SG: Approach leaders — 2016-2017 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	Paul Casey	0.939	71
2	Jordan Spieth	0.896	68
3	Francesco Molinari	0.842	59
4	Stewart Cink	0.793	81
5	Hideki Matsuyama	0.758	59
6	Justin Thomas	0.738	65
7	Dustin Johnson	0.670	59
8	Kevin Na	0.631	66
9	Bud Cauley	0.588	82
10	Nick Watney	0.585	64
11	Ian Poulter	0.573	55
12	Gary Woodland	0.571	68
13	Daniel Berger	0.570	69
14	Kyle Stanley	0.562	94
15	Ryan Palmer	0.555	49
16	Phil Mickelson	0.553	69
17	Adam Scott	0.536	42
18	Jason Dufner	0.519	72
19	Jimmy Walker	0.518	50
20	Jon Rahm	0.515	66
21	Chad Campbell	0.506	85
22	Brandt Snedeker	0.503	42
22	Webb Simpson	0.503	84
24	Ryan Moore	0.498	65
25	Jim Furyk	0.492	44
26	Robert Garrigus	0.477	60
27	Patrick Cantlay	0.467	46
28	Luke List	0.443	86
29	Billy Hurley III	0.432	69
30	Graham DeLaet	0.427	71
31	Boo Weekley	0.425	61
32	D.A. Points	0.421	58
32	Wesley Bryan	0.421	77
34	Brendan Steele	0.411	71
35	Marc Leishman	0.410	73
36	Rickie Fowler	0.408	63
37	Bill Haas	0.399	72
37	Charl Schwartzel	0.399	48
39	Tony Finau	0.390	91
40	Sergio Garcia	0.378	46
41	Chez Reavie	0.375	83
41	Scott Stallings	0.375	68
43	Byeong Hun An	0.369	57
44	Justin Rose	0.363	53
45	Charley Hoffman	0.349	93
46	Kevin Kisner	0.334	77
47	Harold Varner III	0.330	86
48	Rory McIlroy	0.322	36
49	Scott Piercy	0.311	49
50	Ollie Schniederjans	0.309	81
51	Danny Lee	0.304	76
52	Lucas Glover	0.301	86
53	Ben Martin	0.297	70
54	Kevin Chappell	0.294	72
55	Patton Kizzire	0.290	72
56	Emiliano Grillo	0.281	66
57	Cameron Percy	0.266	55
58	Aaron Baddeley	0.256	46
59	Matt Kuchar	0.253	77
60	Sung Kang	0.251	82
61	Ricky Barnes	0.238	77
62	Brad Fritsch	0.235	42
62	Tom Hoge	0.235	39
64	Shane Lowry	0.231	38
65	Charles Howell III	0.223	68
66	Pat Perez	0.222	73
67	Louis Oosthuizen	0.215	51
68	Hudson Swafford	0.202	76
68	Seamus Power	0.202	68
70	Kevin Streelman	0.197	78
71	Russell Henley	0.196	86
72	Adam Hadwin	0.183	79
72	Jamie Lovemark	0.183	80
74	Russell Knox	0.181	54
75	Branden Grace	0.173	47
75	Chris Stroud	0.173	48
77	Jhonattan Vegas	0.172	71
78	Brian Stuard	0.171	69
79	Kelly Kraft	0.159	65
80	Michael Kim	0.158	84
81	Cameron Smith	0.149	71
82	Rory Sabbatini	0.146	53
83	Jim Herman	0.143	66
84	Keegan Bradley	0.139	91
84	Martin Laird	0.139	72
86	Harris English	0.138	72
87	Vaughn Taylor	0.135	76
88	Ryan Armour	0.121	49
89	Sean O'Hair	0.118	70
90	Camilo Villegas	0.107	62
91	Chris Kirk	0.101	70
91	Mark Hubbard	0.101	61
93	Roberto Castro	0.099	54
94	Cameron Tringale	0.089	65
95	Tyrone Van Aswegen	0.084	80
96	Jason Kokrak	0.077	83
97	Brooks Koepka	0.058	67
98	David Lingmerth	0.054	69
99	J.T. Poston	0.053	73
99	Nick Taylor	0.053	83
101	J.J. Henry	0.050	75
102	Martin Flores	0.047	67
103	S.Y. Noh	0.044	75
104	J.B. Holmes	0.039	61
105	Billy Horschel	0.020	80
106	David Hearn	0.016	71
106	James Hahn	0.016	81
108	Xander Schauffele	0.011	74
109	Retief Goosen	0.009	41
110	Jason Day	-0.004	55
111	Brian Gay	-0.006	69
