SG: Approach leaders — 2026 season

Strokes gained on shots into the green, including par-3 tee shots but not short-game shots. The stat most predictive of sustained elite play.

Rank	Player	SG per round	Meas. rds
1	Ben Kohles	0.765	44
2	Si Woo Kim	0.738	83
3	Scottie Scheffler	0.673	68
4	Patrick Cantlay	0.672	61
5	Collin Morikawa	0.664	54
6	Zac Blair	0.658	46
7	Tom Kim	0.653	79
8	Austin Smotherman	0.637	67
9	Kurt Kitayama	0.608	71
10	Matt Fitzpatrick	0.605	70
11	Davis Thompson	0.574	64
12	Daniel Berger	0.562	54
13	J.J. Spaun	0.545	67
14	Chris Kirk	0.536	65
15	Brooks Koepka	0.531	42
16	Jackson Suber	0.526	60
17	Justin Rose	0.525	54
18	Adam Scott	0.523	61
19	Alex Fitzpatrick	0.507	46
20	Luke Clanton	0.497	51
21	Joel Dahmen	0.463	63
22	Ludvig Åberg	0.456	63
23	Matt Wallace	0.447	52
24	Jake Knapp	0.436	51
25	Wyndham Clark	0.431	69
26	Hideki Matsuyama	0.430	83
27	Viktor Hovland	0.426	62
28	Shane Lowry	0.398	52
29	Johnny Keefer	0.395	75
30	Alex Smalley	0.394	77
31	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	0.393	73
32	Aaron Rai	0.385	56
33	Keita Nakajima	0.378	41
34	Rory McIlroy	0.374	46
35	Cameron Young	0.353	71
36	Austin Eckroat	0.352	64
37	Corey Conners	0.348	76
38	Sam Burns	0.337	64
39	Ryan Gerard	0.334	81
40	Akshay Bhatia	0.324	64
41	Jacob Bridgeman	0.322	84
42	Tom Hoge	0.320	81
43	John Parry	0.319	69
44	William Mouw	0.317	66
45	Xander Schauffele	0.315	67
46	Max McGreevy	0.303	73
47	Jordan Smith	0.300	71
48	Ryo Hisatsune	0.298	91
49	Zecheng Dou	0.295	63
50	Tommy Fleetwood	0.292	66
51	Zach Bauchou	0.286	71
52	Billy Horschel	0.278	75
53	Michael Brennan	0.272	74
54	Sepp Straka	0.268	59
55	Brian Harman	0.252	71
56	Emiliano Grillo	0.242	68
57	Chris Gotterup	0.235	79
58	Rickie Fowler	0.231	68
59	Lucas Glover	0.227	67
60	Andrew Putnam	0.225	73
60	Nicolai Højgaard	0.225	69
62	Russell Henley	0.192	64
63	Adam Svensson	0.187	54
64	Davis Chatfield	0.186	53
65	Keith Mitchell	0.184	77
66	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	0.181	72
67	Doug Ghim	0.173	60
68	Gary Woodland	0.172	67
68	Lee Hodges	0.172	56
70	Hank Lebioda	0.169	58
71	Bud Cauley	0.166	77
72	Andrew Novak	0.161	72
73	Haotong Li	0.151	57
74	Keegan Bradley	0.149	63
75	Jordan Spieth	0.145	76
76	Kevin Yu	0.141	66
77	Sahith Theegala	0.130	87
78	J.T. Poston	0.129	72
79	Mac Meissner	0.126	69
80	Sam Stevens	0.120	75
81	Mark Hubbard	0.118	64
82	Rico Hoey	0.104	84
83	Karl Vilips	0.095	55
84	Brandt Snedeker	0.073	46
84	Nick Dunlap	0.073	51
86	Chandler Blanchet	0.067	66
87	Michael Kim	0.056	85
88	A.J. Ewart	0.052	67
89	Min Woo Lee	0.051	66
89	Ryan Fox	0.051	66
91	Eric Cole	0.044	79
92	Dylan Wu	0.018	57
93	Stephan Jaeger	0.009	69
94	Michael Thorbjornsen	0.008	66
95	Matt McCarty	0.000	79
96	Nick Taylor	-0.004	86
97	Lanto Griffin	-0.021	41
98	Denny McCarthy	-0.022	79
99	Nico Echavarria	-0.023	75
100	Kevin Streelman	-0.032	44
101	Ben Griffin	-0.045	74
102	Harry Hall	-0.075	70
103	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	-0.077	47
104	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	-0.079	59
105	Joe Highsmith	-0.081	68
106	David Lipsky	-0.082	53
107	Patton Kizzire	-0.091	50
108	Taylor Pendrith	-0.092	76
109	Adrien Saddier	-0.095	45
110	Rafael Campos	-0.096	43
111	Neal Shipley	-0.098	58
112	Pierceson Coody	-0.106	79
113	Alex Noren	-0.112	64
114	Justin Thomas	-0.115	58
115	Kristoffer Ventura	-0.135	48
116	Maverick McNealy	-0.140	75
116	Patrick Fishburn	-0.140	58
118	Beau Hossler	-0.143	60
119	Kristoffer Reitan	-0.146	65
120	Kevin Roy	-0.153	76
121	Max Homa	-0.158	63
122	Rasmus Højgaard	-0.180	54
123	Robert MacIntyre	-0.181	67
124	Tony Finau	-0.182	76
125	Jeffrey Kang	-0.188	48
126	Brice Garnett	-0.189	52
127	Danny Walker	-0.191	60
128	Ricky Castillo	-0.196	71
129	Max Greyserman	-0.200	69
130	Seamus Power	-0.210	60
131	Steven Fisk	-0.215	68
132	Marco Penge	-0.224	47
133	Brian Campbell	-0.294	58
134	Marcelo Rozo	-0.301	44
135	Patrick Rodgers	-0.311	80
136	Chad Ramey	-0.316	69
137	Mackenzie Hughes	-0.320	68
138	John VanDerLaan	-0.326	56
139	Matti Schmid	-0.336	62
140	Aldrich Potgieter	-0.339	56
141	Harris English	-0.349	65
142	Justin Lower	-0.364	52
143	Davis Riley	-0.385	59
144	Erik van Rooyen	-0.416	56
145	Pontus Nyholm	-0.456	56
146	Jhonattan Vegas	-0.472	48
147	Peter Malnati	-0.476	54
148	Adam Schenk	-0.488	59
149	Jesper Svensson	-0.502	40
150	Matthieu Pavon	-0.512	55
151	Sungjae Im	-0.515	68
152	Taylor Moore	-0.531	53
153	Chandler Phillips	-0.585	63
154	Kensei Hirata	-0.635	54
155	Takumi Kanaya	-0.637	66
156	Garrick Higgo	-0.689	55
157	Jason Day	-0.707	45
158	Vince Whaley	-0.729	53
159	Alejandro Tosti	-0.809	50
160	Jimmy Stanger	-1.086	46
161	Gordon Sargent	-1.153	44
162	Christo Lamprecht	-1.516	44

