06/19/16 Finished 54 at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 11 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 55 at Colonial;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 61 at Wells Fargo;

04/10/16 Finished 17 at Masters;

03/27/16 Finished 38 at WGC Match;

03/20/16 Finished 17 at Palmer;

 

 

Rafael Cabrera-Bello (9200) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 49 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 39 at British;

07/10/16 Finished 21 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 4 at France;

06/19/16 Finished 32 at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 52 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 22 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 8 at Irish;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

04/17/16 Finished 16 at Espana;

04/10/16 Finished 17 at Masters;

04/03/16 Finished 4 at Houston;

 

 

Byeong-Hun An (8800) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 59 at British;

07/03/16 Finished 49 at Bridgestone;

06/26/16 Finished 44 at National;

06/19/16 Finished 23 at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 11 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 33 at BMW PGA;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

05/08/16 MC at Wells Fargo;

05/01/16 Finished 2 at Zurich;

04/10/16 MC at Masters;

03/27/16 MC at WGC Match;

 

 

Thongchai Jaidee (8600) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 73 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 22 at British;

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 1 at France;

06/26/16 Finished 38 at BMW Germany;

05/29/16 Finished 52 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 31 at Irish;

04/24/16 MC at Texas;

04/17/16 MC at Heritage;

04/10/16 Finished 55 at Masters;

04/03/16 Finished 33 at Houston;

03/27/16 Finished 18 at WGC Match;

 

 

Soren Kjeldsen (8500) profile:

08/07/16 Finished 64 at Travelers;

07/31/16 Finished 33 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 9 at British; 07/10/16 Finished 21 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 42 at Bridgestone;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 20 at Memorial;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 19 at Irish;

05/15/16 Finished 43 at TPC;

04/17/16 Finished 4 at Espana;

04/10/16 Finished 7 at Masters;

 

 

Danny Lee (8400) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 56 at PGA;

07/24/16 Finished 31 at Canadian;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/10/16 Finished 3 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 56 at Bridgestone;

06/19/16 Finished 57 at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 52 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 22 at Colonial;

05/22/16 Finished 18 at Nelson;

05/15/16 Finished 35 at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 9 at Wells Fargo;

05/01/16 Finished 58 at Zurich;

 

 

Jhonattan Vegas (8300) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 22 at PGA;

07/24/16 Finished 1 at Canadian;

07/17/16 Finished 4 at Barbasol;

07/03/16 MC at Reno;

06/26/16 Finished 44 at National;

06/05/16 MC at Memorial;

05/29/16 MC at Colonial;

05/22/16 Finished 49 at Nelson;

05/15/16 Finished 57 at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 53 at Wells Fargo;

05/01/16 Finished 5 at Zurich;

04/24/16 MC at Texas;

 

 

Kiradech Aphibarnrat (8200) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 66 at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 53 at Bridgestone;

06/26/16 Finished 5 at BMW Germany;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

05/29/16 Finished 60 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Nelson;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

04/10/16 Finished 15 at Masters;

03/27/16 Finished 18 at WGC Match;

03/20/16 Finished 6 at Palmer;

 

 

Thomas Pieters (8100) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 86 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 30 at British;

07/10/16 Finished 29 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 16 at France;

05/29/16 Finished 27 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

04/17/16 Finished 26 at Espana;

03/27/16 Finished 32 at WGC Match;

03/20/16 Finished 74 at Palmer;

03/13/16 Finished 3 at Thailand;

02/21/16 MC at Malaysian;

02/07/16 MC at Omega Dubai;

 

 

David Lingmerth (8000) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 22 at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 7 at Bridgestone;

06/19/16 Finished 12 at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 27 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 22 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 17 at Wells Fargo;

04/17/16 Finished 33 at Heritage;

04/10/16 MC at Masters;

 

 

Jaco Van Zyl (7900) profile:

07/03/16 Finished 62 at France;

06/26/16 Finished 38 at BMW Germany;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

05/29/16 Finished 7 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 23 at Irish;

05/15/16 Finished 12 at Mauritius;

