2023 PGA $ League Draft Thread

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The time to draft is upon us. Here are the rules of the draft. I'll follow this post up with the draft order and then a post that outlines the scoring, league rules, and money payouts. 1st person can pick anytime before Thursday morning, but we won't start the timer until Thursday at 9am ET.

1) This will be serpentine style. If anyone is unfamiliar with that, it means in the even numbered rounds we go reverse order. So in round one we go 1-20, round two we go 20-1, round three is 1-20 and so forth.

2) I will post the draft order in the 2nd post.

3) We’ll give each person 24 hours to make their pick. As best I can, I will notify someone when they are on the clock via PM, e-mail or text. I encourage everyone to PM me their preferred method of contact. If after 12 hours nobody has made their pick, I’ll send them another PM/Text. If after 24 hours they miss their pick, we will give them the highest available ranked golfer according to the World Golf Rankings ( http://www.owgr.com/ranking ). After you make your pick, feel free to tag who is picking next in your post.

4) Please BOLD AND CAPS your pick. This is going to be fun, and thought process on the pick, people busting balls, etc… is all very encouraged. So there is no confusion, BOLD AND CAPS your pick so we know. I've asked TFP to help me out with this. If you're mobile and can't BOLD your selection, mention it in the post and we'll fix it.

5) I’ll do my best to update the team lists in the post #2. This is another thing I'll get help from TFP with. Before you make your pick, please check out who everyone has. Double check by going through the thread. It will start off easy, but get very difficult once we get to round 3 or 4. Sometimes, I won’t be available to update the teams as quick as the picks are coming in. If you pick someone that has already been picked, it is up to you to change your pick . Once you BOLD AND CAPS your pick, that gives the next person permission to pick their player. You will change your pick at any time, but we won’t wait to keep the draft going so you’d be only screwing yourself.

6) We will have 2 Add/Drop periods this year. The first add drop will be after the during the Valspar to take effect at the WGC Match Play and the second will be during the Memorial to take effect at the RBC Canadian Open. So basically, the first add drop will happen after the first third of the season, and the second one after two thirds of the season. Majors wise, your original drafted team will only the The Players. Then after the first add drop we'll have the Masters and the PGA Championship. Finally, after the second add drop you'll get the US Open and British Open.

7)The season will end at the BMW Championship. We'll also have a $50 pay out for whoever wins the Tour Championship (The Fedex Cup champion).

8) There is an extra $25 in the pool. That will be awarded to the member who drafted the golfer that misses the most cuts.

9) @Deathofthebambino has the option of taking Rob Oppenheim with his last pick, if he so chooses.

Here's the schedule. $100 tournaments are bolded.

JAN 12 - 15, 2023 Sony Open in Hawaii
JAN 19 - 22, 2023 The American Express
JAN 25 - 28, 2023 Farmers Insurance Open
FEB 2 - 5, 2023 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am
FEB 9 - 12, 2023 Waste Management Phoenix Open
FEB 16 - 19, 2023 The Genesis Invitational
FEB 23 - 26, 2023 The Honda Classic
MAR 2 - 5, 2023 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard
MAR 9 - 12, 2023 THE PLAYERS Championship
MAR 16 - 19, 2023 Valspar Championship
MAR 22 - 26, 2023 World Golf Championships-Dell Technologies Match Play
MAR 30 - APR 2, 2023 Valero Texas Open
APR 6 - 9, 2023 Masters Tournament
APR 13 - 16, 2023 RBC Heritage
APR 27 - APR 30, 2023 Mexico Open
MAY 4 - 7, 2023 Wells Fargo Championship
MAY 11 - 14, 2023 AT&T Byron Nelson
MAY 18 - 21, 2023 PGA Championship
MAY 25 - 28, 2023 Charles Schwab Challenge
JUN 1 - 4, 2023 the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday
JUN 8 - 11, 2023 RBC Canadian Open
JUN 15 - 18, 2023 U.S. Open
JUN 22 - 25, 2023 Travelers Championship
JUN 29 - JUL 2, 2023 Rocket Mortgage Classic
JUL 6 - 9, 2023 John Deere Classic
JUL 13 - 16, 2023 Genesis Scottish Open
JUL 20 - 23, 2023 The Open Championship
JUL 27 - 30, 2023 3M Open
AUG 3 - 6, 2023 Wyndham Championship
AUG 10 - 13, 2023 FedEx St. Jude Championship
AUG 17 - 20, 2023 BMW Championship
AUG 24 - 27, 2023 TOUR Championship


Payouts are as follows:

26 non major tournaments is $50 per winner = $1300
Majors (plus Players) will be $100 each = $500
- Fedex Cup Champ - $50
- Most missed cuts - $25
- End of season standings
--1st Place - $500
-- 2nd Place - $250
-- 3rd Place - $175
--4th place - $100
--5th place - $50
--Last place - $50

Scoring. Nothing will change unless someone strongly objects.

