SG: Approach leaders — 2018-2019 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	1.149	42
2	Justin Thomas	0.985	56
3	Emiliano Grillo	0.926	55
4	Adam Scott	0.846	44
5	Hideki Matsuyama	0.759	73
6	Jason Kokrak	0.745	75
7	Jim Furyk	0.741	57
8	Paul Casey	0.706	55
9	Corey Conners	0.665	69
10	Patrick Cantlay	0.640	57
11	Brooks Koepka	0.636	58
12	Rory McIlroy	0.633	57
13	Chez Reavie	0.625	70
14	Webb Simpson	0.613	69
15	Talor Gooch	0.604	48
16	Ryan Moore	0.596	63
17	Matt Kuchar	0.591	66
18	Russell Knox	0.585	59
19	Keegan Bradley	0.567	67
20	Gary Woodland	0.545	65
21	Justin Rose	0.525	49
21	Sergio Garcia	0.525	38
23	Adam Svensson	0.509	55
24	Nate Lashley	0.487	55
25	Joaquin Niemann	0.484	80
26	Xander Schauffele	0.481	53
27	Kevin Streelman	0.479	69
28	Marc Leishman	0.472	57
29	Roberto Castro	0.432	62
30	Shawn Stefani	0.421	62
31	Byeong Hun An	0.420	61
32	Andrew Putnam	0.414	56
33	Matt Fitzpatrick	0.409	37
34	Jon Rahm	0.405	53
35	Zach Johnson	0.398	53
36	Charley Hoffman	0.396	47
37	Ryan Palmer	0.395	51
38	Tony Finau	0.384	65
39	Tom Hoge	0.381	72
40	Troy Merritt	0.366	56
41	Josh Teater	0.361	53
42	Russell Henley	0.334	61
43	Lucas Glover	0.330	81
44	Cameron Tringale	0.327	51
45	Kyle Stanley	0.309	55
45	Sepp Straka	0.309	58
47	Dustin Johnson	0.288	56
48	Hank Lebioda	0.281	58
49	Vaughn Taylor	0.269	82
50	Brian Stuard	0.266	77
51	Scott Stallings	0.259	68
52	Kevin Kisner	0.257	71
53	Danny Willett	0.250	50
54	Bryson DeChambeau	0.236	66
55	Tommy Fleetwood	0.235	50
56	Chesson Hadley	0.231	60
57	Peter Malnati	0.225	76
58	J.T. Poston	0.223	88
59	Alex Prugh	0.222	57
60	Jhonattan Vegas	0.219	61
61	Tyrrell Hatton	0.218	42
62	Louis Oosthuizen	0.208	48
63	Jonathan Byrd	0.204	36
64	Andrew Landry	0.200	65
65	Bud Cauley	0.196	74
66	Dylan Frittelli	0.186	68
67	Max Homa	0.179	69
68	Anders Albertson	0.165	52
68	Cam Davis	0.165	57
70	Rickie Fowler	0.158	63
70	Sam Ryder	0.158	60
72	Danny Lee	0.156	72
73	Ian Poulter	0.150	44
74	Billy Horschel	0.147	69
74	Scott Piercy	0.147	70
76	Adam Schenk	0.142	82
77	Joel Dahmen	0.141	76
78	Adam Long	0.138	68
78	Patrick Reed	0.138	73
80	Trey Mullinax	0.134	63
81	Kevin Tway	0.124	67
82	Hudson Swafford	0.119	47
83	Jim Knous	0.111	39
84	Branden Grace	0.110	45
85	Rory Sabbatini	0.103	76
86	Sam Saunders	0.100	67
87	Roger Sloan	0.096	70
88	J.J. Spaun	0.094	64
89	Harold Varner III	0.093	74
90	Jason Dufner	0.091	57
91	Rafa Cabrera Bello	0.089	48
92	Brandt Snedeker	0.083	80
93	J.B. Holmes	0.079	48
94	Martin Laird	0.075	73
94	Sungjae Im	0.075	100
96	Nick Watney	0.071	69
97	C.T. Pan	0.054	60
97	Sebastián Muñoz	0.054	64
99	Jimmy Walker	0.051	57
100	Brandon Harkins	0.042	69
101	Francesco Molinari	0.040	42
102	Keith Mitchell	0.037	61
103	Sung Kang	0.036	70
104	Mackenzie Hughes	0.032	66
105	Michael Thompson	0.018	65
106	Abraham Ancer	0.011	71
107	David Hearn	0.009	34
108	Adam Hadwin	0.008	62
109	Daniel Berger	0.007	59