04/17/16 MC at Espana;

03/27/16 Finished 36 at WGC Match;

02/14/16 Finished 10 at Tshwane;

01/17/16 MC at Joburg;

01/10/16 Finished 18 at South African;

11/29/15 Finished 8 at Alfred Dunhill;

 

 

Bernd Wiesberger (7800) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/03/16 Finished 11 at France;

06/26/16 Finished 7 at BMW Germany;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

06/12/16 Finished 10 at Austria;

05/29/16 Finished 15 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 58 at Irish;

05/15/16 Finished 49 at TPC;

05/01/16 Finished 28 at China;

04/10/16 Finished 34 at Masters;

04/03/16 Finished 27 at Houston;

 

 

Scott Hend (7800) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 42 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 72 at British;

07/10/16 Finished 45 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 56 at France;

06/26/16 MC at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 Finished 59 at Sweden;

05/29/16 Finished 15 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/15/16 Finished 12 at Mauritius;

05/01/16 Finished 6 at China;

04/17/16 MC at Espana;

03/20/16 Finished 58 at Indian;

 

 

Padraig Harrington (7700) profile:

08/07/16 Finished 64 at Travelers;

07/31/16 Finished 13 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 36 at British;

07/10/16 Finished 21 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 30 at France;

06/12/16 MC at FedEx;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

05/08/16 MC at Wells Fargo;

04/24/16 Finished 25 at Texas;

04/03/16 MC at Houston;

03/20/16 MC at Indian;

 

 

Anirban Lahiri (7700) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 68 at British;

07/03/16 Finished 33 at Bridgestone;

06/26/16 Finished 71 at National;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 61 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 6 at Colonial;

05/22/16 Finished 46 at Nelson;

05/08/16 Finished 41 at Wells Fargo;

05/01/16 Finished 48 at Zurich;

04/10/16 Finished 42 at Masters;

04/03/16 MC at Houston;

 

 

Jeunghun Wang (7500) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 22 at France;

06/26/16 MC at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 MC at Sweden;

 

 

Joost Luiten (7500) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 33 at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 9 at France;

06/26/16 Finished 16 at BMW Germany;

06/12/16 Finished 6 at Austria;

05/29/16 Finished 27 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/01/16 Finished 44 at China;

04/17/16 Finished 2 at Espana;

03/20/16 MC at Indian;

03/13/16 Finished 6 at Thailand;

 

 

Graham DeLaet (7400) profile:

07/24/16 MC at Canadian;

07/17/16 Finished 8 at Barbasol;

07/03/16 MC at Reno;

05/22/16 MC at Nelson;

05/15/16 MC at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 77 at Wells Fargo;

04/17/16 Finished 14 at Heritage;

04/03/16 Finished 27 at Houston;

03/27/16 Finished 11 at Puerto Rico;

03/13/16 Finished 5 at Valspar;

02/28/16 Finished 53 at Honda;

02/21/16 MC at Northern Trust;

 

 

David Hearn (7400) profile:

07/24/16 MC at Canadian;

07/17/16 Finished 20 at Barbasol;

06/26/16 Finished 12 at National;

06/12/16 Finished 41 at FedEx;

06/05/16 Finished 27 at Memorial;

05/29/16 Finished 17 at Colonial;

05/15/16 Finished 28 at TPC;

05/08/16 MC at Wells Fargo;

05/01/16 Finished 20 at Zurich;

04/24/16 Finished 13 at Texas;

04/17/16 MC at Heritage;

04/03/16 Finished 46 at Houston;

 

 

Thorbjorn Olesen (7300) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 MC at France;

06/26/16 Finished 2 at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 MC at Memorial;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 10 at Irish;

05/01/16 Finished 15 at China;

04/17/16 Finished 19 at Espana;

03/27/16 Finished 38 at WGC Match;

02/28/16 MC at Perth;

 

 

Felipe Aguilar (7300) profile:

07/10/16 Finished 21 at Scottish;

07/03/16 MC at France;

06/26/16 Finished 16 at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 MC at Sweden;