Stroke Play Scoring:

  • Winner - 15
  • Playoff Loser - 12
  • 2nd (plus ties) - 10
  • 3rd-5th (plus ties) - 7
  • 6th-10th (plus ties) - 5
  • 11th-25th (plus ties) - 3
  • 25th-cut line (including MDF) - 1

Match Play Scoring:

  • Winner - 15
  • Runner Up - 10
  • Semifinal Losers - 7
  • Quarterfinal Losers - 5
  • Round of 16 Losers - 3
  • Not making bracket play - 1
 
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Order Team Name
1 @Average Reds - Scottie Scheffler, Kevin Kisner, JJ Spaun, David Lipsky, Brendan Steele, Erik Van Rooyen, CT Pan, Kelly Kraft
2 @Vegas Sox Fan - Rory McIlroy, Sepp Straka, Christian Bezuidenhout, Matt Kuchar, Luke List, Jhonattan Vegas, Sam Ryder, Peter Malnati
3 @Mooch - Patrick Cantlay, Keith Mitchell, Kyoung-Hoon Lee, Troy Merritt, Mark Hubbard, Carl Yuan, Austin Smotherman, Ryan Moore
4 @scottyno - Jon Rahm, Taylor Montgomery, Kurt Kitayama, Andrew Putnam, Jason Day, Garrick Higo, Brandon Matthews, Matt Wallace
5 @JKelley34 - Justin Thomas, Si Woo Kim, Mackenzie Hughes, Adam Svensson, Callum Tarren, Byeong Hun An, John Huh, Danny Lee
6 @Deathofthebambino - Xander Schauffele, Adam Scott, Brandon Wu, Brandon Todd, Seonghgyon Kim, Dylan Frittelli, MJ Daffue, Paul Haley II
7 @Zomp - Tony Finau, Russell Henley, Alex Noren, Lucas Glover, Ben Griffin, Anirban Lahiri, Chesson Hadley, Robert Streb
8 @Leon Trotsky - Collin Morikawa, Maverick Mcnealy. Justin Suh, Thomas Detry, Lucas Herbert, Martin Laird, Ryan Palmer, Ryan Armour
9 @cshea - Will Zalatoris, Tyrell Hatton, Harris English, Trey Mullinax, Cam Smith, Francesco Molinari, Harry Higgs, David Lingmerth
10 @FL4WL3SS - Viktor Hovland, Cam Davis, Adam Hadwin, Aaron Rai, Dean Burmester, Mathias Schwab, Matti Schmid, Vincent Norrman
11 @Lupe Whalewatch - Cameron Young, Brian Harman, Denny Mccarthy, Scott Stallings, Austin Eckroat, Doc Redman, Dustin Johnson, Max McGreevy
12 @inJacobyWeTrust - Jordan Spieth, Keegan Bradley, Daniel Berger, Justin Rose, Kevin Streelman, Patton Kizzire, Zecheng Dou, Danny Willett
13 @BigMike - Sam Burns, Mito Pereira, Sebastian Munoz, Cameron Champ, Davis Thompson, Will Gordon, Sam Stevens, Michael Kim
14 @bostonbeerbelly - Max Homa, Seamus Power, Tom Hoge, Emilliano Grillo, Ben Taylor, Russel Knox, Lanto Griffin, Brandt Snedeker
15 @Bob Montgomerys Helmet - Hat- Sungjae Im, Taylor Pendrith, Chris Kirk, Gary Woodland, Beau Hossler, Lee Hodges, Adam Schenk, Rory Sabbatini
16 @ezemerson - Tom Kim, Billy Horschel, Alex Smalley, Joel Dahmen, Hayden Buckley, Kevin Yu, Joseph Bramlett, Harry Hall
17 @kenneycb - Matt Fitzpatrick, Davis Riley, Patrick Rodgers, Wyndham Clark, Greyson Sigg, Chez Reavie, Tyler Duncan, Scott Piercy
18 @Dan1864 - Hideki Matsuyama, Aaron Wise, Rickie Fowler, Webb Simpson, Stephen Jaeger, Doug Ghim, Vince Whaley, Stewart Cink
19 @TFP - Shane Lowry, Tommy Fleetwood, JT Poston, Matthew Nesmith, Justin Lower, Nick Taylor, Michael Thompson, Charley Hoffman
20 @4 6 3 DP - Sahith Theegala, Corey Connors, Taylor Moore, Nick Hardy, Robby Shelton, Adam Long, Erik Barnes, Chad Ramey
 
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My punishment for stealing Sheffler last year is a pick in the crapper. Oh well, time to figure out this year's sleeper...
 

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Lots of ways to go here. I feel like it's tough to go wrong with so many top players on the board but I think this is the year that PATRICK CANTLAY wins a major so he's my guy.
 

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No I'm just teasing
As am I. (This has traditionally been a heckling thread, no?)

I never sniffed the first half of the draft until last year when I went 2 and now 1. And I'm not sure I like it, because no matter how "safe," the top two or three picks are almost certainly going to underperform.

Of course, the real reason I'm uncomfortable is that I lose the excuse of "bad draft position" when I finish near the bottom again. :)
 

Mooch

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Forgive me for being the impatient new guy but is there an actual pick in our future?
 

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Typically we don’t hold anyone to the 24 hour rule in the first round just in case they haven’t seen it. A few years ago we had an issue where some posters didn’t see when we @ them in notifications.


I’ll PM JKelley
 

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I am one of the guys that typically doesn’t see notifications. A PM works or maybe someone has my cell from years past. An already crazy life and then holiday time, will have me not being on here constantly.
 

Deathofthebambino

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I like this guy. I honestly feel bad that I'm about to ruin his career by drafting him:

Xander Schauffele
 

Mooch

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If he didn't have his back injury I suspect he would have gone top 5. Could be a great pick.
I seriously considered him at #3 but the injury scared me a bit too much to take him that early. Could be a make or break pick.
 

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The back issue is definitely scary. As is the putting. But I couldn't pass up the ball striking and upside. His major track record is outrageous. He was trending towards world #1 when he shut it down. All available information says he'll be back for the TOC. We'll see, could be really good or really bad.

I did PM FL4WL3SS. Think he's on the west coast though so it'll probably be a little bit.