SG: Approach leaders — 2012 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	Tiger Woods	1.224	48
2	Rory McIlroy	1.002	40
3	Steve Stricker	0.898	54
4	Justin Rose	0.840	53
5	Jim Furyk	0.830	65
6	Brendon de Jonge	0.754	102
7	Chad Campbell	0.751	73
8	Kevin Stadler	0.711	70
9	Lee Westwood	0.681	40
10	Robert Garrigus	0.680	74
11	Bo Van Pelt	0.665	65
12	Graeme McDowell	0.641	38
13	Dustin Johnson	0.638	53
14	Davis Love III	0.635	52
15	Nick Watney	0.586	76
16	Luke Donald	0.582	48
17	Phil Mickelson	0.566	60
18	Marc Leishman	0.559	76
19	Kris Blanks	0.558	60
20	Robert Allenby	0.537	66
21	Vijay Singh	0.520	81
22	Jason Dufner	0.519	64
23	Ricky Barnes	0.499	82
24	Adam Scott	0.494	41
25	Matt Kuchar	0.490	66
26	Louis Oosthuizen	0.478	49
27	John Senden	0.473	62
28	Boo Weekley	0.466	58
29	Ernie Els	0.462	65
30	Bill Lunde	0.449	67
31	Charl Schwartzel	0.445	40
32	Chris Kirk	0.444	85
33	Kyle Stanley	0.439	70
34	Heath Slocum	0.427	75
35	Ben Curtis	0.408	48
36	Jonathan Byrd	0.406	56
37	Bob Estes	0.396	65
38	Michael Bradley	0.391	55
39	Matt Every	0.377	64
40	Johnson Wagner	0.376	76
41	Hunter Mahan	0.372	64
42	Greg Owen	0.367	77
43	Charley Hoffman	0.356	76
44	Zach Johnson	0.342	74
45	Nick O'Hern	0.340	68
46	Carl Pettersson	0.334	80
46	Graham DeLaet	0.334	71
48	Padraig Harrington	0.331	45
49	D.A. Points	0.329	80
50	Webb Simpson	0.319	66
51	Will Claxton	0.318	86
52	Michael Thompson	0.317	65
53	Ken Duke	0.309	90
54	Freddie Jacobson	0.306	44
55	Kevin Na	0.301	65
56	Henrik Stenson	0.297	42
57	Pat Perez	0.272	69
58	Ryan Moore	0.270	81
59	Bubba Watson	0.265	51
60	Ryan Palmer	0.258	71
61	Charles Howell III	0.257	77
62	Scott Dunlap	0.252	46
63	Sean O'Hair	0.250	76
64	Trevor Immelman	0.242	57
65	Keegan Bradley	0.238	71
66	Jeff Overton	0.236	92
67	John Merrick	0.230	72
68	Rickie Fowler	0.228	66
69	Camilo Villegas	0.208	73
70	Kyle Thompson	0.204	37
71	Scott Piercy	0.202	86
72	Bud Cauley	0.201	91
73	Stewart Cink	0.195	54
74	Tim Herron	0.193	76
75	John Mallinger	0.184	63
75	Kevin Streelman	0.184	77
77	Martin Laird	0.175	54
78	Geoff Ogilvy	0.168	55
79	Vaughn Taylor	0.165	64
80	Gary Woodland	0.153	53
80	K.J. Choi	0.153	56
82	Tim Clark	0.151	50
83	Brian Davis	0.146	79
84	Garth Mulroy	0.143	46
85	Chez Reavie	0.136	66
86	Jason Bohn	0.128	66
87	J.J. Henry	0.126	71
88	Gary Christian	0.124	75
89	Brandt Snedeker	0.110	65
89	William McGirt	0.110	79
91	Jimmy Walker	0.105	91
92	Jason Day	0.102	47
92	S.Y. Noh	0.102	85
94	Bryce Molder	0.100	71
95	Jeff Maggert	0.084	78
96	Andres Romero	0.078	54
97	Sergio Garcia	0.075	44
97	Troy Matteson	0.075	83
99	Robert Karlsson	0.072	41
100	Ryo Ishikawa	0.069	37
101	Ian Poulter	0.068	38
102	Cameron Beckman	0.058	69
103	Cameron Tringale	0.056	77
103	Kyle Reifers	0.056	74
105	Nathan Green	0.048	57
106	Mark Wilson	0.043	68
107	James Driscoll	0.032	70
108	John Huh	0.031	85
109	Roberto Castro	0.030	75
110	Billy Horschel	0.028	48
111	Russell Knox	0.025	56
112	David Toms	0.012	44