05/29/16 Finished 37 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 36 at Irish;

05/01/16 Finished 2 at China;

04/17/16 MC at Espana;

02/21/16 MC at Malaysian;

02/14/16 MC at Tshwane;

02/07/16 MC at Omega Dubai;

01/30/16 MC at Qatar;

 

 

Matteo Manassero (7200) profile:

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/10/16 Finished 3 at Scottish;

07/03/16 MC at France;

06/26/16 Finished 13 at BMW Germany;

06/19/16 Finished 46 at Open;

06/05/16 Finished 12 at Sweden;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/08/16 Finished 22 at Morocco;

05/01/16 MC at China;

04/17/16 MC at Espana;

02/28/16 MC at Perth;

 

 

Yuta Ikeda (7200) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 33 at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 72 at British;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

07/19/15 MC at British;

01/18/15 MC at Sony;

01/12/14 Finished 80 at Sony;

09/29/13 MC at Panasonic;

01/13/13 MC at Sony;

12/09/12 Finished 70 at Thailand;

11/11/12 Finished 74 at Singapore;

11/04/12 Finished 72 at HSBC;

02/19/12 MC at Riviera;

 

 

Mikko Ilonen (7100) profile:

08/07/16 Finished 17 at Lawrie;

07/10/16 Finished 13 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 25 at France;

06/26/16 Finished 69 at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 Finished 20 at Sweden;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/01/16 MC at China;

04/17/16 Finished 45 at Espana;

03/13/16 MC at Thailand;

02/28/16 MC at Perth;

02/21/16 Finished 12 at Malaysian;

 

 

Ashun Wu (7100) profile:

07/10/16 Finished 45 at Scottish;

07/03/16 MC at France;

06/26/16 MC at BMW Germany;

06/12/16 Finished 1 at Austria;

06/05/16 Finished 48 at Sweden;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 21 at Irish;

05/01/16 Finished 60 at China;

 

 

Gregory Bourdy (7000) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 18 at PGA;

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 25 at France;

06/19/16 Finished 18 at Open;

06/12/16 Finished 6 at Austria;

05/29/16 Finished 15 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 10 at Irish;

05/08/16 Finished 59 at Morocco;

05/01/16 Finished 21 at China;

04/17/16 Finished 19 at Espana;

03/27/16 Finished 35 at Puerto Rico;

03/13/16 MC at Thailand;

 

 

Nino Bertasio (7000) profile:

07/10/16 Finished 34 at Scottish;

07/03/16 MC at France;

06/26/16 Finished 21 at BMW Germany;

06/12/16 Finished 19 at Austria;

06/05/16 Finished 12 at Sweden;

05/15/16 Finished 41 at Mauritius;

05/08/16 Finished 5 at Morocco;

04/17/16 Finished 11 at Espana;

02/28/16 Finished 71 at Perth;

02/14/16 Finished 49 at Tshwane;

01/17/16 MC at Joburg;

01/10/16 Finished 45 at South African;

 

 

Nicolas Colsaerts (6900) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 Finished 46 at British;

07/10/16 Finished 3 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 22 at France;

06/26/16 MC at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 Finished 3 at Sweden;

05/29/16 Finished 22 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 23 at Irish;

05/15/16 Finished 3 at Mauritius;

05/01/16 Finished 15 at China;

04/17/16 MC at Espana;

03/13/16 Finished 10 at Thailand;

 

 

Brandon Stone (6900) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/03/16 Finished 5 at France;

06/26/16 Finished 33 at BMW Germany;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/15/16 Finished 6 at Mauritius;

04/17/16 MC at Espana;

02/14/16 Finished 10 at Tshwane;

02/07/16 MC at Omega Dubai;

01/30/16 Finished 48 at Qatar;

01/24/16 Finished 26 at Abu Dhabi;

 

 

Fabrizio Zanotti (6800) profile:

07/10/16 Finished 34 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 33 at France;

06/26/16 Finished 16 at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 Finished 74 at Sweden;

05/29/16 Finished 7 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/01/16 Finished 9 at China;