112	Zach Johnson	-0.007	68
113	Troy Merritt	-0.018	70
114	Bryson DeChambeau	-0.020	73
114	John Huh	-0.020	76
116	Ben Crane	-0.024	69
117	Grayson Murray	-0.032	85
117	Ryan Blaum	-0.032	82
119	Graeme McDowell	-0.036	50
120	Patrick Reed	-0.049	84
121	Smylie Kaufman	-0.059	63
122	Ryan Brehm	-0.060	65
123	Daniel Summerhays	-0.062	82
124	Robert Streb	-0.072	84
125	Sebastián Muñoz	-0.077	39
126	Luke Donald	-0.078	43
127	Johnson Wagner	-0.088	57
128	Andres Gonzales	-0.089	57
129	Søren Kjeldsen	-0.090	34
130	C.T. Pan	-0.092	76
131	Brett Stegmaier	-0.117	58
132	Shawn Stefani	-0.119	60
133	J.J. Spaun	-0.122	72
134	Blayne Barber	-0.123	67
134	Richy Werenski	-0.123	61
136	Derek Fathauer	-0.136	64
136	Sam Saunders	-0.136	61
138	Matt Every	-0.141	61
138	Zac Blair	-0.141	81
140	Anirban Lahiri	-0.143	59
141	Whee Kim	-0.148	62
142	Kevin Tway	-0.168	74
143	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-0.171	46
144	Bubba Watson	-0.175	53
145	William McGirt	-0.193	72
146	Spencer Levin	-0.195	67
146	Trey Mullinax	-0.195	70
148	Brian Harman	-0.198	86
149	Alex Cejka	-0.200	62
150	Steven Alker	-0.212	51
151	Jonathan Randolph	-0.221	51
152	Scott Brown	-0.225	78
153	Rod Pampling	-0.231	66
154	Mark Anderson	-0.241	42
155	Jason Bohn	-0.246	62
156	Chad Collins	-0.254	54
157	Ken Duke	-0.256	60
158	Julián Etulain	-0.292	51
159	Tim Wilkinson	-0.310	46
160	Gonzalo Fernandez-Castaño	-0.312	44
161	Brett Drewitt	-0.314	43
162	Geoff Ogilvy	-0.327	67
163	Ryo Ishikawa	-0.328	43
164	Kyle Reifers	-0.337	74
165	Dominic Bozzelli	-0.342	55
166	Tag Ridings	-0.356	50
167	Michael Thompson	-0.373	44
168	Carl Pettersson	-0.385	52
169	Brandon Hagy	-0.393	69
170	Mackenzie Hughes	-0.404	96
171	Morgan Hoffmann	-0.419	82
172	Andrew Loupe	-0.424	47
173	Fabián Gómez	-0.429	51
174	Bryce Molder	-0.431	64
175	Si Woo Kim	-0.447	60
176	Matt Jones	-0.468	51
177	Ernie Els	-0.504	37
178	K.J. Choi	-0.511	54
179	Greg Chalmers	-0.529	68
179	Patrick Rodgers	-0.529	66
181	Peter Malnati	-0.563	73
182	Nicholas Lindheim	-0.578	44
182	Rick Lamb	-0.578	38
184	Cody Gribble	-0.586	70
185	Jonas Blixt	-0.614	59
186	Brian Campbell	-0.750	41
187	Hunter Mahan	-0.886	59
188	Steve Wheatcroft	-0.953	40
189	Miguel Angel Carballo	-1.035	43
190	Steven Bowditch	-1.260	45

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 2016-2017 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 2016-2017 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 190 players — every player the Tour published a 2016-2017figure 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 2016-2017 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 2016-2017season 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 2016-2017?

Paul Casey leads the 2016-2017 SG: Approach board with 0.939 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 190 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 2016-2017 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.