Strokes gained per round on shots into the green, par-3 tee shots included; higher is better. Values and ranksare the Tour's published figures for the 2026 season; OTIS applies no minimum of its own, because a season figure exists only for players the Tour qualified for one. Sourcing is described in the methodology; the stat is defined in the glossary.

What this leaderboard ranks

SG: Approach for the 2026 PGA Tour season, highest first. Strokes gained per round on shots into the green, par-3 tee shots included; higher is better. The table lists 162 players — every player the Tour published a 2026figure for — with each name linking to that player's full profile, where the same figure sits in their season table beside every other season they played. Values and ranksare the Tour's published season statistics, restated: nothing on this page is computed, estimated or projected by OTIS. The 2026 season is still in progress, so these figures move with every published update until it closes.

How the Tour's ranks and ties work

The number in the first column is the Tour's published rank for the season, not a list position. Players the Tour ranks level share the same number, so the column can repeat itself, and the list is ordered by that rank first and by the value second. This is the reverse of the career and green-type boards, where the site declines to invent a tie-break and numbers straight down the list: here a competition rank exists and is published, so it is shown as published. When two players share a rank, the value column separates them only if their figures differ at the precision the Tour prints, and where they do not, the order between them is alphabetical and means nothing.

Coverage and eligibility

A player appears here when the Tour published a 2026season figure for them, and not otherwise. OTIS applies no minimum of its own, because a season figure exists only for players the Tour qualified for one: a player without the qualifying rounds has no published figure, so there is nothing to rank. The measured-rounds column shows how many shot-tracked rounds sit behind each row, and it is worth reading before the value — the same figure means more over a full season than over a few weeks. Where the figure is published but the rounds count is not, that column shows a dash rather than a guess. Players who played the season without meeting the Tour's threshold are absent, not shown at zero.

Common questions

Who leads the PGA Tour in SG: Approach in 2026?

Ben Kohles leads the 2026 SG: Approach board with 0.765 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 162 players is on this page, each linked to their profile.

Is the first column the Tour's rank or a list position?

The Tour's published rank. Players the Tour ranks level share a number, and the list is ordered by that rank first and the value second.

Why is a player missing from this leaderboard?

Because the Tour published no 2026 SG: Approach figure for them. OTIS applies no minimum of its own; a player who did not meet the Tour's threshold for a season statistic has nothing to rank and is left out rather than shown at zero.

Where do these figures come from?

They are the PGA Tour's published season statistics, restated without adjustment or recalculation. The same value appears in the player's season table on their profile, and the methodology page describes the sourcing.

Sourcing is set out on the methodology page; every stat name is defined in the glossary.