SG: Approach leaders — 2013 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	1.533	43
2	Stewart Cink	0.975	56
3	Justin Rose	0.961	46
4	Jim Furyk	0.950	64
5	Camilo Villegas	0.885	64
6	Henrik Stenson	0.776	44
7	Matt Kuchar	0.731	69
8	Ricky Barnes	0.714	65
9	Charl Schwartzel	0.711	54
10	Dustin Johnson	0.663	51
11	Graham DeLaet	0.640	81
12	Chris Kirk	0.620	81
13	Luke Donald	0.583	46
14	Robert Garrigus	0.571	49
15	Steve Stricker	0.567	35
16	Adam Scott	0.548	44
17	Sergio Garcia	0.538	47
18	Chad Campbell	0.525	72
19	Chris Stroud	0.520	78
20	Webb Simpson	0.517	70
21	Pat Perez	0.505	64
22	Vijay Singh	0.501	48
23	Phil Mickelson	0.494	57
24	Jordan Spieth	0.480	67
25	Lee Westwood	0.479	51
26	Rory Sabbatini	0.468	72
27	Justin Hicks	0.462	66
28	Ryan Palmer	0.461	69
29	Gary Woodland	0.459	83
30	Kevin Stadler	0.451	69
31	Jason Dufner	0.440	61
32	Rory McIlroy	0.420	41
33	Kyle Stanley	0.419	60
34	Brendon de Jonge	0.414	97
35	John Rollins	0.409	68
36	Jimmy Walker	0.407	75
37	Boo Weekley	0.401	83
38	Roberto Castro	0.379	84
39	Nicholas Thompson	0.373	86
40	Kevin Chappell	0.370	67
41	John Merrick	0.365	68
42	Nick Watney	0.362	73
43	Bill Haas	0.346	69
44	Marc Leishman	0.345	64
45	Nicolas Colsaerts	0.322	36
46	Ben Crane	0.313	55
46	Brad Fritsch	0.313	68
48	Lucas Glover	0.307	52
49	Freddie Jacobson	0.304	46
50	Matt Every	0.296	80
50	Robert Allenby	0.296	52
52	Bubba Watson	0.292	59
53	Hunter Mahan	0.285	68
54	Luke Guthrie	0.280	65
55	Bob Estes	0.277	62
56	Keegan Bradley	0.270	72
57	Charley Hoffman	0.262	73
58	Michael Bradley	0.257	43
59	George McNeill	0.255	64
60	Mark Wilson	0.252	50
61	Zach Johnson	0.251	67
62	Bud Cauley	0.238	56
63	Daniel Summerhays	0.227	78
64	Brian Davis	0.222	83
65	Graeme McDowell	0.217	37
66	Kevin Streelman	0.214	68
67	Brandt Jobe	0.209	53
68	Jason Kokrak	0.201	72
69	Peter Hanson	0.192	33
70	D.A. Points	0.191	68
70	Ernie Els	0.191	48
70	Ryo Ishikawa	0.191	55
73	Chez Reavie	0.186	67
74	David Hearn	0.179	73
75	Cameron Tringale	0.169	75
76	Trevor Immelman	0.162	62
77	Jerry Kelly	0.159	64
78	John Huh	0.155	75
79	K.J. Choi	0.154	63
80	Vaughn Taylor	0.148	40
81	Jeff Maggert	0.141	57
81	Rickie Fowler	0.141	59
83	Ken Duke	0.130	75
84	Robert Karlsson	0.125	37
85	Matt Jones	0.123	70
86	Brandt Snedeker	0.121	58
87	Brian Stuard	0.118	63
88	Jeff Overton	0.099	74
89	Harris English	0.098	82
90	Martin Flores	0.092	76
91	Tim Clark	0.087	43
92	Josh Teater	0.083	61
93	Padraig Harrington	0.067	35
94	Bryce Molder	0.052	71
95	Ted Potter, Jr.	0.046	55
96	Jason Bohn	0.034	66
97	Bo Van Pelt	0.025	54
98	James Driscoll	0.022	63
99	Dicky Pride	0.012	59
100	Ryan Moore	0.007	57
101	Jason Day	-0.013	61
102	David Toms	-0.026	32
103	Ben Curtis	-0.034	46
104	Scott Piercy	-0.038	62
