SG: Approach leaders — 2015-2016 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	Adam Scott	1.491	56
2	Kevin Na	0.788	69
3	Hideki Matsuyama	0.774	58
4	Robert Garrigus	0.734	55
5	Webb Simpson	0.728	58
6	Phil Mickelson	0.726	59
7	Jimmy Walker	0.690	71
8	Graham DeLaet	0.662	59
9	Charl Schwartzel	0.652	56
10	D.A. Points	0.640	39
11	Kevin Chappell	0.634	78
12	Alex Cejka	0.626	51
13	Paul Casey	0.616	57
14	Vaughn Taylor	0.612	67
15	Branden Grace	0.603	42
16	Tyrone Van Aswegen	0.571	88
17	Chez Reavie	0.567	76
18	David Hearn	0.532	82
19	Gary Woodland	0.522	78
20	Justin Thomas	0.494	75
21	Stewart Cink	0.492	49
22	Daniel Berger	0.490	72
23	Francesco Molinari	0.484	57
24	Sergio Garcia	0.482	31
25	Greg Owen	0.475	69
26	Jason Dufner	0.469	79
27	Jim Furyk	0.465	44
27	Luke Donald	0.465	59
29	Rory McIlroy	0.447	48
30	Roberto Castro	0.437	88
31	Dustin Johnson	0.430	63
32	Jerry Kelly	0.427	60
33	Jason Day	0.426	54
34	Jason Kokrak	0.424	75
34	Tim Wilkinson	0.424	50
36	Billy Horschel	0.422	57
37	Keegan Bradley	0.419	63
38	Ryan Moore	0.418	65
39	Justin Rose	0.409	49
40	Bubba Watson	0.393	51
41	Chris Kirk	0.369	74
42	Robert Streb	0.366	66
43	David Toms	0.360	54
44	Russell Knox	0.356	65
45	Patton Kizzire	0.339	75
46	Matt Kuchar	0.326	77
47	Hudson Swafford	0.320	92
48	Martin Laird	0.313	71
49	Lucas Glover	0.308	67
49	Rickie Fowler	0.308	64
51	Louis Oosthuizen	0.300	42
52	George McNeill	0.278	46
53	Luke List	0.277	65
54	Bill Haas	0.272	64
54	Jason Bohn	0.272	59
56	K.J. Choi	0.263	67
57	Kyle Stanley	0.262	79
58	Cameron Tringale	0.257	70
59	William McGirt	0.256	88
60	Emiliano Grillo	0.255	73
61	Ryan Palmer	0.242	78
62	Harris English	0.240	73
63	Brendan Steele	0.238	69
63	Kevin Streelman	0.238	64
65	Tom Hoge	0.236	63
66	Chad Campbell	0.235	80
67	Colt Knost	0.228	71
68	Billy Hurley III	0.226	59
69	Johnson Wagner	0.219	76
70	Dawie van der Walt	0.210	56
71	Danny Lee	0.205	71
72	Ricky Barnes	0.200	80
73	John Senden	0.199	79
74	Rob Oppenheim	0.189	51
75	Jhonattan Vegas	0.180	81
76	Scott Stallings	0.177	63
77	Geoff Ogilvy	0.173	50
78	Brandt Snedeker	0.164	75
79	Zach Johnson	0.163	73
80	Charley Hoffman	0.161	71
81	Chesson Hadley	0.160	67
81	Michael Thompson	0.160	54
83	Chris Stroud	0.159	69
83	Padraig Harrington	0.159	44
83	Will Wilcox	0.159	57
86	Patrick Reed	0.158	78
87	Graeme McDowell	0.153	45
88	Bronson Burgoon	0.145	65
88	Jordan Spieth	0.145	58
90	Anirban Lahiri	0.143	48
91	Brooks Koepka	0.139	60
92	Russell Henley	0.136	69
93	Brett Stegmaier	0.133	75
94	Blayne Barber	0.127	74
95	David Lingmerth	0.116	60
95	Scott Piercy	0.116	65
97	S.Y. Noh	0.114	69
98	John Huh	0.110	79
99	Ben Crane	0.101	66
99	Thomas Aiken	0.101	48
101	Ben Martin	0.081	80
102	Camilo Villegas	0.080	71
102	Retief Goosen	0.080	48
104	Shawn Stefani	0.073	77
105	Will MacKenzie	0.072	66
106	Carlos Ortiz	0.061	61
107	Nick Taylor	0.060	66