04/17/16 MC at Espana;

03/27/16 MC at Puerto Rico;

02/21/16 MC at Malaysian;

02/14/16 Finished 23 at Tshwane;

02/07/16 MC at Omega Dubai;

 

 

Hao-Tong Li (6800) profile:

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 MC at France;

06/26/16 MC at BMW Germany;

05/29/16 Finished 27 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 18 at Irish;

05/15/16 MC at Mauritius;

05/01/16 Finished 1 at China;

03/27/16 MC at Puerto Rico;

01/17/16 MC at Sony;

11/15/15 Finished 41 at BMW Masters;

11/01/15 Finished 26 at Turkish;

10/25/15 MC at Hong Kong;

 

 

Ricardo Gouveia (6700) profile:

07/10/16 Finished 29 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 16 at France;

06/26/16 Finished 45 at BMW Germany;

06/12/16 Finished 19 at Austria;

06/05/16 Finished 53 at Sweden;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 36 at Irish;

05/01/16 MC at China;

04/17/16 Finished 38 at Espana;

03/20/16 MC at Palmer;

03/13/16 MC at Thailand;

02/28/16 Finished 43 at Perth;

 

 

Marcus Fraser (6700) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 73 at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/03/16 Finished 38 at Bridgestone;

06/26/16 Finished 21 at BMW Germany;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

03/27/16 Finished 56 at WGC Match;

03/20/16 Finished 51 at Indian;

03/06/16 Finished 60 at Cadillac;

02/28/16 Finished 15 at Perth;

02/21/16 Finished 1 at Malaysian;

02/07/16 MC at Omega Dubai;

 

 

Cheng-Tsung Pan (6600) profile:

06/24/15 Finished 64 at Open;

 

 

Alex Cejka (6600) profile:

08/07/16 Finished 11 at Travelers;

07/24/16 Finished 5 at Canadian;

07/17/16 MC at Barbasol;

07/03/16 Finished 61 at Reno;

06/26/16 Finished 45 at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 Finished 57 at Memorial;

05/22/16 MC at Nelson;

05/15/16 Finished 9 at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 53 at Wells Fargo;

05/01/16 MC at Zurich;

04/03/16 MC at Houston;

03/27/16 Finished 11 at Puerto Rico;

 

 

Jose-Filipe Lima (6500) profile:

06/12/16 MC at Austria;

06/05/16 MC at Sweden;

05/08/16 Finished 8 at Morocco;

02/14/16 Finished 57 at Tshwane;

10/18/15 MC at Portugal Masters;

08/02/15 Finished 13 at Madeira;

09/21/14 Finished 115 at Wales;

09/14/14 Finished 55 at Netherlands;

08/31/14 Finished 138 at Italian;

08/24/14 Finished 111 at Czech;

08/17/14 Finished 111 at Denmark;

07/13/14 Finished 113 at Scottish;

 

 

Julien Quesne (6500) profile:

07/10/16 Finished 34 at Scottish;

07/03/16 Finished 16 at France;

06/26/16 MC at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 Finished 25 at Sweden;

05/29/16 Finished 4 at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 MC at Irish;

05/08/16 MC at Morocco;

05/01/16 Finished 39 at China;

04/17/16 Finished 61 at Espana;

03/20/16 Finished 10 at Indian;

03/13/16 MC at Thailand;

02/28/16 Finished 9 at Perth;

 

 

Ryan Fox (6400) profile:

06/12/16 MC at Austria;

06/05/16 MC at Sweden;

05/15/16 Finished 46 at Mauritius;

05/08/16 Finished 63 at Morocco;

05/01/16 Finished 63 at China;

04/17/16 MC at Espana;

02/28/16 Finished 52 at Perth;

01/17/16 MC at Joburg;

12/06/15 Finished 28 at Australian PGA;

11/29/15 Finished 30 at Australian;

10/18/15 Finished 3 at Fiji;

10/04/15 Finished 139 at Dunhill Links;

 

 

Seamus Power (6400) profile:

Irish player with status on Web.com Tour and one victory this year.