105	Greg Owen	-0.045	66
106	Russell Henley	-0.053	66
107	D.H. Lee	-0.055	58
108	Casey Wittenberg	-0.067	61
109	Martin Kaymer	-0.070	42
110	Richard Lee	-0.074	72
111	James Hahn	-0.079	67
112	Charles Howell III	-0.084	80
113	Jim Herman	-0.091	44
114	Henrik Norlander	-0.105	59
115	Ben Kohles	-0.113	62
116	William McGirt	-0.118	71
117	Mike Weir	-0.120	47
118	Billy Horschel	-0.121	83
119	J.J. Henry	-0.122	74
120	Scott Langley	-0.124	64
121	Brendan Steele	-0.135	77
122	Ian Poulter	-0.153	39
123	S.Y. Noh	-0.163	62
124	David Lynn	-0.164	56
125	Sangmoon Bae	-0.165	72
126	Jin Park	-0.166	43
127	Scott Brown	-0.174	55
127	Tag Ridings	-0.174	58
129	Michael Thompson	-0.179	53
130	Martin Laird	-0.195	53
131	Cameron Percy	-0.198	57
132	Stuart Appleby	-0.219	79
133	Will Claxton	-0.222	56
134	Lee Williams	-0.230	51
135	Greg Chalmers	-0.237	70
136	Ángel Cabrera	-0.241	57
137	Carl Pettersson	-0.252	64
138	David Lingmerth	-0.255	57
138	Justin Leonard	-0.255	75
140	John Senden	-0.258	61
141	David Mathis	-0.267	62
142	Geoff Ogilvy	-0.268	42
143	Steve LeBrun	-0.280	53
144	Tim Herron	-0.285	44
145	Andrew Svoboda	-0.295	35
146	Shawn Stefani	-0.308	50
147	Eric Meierdierks	-0.314	37
148	Johnson Wagner	-0.320	52
149	Patrick Reed	-0.327	74
150	Morgan Hoffmann	-0.344	53
151	Tommy Gainey	-0.361	75
152	Erik Compton	-0.363	65
153	Scott Stallings	-0.379	66
154	Robert Streb	-0.398	62
155	Darron Stiles	-0.401	42
156	Fabián Gómez	-0.435	56
157	Andres Romero	-0.437	52
157	Charlie Beljan	-0.437	55
159	D.J. Trahan	-0.448	38
160	Brian Gay	-0.453	71
161	Doug LaBelle II	-0.479	59
162	Stephen Ames	-0.488	44
163	Bobby Gates	-0.498	38
163	Charlie Wi	-0.498	66
165	Y.E. Yang	-0.500	41
166	Scott Gardiner	-0.527	52
167	Luke List	-0.533	52
168	Derek Ernst	-0.564	49
169	Rod Pampling	-0.568	35
170	Sean O'Hair	-0.576	51
171	Troy Matteson	-0.583	59
172	Alistair Presnell	-0.585	46
173	Steven Bowditch	-0.641	58
174	Aaron Baddeley	-0.669	59
175	Aaron Watkins	-0.707	35
176	Justin Bolli	-0.787	46
177	Colt Knost	-0.847	58
178	Brian Harman	-0.856	76
179	Jonas Blixt	-0.882	67
180	Tom Gillis	-0.905	60

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 2013 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 2013 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 180 players — every player the Tour published a 2013figure 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 2013 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 2013season 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 2013?

Tiger Woods leads the 2013 SG: Approach board with 1.533 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 180 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 2013 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.