SG: Approach leaders — 2014-2015 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	Henrik Stenson	1.244	44
2	Jim Furyk	1.081	52
3	Paul Casey	0.991	63
4	Danny Lee	0.718	100
5	Justin Rose	0.692	49
6	Lucas Glover	0.691	72
7	Bubba Watson	0.684	56
8	George McNeill	0.645	89
9	Hideki Matsuyama	0.637	70
10	Russell Knox	0.622	87
11	Jordan Spieth	0.618	66
12	Zach Johnson	0.605	70
13	Brendan Steele	0.600	76
14	Rickie Fowler	0.590	57
15	Webb Simpson	0.582	64
16	Dustin Johnson	0.579	54
17	Luke Donald	0.573	54
18	Francesco Molinari	0.572	43
19	Jason Bohn	0.561	87
19	Stewart Cink	0.561	66
21	Ryan Palmer	0.529	54
22	Daniel Berger	0.526	83
23	Tyrone Van Aswegen	0.471	42
24	Sergio Garcia	0.468	36
25	Jason Day	0.461	57
26	Tom Hoge	0.456	65
27	Ryo Ishikawa	0.436	75
28	Bill Haas	0.422	71
29	Michael Putnam	0.420	68
29	Vijay Singh	0.420	69
31	Greg Owen	0.407	40
32	Jason Dufner	0.399	48
33	Louis Oosthuizen	0.397	47
34	Keegan Bradley	0.389	64
35	Justin Thomas	0.385	96
36	Kevin Na	0.381	71
37	Rory Sabbatini	0.375	66
38	John Merrick	0.358	58
39	Roberto Castro	0.347	36
40	Ángel Cabrera	0.336	42
41	Jimmy Walker	0.334	64
42	Graham DeLaet	0.328	54
43	Whee Kim	0.324	56
44	Chris Kirk	0.302	56
44	Martin Laird	0.302	73
46	Chez Reavie	0.298	50
47	Lee Westwood	0.292	32
48	Jim Herman	0.285	77
49	Shawn Stefani	0.283	88
50	John Peterson	0.276	77
51	Ben Martin	0.268	77
52	Jason Gore	0.266	58
53	Patrick Reed	0.263	76
54	Robert Allenby	0.260	51
55	J.B. Holmes	0.253	66
56	Chad Collins	0.246	63
56	Ryan Moore	0.246	61
58	David Hearn	0.243	85
59	Nick Watney	0.238	81
60	Ian Poulter	0.235	48
61	Gary Woodland	0.227	54
62	D.A. Points	0.224	58
62	Scott Piercy	0.224	83
62	Tony Finau	0.224	92
65	Harris English	0.207	88
66	Matt Kuchar	0.202	77
67	Brooks Koepka	0.200	65
68	Charles Howell III	0.199	99
68	Marc Leishman	0.199	54
70	Brendon de Jonge	0.196	92
71	Daniel Summerhays	0.194	89
72	Chad Campbell	0.192	91
72	Ernie Els	0.192	39
74	Pat Perez	0.187	83
75	Spencer Levin	0.181	83
76	Robert Streb	0.175	96
77	K.J. Choi	0.153	57
78	S.Y. Noh	0.147	54
79	Will Wilcox	0.144	41
80	Kevin Kisner	0.141	94
81	Billy Horschel	0.137	73
81	Charley Hoffman	0.137	76
83	Brendon Todd	0.136	76
84	James Hahn	0.135	78
85	Camilo Villegas	0.133	74
86	Chris Stroud	0.132	68
87	Adam Scott	0.114	32
87	Billy Hurley III	0.114	63
89	Alex Cejka	0.113	79
90	Hudson Swafford	0.109	83
91	Boo Weekley	0.108	67
92	Johnson Wagner	0.106	57
93	Jim Renner	0.085	56
94	Geoff Ogilvy	0.082	35
95	Jon Curran	0.077	65
96	William McGirt	0.060	97
97	Scott Langley	0.056	79
97	Steven Bowditch	0.056	88
99	Bo Van Pelt	0.054	65
100	Jeff Overton	0.041	75
101	Carl Pettersson	0.035	96
102	Scott Brown	0.031	81
103	Ken Duke	0.025	78
104	Phil Mickelson	0.022	55
105	Luke Guthrie	0.020	68
106	Colt Knost	0.017	74
107	David Lingmerth	0.013	74
107	Mark Wilson	0.013	81
109	Kevin Streelman	0.005	73
