SG: Approach leaders — 2017-2018 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	0.960	44
2	Keegan Bradley	0.888	80
3	Tiger Woods	0.883	59
4	Justin Thomas	0.844	68
5	Dustin Johnson	0.829	62
6	Hideki Matsuyama	0.727	57
7	Stewart Cink	0.698	67
8	Adam Scott	0.639	60
9	Chesson Hadley	0.606	89
10	Francesco Molinari	0.593	57
11	Paul Casey	0.586	49
12	Bryson DeChambeau	0.556	78
13	Phil Mickelson	0.555	70
14	Scott Piercy	0.553	68
15	Daniel Berger	0.543	62
16	Ryan Moore	0.532	66
17	Justin Rose	0.526	53
18	Chris Kirk	0.518	96
19	Patrick Cantlay	0.509	67
20	Tony Finau	0.500	81
21	Rickie Fowler	0.494	61
22	Rafa Cabrera Bello	0.487	48
23	Webb Simpson	0.486	81
24	Gary Woodland	0.484	70
25	Tyler Duncan	0.476	81
26	Russell Henley	0.467	58
27	Zach Johnson	0.463	72
28	Byeong Hun An	0.448	73
29	Chez Reavie	0.437	60
30	Ian Poulter	0.435	50
31	Kevin Streelman	0.415	82
32	J.J. Spaun	0.410	71
33	Jordan Spieth	0.409	66
34	Tommy Fleetwood	0.405	54
35	Sam Ryder	0.399	70
36	Retief Goosen	0.389	40
37	Joel Dahmen	0.381	71
37	Patton Kizzire	0.381	78
39	Andrew Putnam	0.380	77
40	David Hearn	0.379	50
41	Scott Stallings	0.373	80
42	Bronson Burgoon	0.371	57
43	Mackenzie Hughes	0.353	68
44	Billy Horschel	0.352	77
45	Cameron Tringale	0.348	51
46	Emiliano Grillo	0.345	73
47	J.J. Henry	0.340	63
48	Robert Garrigus	0.331	68
49	Vaughn Taylor	0.305	70
50	Jimmy Walker	0.304	66
51	Kyle Stanley	0.298	67
52	Tom Hoge	0.297	83
53	Kevin Chappell	0.296	62
54	Corey Conners	0.275	79
55	Kevin Na	0.273	70
56	Rory McIlroy	0.269	51
57	C.T. Pan	0.267	82
58	Russell Knox	0.263	74
59	Jason Kokrak	0.257	88
60	Shane Lowry	0.245	51
61	Brendan Steele	0.243	54
62	John Huh	0.240	82
63	Ryan Palmer	0.236	60
64	Xander Schauffele	0.235	72
65	Brooks Koepka	0.232	54
66	Wesley Bryan	0.222	51
67	Shawn Stefani	0.220	60
68	Charley Hoffman	0.216	68
68	Matt Kuchar	0.216	65
70	Ryan Armour	0.213	96
71	Marc Leishman	0.211	73
72	Tyrrell Hatton	0.202	42
73	Luke List	0.194	78
74	Patrick Reed	0.187	63
75	Jim Furyk	0.179	46
76	Branden Grace	0.174	44
77	Adam Hadwin	0.166	66
78	Charles Howell III	0.163	78
79	J.B. Holmes	0.159	68
80	Nick Watney	0.141	80
81	Ben Martin	0.119	57
82	Aaron Baddeley	0.117	70
83	Alex Noren	0.107	49
84	Brian Stuard	0.099	88
85	Robert Streb	0.096	60
86	William McGirt	0.091	75
87	Ollie Schniederjans	0.090	77
88	Troy Merritt	0.086	73
89	James Hahn	0.081	69
90	Brett Stegmaier	0.078	47
90	Johnson Wagner	0.078	55
92	Talor Gooch	0.075	62
93	Abraham Ancer	0.074	83
94	Zac Blair	0.072	46
95	Ricky Barnes	0.059	45
96	Jon Rahm	0.047	51
97	Graeme McDowell	0.046	46
98	Jonathan Byrd	0.043	48
99	Cameron Percy	0.039	41
100	Brian Gay	0.036	92
100	Kyle Thompson	0.036	36
100	Nate Lashley	0.036	35
103	Cameron Smith	0.034	61
104	Kevin Tway	0.032	90
105	Whee Kim	0.030	73
106	Rob Oppenheim	0.026	54
107	Martin Laird	0.024	61
108	Kelly Kraft	0.017	74
109	Aaron Wise	0.012	80
110	Nick Taylor	0.011	74
111	Bubba Watson	0.005	68
112	Brandon Harkins	-0.006	85
113	Conrad Shindler	-0.008	44
