SG: Approach leaders — 2019-2020 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	Justin Thomas	0.997	58
2	Collin Morikawa	0.884	71
3	Russell Henley	0.867	58
4	Tyrrell Hatton	0.694	34
5	Hideki Matsuyama	0.690	61
6	Webb Simpson	0.640	51
7	Viktor Hovland	0.633	58
8	Cameron Tringale	0.632	53
9	Paul Casey	0.631	44
10	Gary Woodland	0.601	53
11	Doc Redman	0.584	70
12	Corey Conners	0.582	62
13	Emiliano Grillo	0.580	48
14	Jim Furyk	0.568	36
15	Joaquin Niemann	0.562	65
16	Brendan Steele	0.539	56
17	Dustin Johnson	0.524	47
18	Patrick Cantlay	0.523	44
19	Rory McIlroy	0.504	51
20	Branden Grace	0.501	33
21	Tony Finau	0.497	59
22	Cameron Percy	0.482	33
23	Matt NeSmith	0.473	54
24	Jason Dufner	0.472	56
25	Harris English	0.454	68
26	Russell Knox	0.449	49
27	Jimmy Walker	0.444	41
28	Harold Varner III	0.442	57
29	Chez Reavie	0.440	57
30	Chesson Hadley	0.437	46
31	Nick Watney	0.416	36
32	Lucas Glover	0.400	50
33	Scottie Scheffler	0.398	70
34	Daniel Berger	0.396	56
35	Tom Hoge	0.389	66
36	Ryan Moore	0.370	34
37	Marc Leishman	0.366	52
37	Xander Schauffele	0.366	61
39	Henrik Norlander	0.364	56
40	Ryan Palmer	0.362	59
41	Adam Long	0.358	71
42	Shane Lowry	0.354	36
43	Keegan Bradley	0.351	57
44	Joel Dahmen	0.336	63
45	Abraham Ancer	0.335	56
45	Kyle Stanley	0.335	43
47	Brooks Koepka	0.322	38
47	Bud Cauley	0.322	58
49	Scott Stallings	0.309	53
50	Sebastián Muñoz	0.308	78
51	Luke List	0.300	59
51	Tyler Duncan	0.300	70
53	Zach Johnson	0.287	54
54	Jon Rahm	0.283	57
55	Charley Hoffman	0.280	48
56	C.T. Pan	0.277	43
57	Adam Scott	0.268	30
58	Kevin Na	0.267	59
59	Adam Hadwin	0.262	54
60	Byeong Hun An	0.256	60
61	Pat Perez	0.252	40
62	Kevin Streelman	0.250	57
63	Chris Baker	0.238	33
63	Danny Lee	0.238	55
65	Kevin Kisner	0.234	56
66	Justin Rose	0.233	33
67	Stewart Cink	0.219	45
68	Cam Davis	0.213	46
69	Bubba Watson	0.208	57
70	Mark Hubbard	0.204	73
71	Mark Anderson	0.192	37
72	Martin Laird	0.187	29
73	Sergio Garcia	0.181	32
74	Jason Kokrak	0.168	51
75	Sam Ryder	0.154	56
76	Lanto Griffin	0.152	80
77	James Hahn	0.150	27
78	Ian Poulter	0.137	38
79	Scott Piercy	0.134	50
80	Robby Shelton	0.127	57
81	Carlos Ortiz	0.122	65
81	Graeme McDowell	0.122	37
83	Sepp Straka	0.119	62
84	Max Homa	0.115	57
84	Si Woo Kim	0.115	60
86	Talor Gooch	0.113	75
87	Ted Potter, Jr.	0.110	34
88	Sungjae Im	0.106	79
89	Aaron Wise	0.104	34
90	Patrick Reed	0.102	65
91	Matthew Wolff	0.099	63
91	Rickie Fowler	0.099	41
93	Josh Teater	0.095	27
94	Matt Fitzpatrick	0.094	44
95	Michael Gellerman	0.088	30
96	Brian Stuard	0.083	64
97	Jordan Spieth	0.082	47
98	Bronson Burgoon	0.055	45
99	Nick Taylor	0.052	50
100	Ryan Armour	0.044	45
101	Chase Seiffert	0.043	36
101	Dylan Frittelli	0.043	68
103	Alex Noren	0.039	45
104	Richy Werenski	0.038	49
105	Cameron Smith	0.020	55
106	Ben Martin	0.016	22
107	Joseph Bramlett	0.015	39
108	Matt Kuchar	0.014	49
108	Tyler McCumber	0.014	38
110	Xinjun Zhang	0.005	59