110	Cameron Percy	-0.002	58
111	Jason Kokrak	-0.014	80
112	David Toms	-0.028	55
113	Jerry Kelly	-0.052	66
114	Scott Stallings	-0.053	49
115	Cameron Tringale	-0.054	79
116	Retief Goosen	-0.056	60
117	Fabián Gómez	-0.057	69
118	Ricky Barnes	-0.072	63
119	Matt Every	-0.074	56
120	Kyle Reifers	-0.084	80
121	Alex Prugh	-0.085	72
122	J.J. Henry	-0.088	76
123	Kevin Chappell	-0.105	75
124	Steven Alker	-0.114	50
125	John Huh	-0.120	89
126	Andrew Putnam	-0.132	54
126	Charl Schwartzel	-0.132	41
128	Nicholas Thompson	-0.139	70
129	Martin Flores	-0.142	79
130	Byron Smith	-0.149	43
131	Jamie Donaldson	-0.150	32
132	Padraig Harrington	-0.165	49
133	John Senden	-0.171	51
134	Brian Harman	-0.176	78
135	Bryce Molder	-0.181	77
136	Adam Hadwin	-0.183	81
137	Zac Blair	-0.188	88
138	Derek Fathauer	-0.198	66
139	Brandt Snedeker	-0.199	75
139	Troy Merritt	-0.199	82
141	Brian Stuard	-0.200	79
142	Erik Compton	-0.217	70
143	Chesson Hadley	-0.218	89
144	Andres Romero	-0.221	54
145	Justin Leonard	-0.224	54
145	Nick Taylor	-0.224	83
147	Jonathan Randolph	-0.234	56
148	Carlos Ortiz	-0.238	83
149	Hunter Mahan	-0.249	65
150	Russell Henley	-0.269	67
151	Sangmoon Bae	-0.276	88
152	Sean O'Hair	-0.284	81
153	Charlie Beljan	-0.293	57
154	Sam Saunders	-0.294	63
155	Michael Thompson	-0.301	75
156	Jonathan Byrd	-0.303	51
157	Jhonattan Vegas	-0.314	72
158	Robert Garrigus	-0.318	55
159	Matt Jones	-0.319	67
160	Sung Joon Park	-0.326	63
161	Brice Garnett	-0.327	64
162	Davis Love III	-0.335	42
163	Morgan Hoffmann	-0.347	69
164	Andres Gonzales	-0.349	76
165	Mark Hubbard	-0.350	61
166	Blayne Barber	-0.352	63
167	Eric Axley	-0.372	43
168	Scott Pinckney	-0.409	74
169	Andrew Svoboda	-0.410	70
170	Steve Wheatcroft	-0.450	72
171	Patrick Rodgers	-0.456	46
172	Max Homa	-0.467	62
173	Ben Crane	-0.486	52
174	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	-0.495	63
175	Brian Davis	-0.503	71
176	Tim Wilkinson	-0.523	58
177	Derek Ernst	-0.547	63
178	Bill Lunde	-0.592	36
179	Oscar Fraustro	-0.637	40
180	Jonas Blixt	-0.655	52
181	Aaron Baddeley	-0.719	66
182	Roger Sloan	-0.746	40
183	Heath Slocum	-0.759	39
184	Greg Chalmers	-0.782	36

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 2014-2015 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 2014-2015 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 184 players — every player the Tour published a 2014-2015figure 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 2014-2015 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 2014-2015season 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 2014-2015?

Henrik Stenson leads the 2014-2015 SG: Approach board with 1.244 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 184 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 2014-2015 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.