 

 

Espen Kofstad (6300) profile:

02/14/16 MC at Tshwane;

01/17/16 MC at Joburg;

11/29/15 MC at Alfred Dunhill;

09/20/15 Finished 76 at Italian;

09/13/15 Finished 57 at Netherlands;

01/11/15 MC at South African;

12/15/14 Finished 14 at Alfred Dunhill;

04/06/14 Finished 86 at Cadiz;

12/15/13 Finished 89 at Mandela;

12/08/13 Finished 24 at Hong Kong;

11/24/13 Finished 60 at World Cup;

10/20/13 Finished 12 at Perth;

 

 

Fabian Gomez (6300) profile:

07/31/16 MC at PGA;

07/17/16 MC at British;

07/03/16 Finished 46 at Bridgestone;

06/26/16 Finished 39 at National;

06/12/16 MC at FedEx;

06/05/16 MC at Memorial;

05/29/16 MC at Colonial;

05/15/16 Finished 74 at TPC;

05/08/16 Finished 9 at Wells Fargo;

04/17/16 Finished 45 at Heritage;

04/10/16 MC at Masters;

03/27/16 Finished 52 at WGC Match;

 

 

Danny Chia (6200) profile:

07/31/16 MC at Kings Cup;

03/20/16 Finished 20 at Indian;

03/13/16 MC at Thailand;

02/28/16 MC at Perth;

02/21/16 MC at Malaysian;

12/13/15 MC at Thailand(2);

11/08/15 Finished 67 at HSBC Champions;

11/01/15 Finished 68 at CIMB;

10/25/15 Finished 51 at Hong Kong;

10/18/15 MC at Macao;

02/22/15 Finished 63 at Indian;

02/15/15 Finished 38 at Thailand;

 

 

Gavin Green (6200) profile:

02/21/16 MC at Malaysian;

02/07/16 MC at Omega Dubai;

12/06/15 Finished 52 at Ho Tram;

10/18/15 MC at Macao;

06/28/15 MC at BMW Germany;

02/08/15 Finished 25 at Malaysian;

04/20/14 Finished 47 at Malaysian;

03/24/13 Finished 22 at Malaysian;

 

 

Miguel Tabuena (6100) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 10 at Kings Cup;

06/19/16 MC at Open;

05/15/16 Finished 18 at Mauritius;

05/01/16 MC at China;

03/20/16 Finished 58 at Indian;

03/13/16 Finished 58 at Thailand;

02/28/16 MC at Perth;

02/21/16 Finished 2 at Malaysian;

01/17/16 MC at Sony;

12/13/15 MC at Thailand(2);

12/06/15 Finished 44 at Ho Tram;

11/22/15 Finished 18 at Manila;

 

 

Adilson Da Silva (6100) profile:

07/31/16 MC at Kings Cup;

05/15/16 Finished 18 at Mauritius;

03/20/16 Finished 4 at Indian;

03/13/16 MC at Thailand;

02/28/16 Finished 29 at Perth;

02/21/16 MC at Malaysian;

02/14/16 MC at Tshwane;

01/17/16 Finished 22 at Joburg;

01/10/16 Finished 59 at South African;

12/06/15 Finished 56 at Ho Tram;

11/29/15 MC at Alfred Dunhill;

11/22/15 Finished 32 at Manila;

 

 

Wen-tang Lin (6000) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 2 at Kings Cup;

03/20/16 MC at Indian;

03/13/16 Finished 45 at Thailand;

02/21/16 MC at Malaysian;

12/13/15 MC at Thailand(2);

12/06/15 Finished 2 at Ho Tram;

10/25/15 Finished 7 at Hong Kong;

10/19/14 MC at Hong Kong;

01/19/14 Finished 21 at Kings Cup;

12/08/13 Finished 71 at Hong Kong;

12/09/12 MC at Thailand;

11/18/12 Finished 61 at Hong Kong;

 

 

Rodolfo Cazaubon (5900) profile:

Mexican player with status on Web.com Tour; no top-10s in 17 starts
this year.