113	Tyrone Van Aswegen	-0.008	83
115	Jason Dufner	-0.009	52
116	Chad Campbell	-0.010	67
117	Fabián Gómez	-0.015	71
118	Brian Harman	-0.024	72
118	Matt Every	-0.024	61
120	Brandt Snedeker	-0.026	74
121	Bud Cauley	-0.032	41
122	Ben Crane	-0.038	46
123	Jamie Lovemark	-0.040	78
123	Peter Uihlein	-0.040	65
125	Lanto Griffin	-0.043	60
125	Lucas Glover	-0.043	46
127	Austin Cook	-0.045	92
128	Blayne Barber	-0.047	60
129	Bill Haas	-0.052	66
130	Chris Stroud	-0.056	58
131	Steve Wheatcroft	-0.065	46
132	Sean O'Hair	-0.073	57
133	Ryan Blaum	-0.074	72
134	Harold Varner III	-0.076	74
135	Jhonattan Vegas	-0.081	64
135	Sam Saunders	-0.081	67
137	Andrew Landry	-0.083	73
137	Martin Flores	-0.083	72
139	Sung Kang	-0.094	67
140	Keith Mitchell	-0.128	83
141	Pat Perez	-0.138	51
142	Jason Day	-0.140	49
143	Brice Garnett	-0.144	81
144	Hunter Mahan	-0.149	51
145	Rory Sabbatini	-0.152	75
146	Danny Lee	-0.155	70
147	David Lingmerth	-0.160	69
148	Stephan Jaeger	-0.166	63
149	Charl Schwartzel	-0.168	42
150	Alex Cejka	-0.169	60
150	Richy Werenski	-0.169	74
152	Billy Hurley III	-0.170	57
153	Si Woo Kim	-0.200	78
153	Ted Potter, Jr.	-0.200	77
155	Michael Kim	-0.213	54
156	Hudson Swafford	-0.237	52
157	Tom Lovelady	-0.240	69
158	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-0.247	34
159	Dominic Bozzelli	-0.252	61
160	Xinjun Zhang	-0.254	57
161	Peter Malnati	-0.257	75
162	Louis Oosthuizen	-0.261	46
163	Adam Schenk	-0.262	66
164	Zecheng Dou	-0.265	36
165	Scott Brown	-0.270	81
166	Satoshi Kodaira	-0.284	40
167	Anirban Lahiri	-0.285	67
168	Harris English	-0.297	68
169	Kevin Kisner	-0.316	65
170	Patrick Rodgers	-0.323	73
171	Denny McCarthy	-0.347	49
171	Grayson Murray	-0.347	59
173	Derek Fathauer	-0.365	68
174	Nicholas Lindheim	-0.368	59
175	J.T. Poston	-0.373	57
176	Ben Silverman	-0.385	76
177	Matt Jones	-0.386	47
178	Seamus Power	-0.392	66
179	Beau Hossler	-0.395	90
180	Rod Pampling	-0.415	45
181	Michael Thompson	-0.423	56
182	Ethan Tracy	-0.424	54
183	Trey Mullinax	-0.442	59
184	Andrew Yun	-0.447	34
185	Jonathan Randolph	-0.538	60
186	D.A. Points	-0.541	48
187	Jonas Blixt	-0.563	48
188	Roberto Díaz	-0.600	56
189	Cody Gribble	-0.696	54
190	Martin Piller	-0.811	67
191	Matt Atkins	-1.039	40
192	Greg Chalmers	-1.192	41
193	Daniel Summerhays	-1.586	38

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 2017-2018 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 2017-2018 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 193 players — every player the Tour published a 2017-2018figure 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 2017-2018 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 2017-2018season 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 2017-2018?

Henrik Stenson leads the 2017-2018 SG: Approach board with 0.960 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 193 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 2017-2018 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.