111	Adam Schenk	0.001	55
112	Sung Kang	0.000	62
113	Brian Harman	-0.018	71
114	Billy Horschel	-0.033	59
115	Hank Lebioda	-0.053	41
116	Ben Taylor	-0.054	28
117	Peter Uihlein	-0.083	33
118	Michael Gligic	-0.089	34
119	Bryson DeChambeau	-0.090	62
120	Tim Wilkinson	-0.101	32
121	Will Gordon	-0.106	22
122	Brice Garnett	-0.114	45
123	Brendon Todd	-0.119	75
124	Aaron Baddeley	-0.122	37
125	Rob Oppenheim	-0.123	45
126	Louis Oosthuizen	-0.126	40
127	Michael Thompson	-0.127	56
128	Bill Haas	-0.128	34
129	Phil Mickelson	-0.129	38
130	Fabián Gómez	-0.137	39
131	Cameron Champ	-0.143	61
132	Jhonattan Vegas	-0.148	37
133	Jason Day	-0.151	40
134	Vaughn Taylor	-0.155	44
135	Rafa Cabrera Bello	-0.166	39
136	Grayson Murray	-0.167	31
137	Andrew Landry	-0.169	56
138	Sam Burns	-0.179	55
139	D.J. Trahan	-0.191	33
140	Chris Stroud	-0.194	36
141	Robert Streb	-0.221	32
142	David Hearn	-0.229	36
143	Denny McCarthy	-0.243	65
144	Doug Ghim	-0.244	28
145	J.J. Spaun	-0.266	48
146	K.H. Lee	-0.274	54
147	Rory Sabbatini	-0.278	50
148	Brian Gay	-0.293	50
149	Bo Hoag	-0.295	49
150	Charles Howell III	-0.300	50
151	Kevin Chappell	-0.304	32
152	Scott Brown	-0.307	50
153	Kristoffer Ventura	-0.314	28
154	Troy Merritt	-0.323	55
155	Ryan Brehm	-0.327	32
156	Brandt Snedeker	-0.336	50
156	Danny Willett	-0.336	32
158	Kevin Tway	-0.350	35
159	Nate Lashley	-0.353	45
160	Seamus Power	-0.358	21
161	Harry Higgs	-0.361	69
162	J.T. Poston	-0.366	63
163	Patton Kizzire	-0.368	47
164	Arjun Atwal	-0.377	20
165	Tommy Fleetwood	-0.378	28
166	Kramer Hickok	-0.384	36
166	Roger Sloan	-0.384	38
168	Mackenzie Hughes	-0.390	62
169	Maverick McNealy	-0.391	58
170	Dominic Bozzelli	-0.393	24
171	Matt Every	-0.400	41
172	Zack Sucher	-0.403	24
173	Keith Mitchell	-0.431	50
173	Peter Malnati	-0.431	47
175	Jim Herman	-0.438	52
175	Matt Jones	-0.438	64
177	Zac Blair	-0.443	50
178	Wes Roach	-0.449	22
179	Patrick Rodgers	-0.465	75
180	Austin Cook	-0.492	48
181	Andrew Putnam	-0.495	32
182	Matt Wallace	-0.554	40
183	Anirban Lahiri	-0.560	23
184	Brandon Hagy	-0.561	36
185	Wyndham Clark	-0.570	46
186	Scott Harrington	-0.579	54
187	Nelson Ledesma	-0.645	24
188	Beau Hossler	-0.710	49
189	Rhein Gibson	-0.757	34
190	Vince Whaley	-0.761	28
191	Sebastian Cappelen	-0.862	35
192	Bo Van Pelt	-1.060	31
193	Martin Trainer	-2.115	39

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 2019-2020 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 2019-2020 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 2019-2020figure 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 2019-2020 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 2019-2020season 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 2019-2020?

Justin Thomas leads the 2019-2020 SG: Approach board with 0.997 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 2019-2020 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.