 

 

Siddikur Rahman (5800) profile:

07/31/16 MC at Kings Cup;

05/15/16 Finished 2 at Mauritius;

03/20/16 Finished 58 at Indian;

03/13/16 MC at Thailand;

02/28/16 MC at Perth;

02/21/16 Finished 50 at Malaysian;

12/13/15 MC at Thailand(2);

12/06/15 Finished 21 at Ho Tram;

10/25/15 Finished 18 at Hong Kong;

10/18/15 Finished 17 at Macao;

07/26/15 MC at Omega Euro;

05/10/15 MC at Mauritius;

 

 

Shingo Katayama (5700) profile:

03/13/16 Finished 68 at Thailand;

12/13/15 Finished 13 at Thailand(2);

 

 

Roope Kakko (5600) profile:

08/07/16 Finished 17 at Lawrie;

07/10/16 MC at Scottish;

07/03/16 MC at France;

06/26/16 Finished 38 at BMW Germany;

06/05/16 MC at Sweden;

05/29/16 MC at BMW PGA;

05/22/16 Finished 43 at Irish;

05/01/16 Finished 44 at China;

04/17/16 Finished 64 at Espana;

03/20/16 MC at Indian;

03/13/16 MC at Thailand;

02/07/16 Finished 39 at Omega Dubai;

 

 

Shiv Chawrasia (5500) profile:

07/31/16 Finished 41 in Kings Cup;

07/10/16 MC in Scottish;

07/03/16 MC in France;

06/26/16 Finished 50 in BMW Germany;

05/22/16 MC in Irish;

 

 

 

Analytics Detail

As you can see on the front page of this website, I run
statistics for every event to determine the top players based on a large set of
factors, including overall performance during the last two years, performance
in the event, performance more recently, and how well the player’s performance
as measured by the PGA Tour statistics matches a performance profile of
successful players on the course. The top eight players ranked using three of
these methods appear in this report.

 

Table 3 shows the top eight in Event Rating for the Olympics.

 

No Table 4 for this event.

 

Table 5 shows the top eight on the Hot List, which is the
Hawley Event Rating when considering only the last four events.

 

 Table 6 shows the DraftKings performance of players in the
three preceding tables when measured since the start of the wraparound season
in October.

 

 

Table 1. Performance of
Hawley Salaries of 7600 and Over List Since January 2016.

 

Salaries of 7600 and Over

Winnings per cap
dollar

% who made cut

Hawley Weekly Top 8

$15.78

78%

All players

$13.16

73%

 

 

Table 2. Performance of
Hawley Weekly Value List Since January 2016.

 

Salaries 7500 and under

Winnings per cap
dollar

% who made cut

Hawley Weekly Value List

$8.40

61%

All players

$5.54

52%

 

 

Table 3. Event Rating for the
Olympics.

 

Player

Cap

Event Strength

Henrik Stenson

12400

-86.5

Patrick Reed

10700

-61.3

Sergio Garcia

11900

-59.6

Matt Kuchar

10100

-28.6

Justin Rose

11500

-27.0

Emiliano Grillo

9600

-21.7

Bubba Watson

10500

-16.7

Rickie Fowler

10900

-12.4

 

 

Table 5. Hot List.

 

Player

Cap

Hawley Rating

Henrik Stenson

12400

2286.4

Patrick Reed

10700

2111.7

Sergio Garcia

11900

1948.3

Emiliano Grillo

9600

1786.6

Jhonattan Vegas

8300

1459.1

Martin Kaymer

10300

1375.0

Gregory Bourdy

7000

1085.0

Alex Cejka

6600

1058.2

 

 

Table 6. DraftKings
Performance of Tables 3 thru 5.

 

Category

Earnings/ cap $

Made cut

Top 16

Top 4

Won

Event Rating (36 events)

$17.91

77%

43%

19%

5%

Course Fit (34 events)

$13.23

65%

25%

9%

2%

Hot List (36 events)

$16.00

74%

33%

13%

4%

2016 PGA Tour (since June)

$7.91

59%

13%

3%

1%