110	Cameron Smith	0.004	53
111	Ryan Armour	-0.002	75
112	Luke List	-0.005	55
113	K.H. Lee	-0.011	62
114	Alex Cejka	-0.014	40
115	Johnson Wagner	-0.015	47
116	Graeme McDowell	-0.016	50
117	Bronson Burgoon	-0.033	47
118	Jonas Blixt	-0.039	64
119	Nick Taylor	-0.051	86
120	Bubba Watson	-0.052	50
121	Robert Streb	-0.053	60
122	Phil Mickelson	-0.065	50
123	Chase Wright	-0.069	57
124	Carlos Ortiz	-0.072	72
124	Charles Howell III	-0.072	73
126	Kevin Na	-0.076	44
127	Jason Day	-0.083	47
127	Scott Brown	-0.083	68
129	Aaron Wise	-0.085	54
129	Pat Perez	-0.085	41
131	Austin Cook	-0.095	53
132	Jim Herman	-0.110	38
132	Wes Roach	-0.110	49
134	Stephan Jaeger	-0.127	57
135	Patton Kizzire	-0.132	53
136	Ted Potter, Jr.	-0.140	60
137	Matt Jones	-0.148	66
138	Freddie Jacobson	-0.151	40
139	Tyler Duncan	-0.152	65
140	Richy Werenski	-0.163	73
141	Peter Uihlein	-0.168	58
142	Bill Haas	-0.169	61
143	Si Woo Kim	-0.177	59
144	Kelly Kraft	-0.189	65
145	Jordan Spieth	-0.198	66
146	Whee Kim	-0.217	47
147	Chris Stroud	-0.229	52
148	Brice Garnett	-0.253	65
149	Kramer Hickok	-0.264	59
150	J.J. Henry	-0.273	41
151	Fabián Gómez	-0.286	48
152	Julián Etulain	-0.289	51
153	Ryan Blaum	-0.292	72
154	Sam Burns	-0.293	68
155	Anirban Lahiri	-0.298	59
156	Brian Harman	-0.301	71
157	Ollie Schniederjans	-0.308	61
158	Brendan Steele	-0.316	51
159	Brady Schnell	-0.318	39
160	Ben Silverman	-0.330	56
161	Cameron Champ	-0.335	68
162	Aaron Baddeley	-0.340	42
163	Ernie Els	-0.355	30
164	Alex Noren	-0.366	43
165	Patrick Rodgers	-0.383	45
166	Brian Gay	-0.392	72
167	Satoshi Kodaira	-0.399	51
168	Kyle Jones	-0.403	54
169	Cody Gribble	-0.427	58
170	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-0.433	45
171	Harris English	-0.437	79
172	Denny McCarthy	-0.448	69
173	José de Jesús Rodríguez	-0.455	49
174	Roberto Díaz	-0.466	51
175	Rod Pampling	-0.473	41
176	Scott Langley	-0.483	64
177	Joey Garber	-0.501	43
178	Michael Kim	-0.545	45
179	Hunter Mahan	-0.563	47
180	Sangmoon Bae	-0.568	40
181	Wyndham Clark	-0.572	73
182	Seamus Power	-0.676	62
183	John Chin	-0.760	38
184	Beau Hossler	-0.765	68
185	Dominic Bozzelli	-0.766	49
186	Curtis Luck	-0.847	44
187	Seth Reeves	-0.941	53
188	Martin Trainer	-1.378	50

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 2018-2019 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 2018-2019 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 188 players — every player the Tour published a 2018-2019figure 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 2018-2019 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 2018-2019season 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 2018-2019?

Henrik Stenson leads the 2018-2019 SG: Approach board with 1.149 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 188 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 2018-2019 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.