108	Harold Varner III	0.057	80
109	Charles Howell III	0.046	79
110	Kyle Reifers	0.040	97
111	Smylie Kaufman	0.039	72
112	Henrik Norlander	0.031	53
113	Spencer Levin	0.003	82
114	Jon Curran	0.001	84
115	Rhein Gibson	0.000	44
116	Steve Stricker	-0.003	45
117	Patrick Rodgers	-0.009	71
118	Vijay Singh	-0.010	65
119	Tyler Aldridge	-0.031	67
120	Scott Brown	-0.038	70
121	Adam Hadwin	-0.055	88
122	Freddie Jacobson	-0.059	72
123	Mark Wilson	-0.061	55
124	Luke Guthrie	-0.075	45
125	Michael Kim	-0.078	86
126	James Hahn	-0.082	70
127	Boo Weekley	-0.090	71
128	Marc Leishman	-0.092	65
129	Jason Gore	-0.097	60
130	Kelly Kraft	-0.100	45
130	Stuart Appleby	-0.100	66
132	Sam Saunders	-0.105	51
133	Brian Stuard	-0.110	60
134	Andres Gonzales	-0.112	64
135	Sung Kang	-0.121	73
136	Troy Merritt	-0.138	65
137	Kevin Kisner	-0.142	73
138	J.B. Holmes	-0.151	61
139	Jeff Overton	-0.157	58
140	Si Woo Kim	-0.168	99
141	Shane Lowry	-0.180	37
142	Sean O'Hair	-0.187	84
143	Mark Hubbard	-0.189	83
144	Morgan Hoffmann	-0.192	59
145	Brendon de Jonge	-0.195	65
146	Ken Duke	-0.202	48
147	Chad Collins	-0.226	64
148	Matt Jones	-0.233	63
149	Tony Finau	-0.247	78
150	Derek Fathauer	-0.250	76
151	Daniel Summerhays	-0.257	79
151	J.J. Henry	-0.257	61
153	Wes Roach	-0.262	43
154	Andrew Loupe	-0.281	67
155	Cameron Smith	-0.286	46
156	Jim Herman	-0.288	71
157	Fabián Gómez	-0.289	73
158	Derek Ernst	-0.291	43
159	Jonas Blixt	-0.303	68
160	Bryce Molder	-0.331	67
161	Abraham Ancer	-0.340	38
162	Steve Marino	-0.350	56
163	Ángel Cabrera	-0.355	49
164	Aaron Baddeley	-0.362	75
165	Rod Pampling	-0.372	37
166	Whee Kim	-0.390	65
167	Steve Wheatcroft	-0.394	70
168	Scott Pinckney	-0.396	71
169	Erik Compton	-0.443	51
170	Jamie Lovemark	-0.459	83
171	Robert Allenby	-0.460	41
172	Ernie Els	-0.480	56
173	Zac Blair	-0.498	81
174	Peter Malnati	-0.532	74
175	Martin Piller	-0.549	47
176	Hiroshi Iwata	-0.562	67
177	Brian Harman	-0.611	92
178	Rory Sabbatini	-0.628	39
179	Dicky Pride	-0.856	41
180	Hunter Mahan	-0.869	50
181	Andrew Landry	-0.892	33
182	Scott Langley	-0.998	53
183	D.H. Lee	-1.318	46
184	Brendon Todd	-1.424	54
185	Steven Bowditch	-1.680	55

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 2015-2016 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 2015-2016 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 185 players — every player the Tour published a 2015-2016figure 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 2015-2016 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 2015-2016season 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 2015-2016?

Adam Scott leads the 2015-2016 SG: Approach board with 1.491 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 185 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 2015-2016 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.