112	Greg Chalmers	0.012	75
114	Roland Thatcher	0.010	44
115	Dicky Pride	0.002	49
116	Gavin Coles	-0.008	57
117	Jonas Blixt	-0.010	64
118	Bobby Gates	-0.016	76
119	Hunter Haas	-0.020	52
120	Rory Sabbatini	-0.021	72
121	George McNeill	-0.023	71
122	Danny Lee	-0.031	59
123	Harris English	-0.038	87
124	Spencer Levin	-0.041	66
125	Chris Stroud	-0.049	75
126	Blake Adams	-0.055	88
127	Daniel Summerhays	-0.066	68
128	Chris DiMarco	-0.073	72
129	Billy Mayfair	-0.083	78
130	D.J. Trahan	-0.085	62
131	Rocco Mediate	-0.090	58
132	Tom Pernice Jr.	-0.097	52
133	Scott Stallings	-0.113	68
134	Justin Leonard	-0.117	68
135	Chris Couch	-0.131	54
135	Rod Pampling	-0.131	69
137	Ben Crane	-0.138	62
138	Jason Kokrak	-0.173	69
139	Bill Haas	-0.180	61
140	Kevin Chappell	-0.186	72
141	Richard Lee	-0.187	57
142	Jhonattan Vegas	-0.206	69
143	David Hearn	-0.210	88
144	Jerry Kelly	-0.218	73
145	J.B. Holmes	-0.219	78
146	Alexandre Rocha	-0.221	50
147	Brandt Jobe	-0.222	45
148	Charlie Beljan	-0.226	43
149	Arjun Atwal	-0.227	66
150	Charlie Wi	-0.229	73
151	Josh Teater	-0.231	83
152	David Mathis	-0.239	69
153	Scott Brown	-0.255	51
154	Tommy Gainey	-0.260	90
155	John Daly	-0.267	38
156	John Rollins	-0.269	71
157	Tom Gillis	-0.274	69
158	Stephen Ames	-0.277	39
158	Ted Potter, Jr.	-0.277	61
160	Mathew Goggin	-0.292	55
161	Steve Wheatcroft	-0.294	42
162	Ángel Cabrera	-0.306	37
163	Y.E. Yang	-0.352	48
164	Harrison Frazar	-0.358	48
165	Brian Harman	-0.370	88
166	Brendan Steele	-0.376	64
167	Matt Jones	-0.387	44
168	Matt Bettencourt	-0.425	60
169	Stuart Appleby	-0.437	65
170	Marco Dawson	-0.459	46
171	Brian Gay	-0.486	78
172	Stephen Gangluff	-0.488	43
173	J.J. Killeen	-0.492	84
174	Aaron Baddeley	-0.504	55
175	Martin Flores	-0.507	82
176	Troy Kelly	-0.530	51
177	Ryuji Imada	-0.538	69
178	Mark Anderson	-0.542	61
179	Colt Knost	-0.545	67
180	Daniel Chopra	-0.589	43
181	Kevin Kisner	-0.651	53
182	Erik Compton	-0.668	64
183	Billy Hurley III	-0.704	57
184	Derek Lamely	-0.714	56
185	Edward Loar	-0.728	43
185	Miguel Angel Carballo	-0.728	57
187	Tommy Biershenk	-0.733	58
188	Patrick Sheehan	-0.737	44
189	Sangmoon Bae	-0.760	57
190	Sung Kang	-0.897	62
191	Brendon Todd	-1.141	63

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 2012 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 2012 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 191 players — every player the Tour published a 2012figure 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 2012 season is complete, so these are its published figures rather than a snapshot in motion.

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 2012season 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 2012?

Tiger Woods leads the 2012 SG: Approach board with 1.224 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 191 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 2012 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.