SG: Approach leaders — 2021-2022 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	Will Zalatoris	1.063	57
2	Russell Henley	0.969	63
3	Collin Morikawa	0.854	48
4	Scottie Scheffler	0.819	66
5	Cameron Smith	0.771	49
6	Hideki Matsuyama	0.711	57
7	Xander Schauffele	0.701	57
8	Justin Thomas	0.696	61
9	Mito Pereira	0.679	75
9	Shane Lowry	0.679	48
11	Tom Hoge	0.664	74
12	Tony Finau	0.659	71
13	Talor Gooch	0.653	55
14	Rory McIlroy	0.626	52
15	Viktor Hovland	0.606	56
16	Corey Conners	0.601	71
17	Luke List	0.594	64
18	Sam Burns	0.554	69
19	Joaquin Niemann	0.527	58
20	Mark Hubbard	0.494	55
21	Aaron Wise	0.489	77
22	Chez Reavie	0.467	75
23	Harold Varner III	0.458	57
24	Luke Donald	0.451	52
25	Russell Knox	0.450	74
26	Martin Laird	0.444	61
27	Hudson Swafford	0.438	48
27	Lanto Griffin	0.438	68
29	Keegan Bradley	0.437	66
30	Matt NeSmith	0.417	78
31	Jordan Spieth	0.416	61
32	Austin Smotherman	0.412	63
33	Erik van Rooyen	0.411	40
34	Jhonattan Vegas	0.396	59
35	Vaughn Taylor	0.386	40
36	Max Homa	0.384	70
37	Lucas Glover	0.368	82
38	Jon Rahm	0.363	55
38	Patrick Cantlay	0.363	52
40	David Lipsky	0.354	72
41	Adam Svensson	0.331	84
41	Sebastián Muñoz	0.331	69
43	Brendan Steele	0.325	62
44	Gary Woodland	0.318	56
45	Sungjae Im	0.308	75
46	Aaron Rai	0.301	69
47	Cameron Tringale	0.294	73
48	Matt Fitzpatrick	0.280	48
49	Adam Hadwin	0.274	76
50	Cam Davis	0.269	76
51	Scott Gutschewski	0.264	38
52	Alex Smalley	0.260	75
53	Adam Scott	0.256	63
53	Chris Kirk	0.256	63
53	Lee Hodges	0.256	83
56	Patton Kizzire	0.213	82
57	C.T. Pan	0.200	71
58	Pat Perez	0.199	51
59	Callum Tarren	0.197	54
60	Joel Dahmen	0.195	74
61	Scott Stallings	0.191	84
62	Chase Seiffert	0.186	37
63	Sahith Theegala	0.185	95
64	Tommy Fleetwood	0.181	40
65	Matthias Schwab	0.180	55
66	Brian Harman	0.177	76
66	Stephan Jaeger	0.177	73
68	John Huh	0.171	61
69	Marc Leishman	0.166	63
70	Andrew Novak	0.164	54
71	Davis Riley	0.161	82
71	Wesley Bryan	0.161	39
73	Doug Ghim	0.158	68
73	Henrik Norlander	0.158	60
75	Tyrrell Hatton	0.153	48
76	Adam Schenk	0.152	77
77	Kurt Kitayama	0.149	46
78	S.Y. Noh	0.147	46
79	Doc Redman	0.146	63
80	Webb Simpson	0.143	52
81	Tyler Duncan	0.133	65
82	Nick Watney	0.131	62
83	Ben Kohles	0.130	45
84	J.J. Spaun	0.127	73
85	Joseph Bramlett	0.125	67
86	Ryan Armour	0.122	35
87	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	0.120	55
88	Satoshi Kodaira	0.118	41
89	Taylor Pendrith	0.115	59
90	Matt Jones	0.107	51
91	Cameron Young	0.098	70
92	Justin Lower	0.093	54
92	Nate Lashley	0.093	61
94	Patrick Rodgers	0.091	69
95	Hayden Buckley	0.086	77
96	Hank Lebioda	0.085	68
97	Si Woo Kim	0.072	81
98	Justin Rose	0.065	38
99	Charles Howell III	0.064	47
100	Adam Long	0.062	76
100	Sam Ryder	0.062	78
102	Greyson Sigg	0.056	72
103	Kevin Streelman	0.054	80
104	Chad Ramey	0.053	55
105	Troy Merritt	0.046	74
106	Emiliano Grillo	0.043	70
107	Kramer Hickok	0.041	74
108	Andrew Putnam	0.032	81
109	Abraham Ancer	0.026	46
109	Jason Kokrak	0.026	51
111	Keith Mitchell	0.024	72
112	Brian Stuard	0.021	69
112	Trey Mullinax	0.021	66
114	J.T. Poston	0.018	80
115	Camilo Villegas	0.017	51
116	Nick Taylor	0.015	69
117	James Hahn	0.013	60
117	Seamus Power	0.013	59
119	Alex Noren	0.002	48
120	Chesson Hadley	-0.003	64
120	Jonathan Byrd	-0.003	43
122	Maverick McNealy	-0.004	73
123	Dylan Frittelli	-0.007	73
124	K.H. Lee	-0.009	86
125	Stewart Cink	-0.013	66
126	Brandon Wu	-0.019	50
127	Peter Malnati	-0.023	87
128	Matt Kuchar	-0.035	60
129	Robert Streb	-0.042	73
130	Ryan Palmer	-0.056	50
131	Denny McCarthy	-0.059	87
132	Brooks Koepka	-0.064	39
133	Brendon Todd	-0.065	70
134	Billy Horschel	-0.067	55
135	Cameron Percy	-0.078	32
136	Brandt Snedeker	-0.081	49
137	Danny Lee	-0.085	40
137	Jason Dufner	-0.085	39
139	Michael Gligic	-0.087	57
140	David Skinns	-0.090	52
141	Charley Hoffman	-0.107	58
142	Matt Wallace	-0.109	49
143	Michael Thompson	-0.133	74
144	Nick Hardy	-0.134	45
145	Jason Day	-0.137	51
146	Carlos Ortiz	-0.141	52
147	Francesco Molinari	-0.142	40
148	Garrick Higgo	-0.155	38
149	Zach Johnson	-0.159	55
150	Rickie Fowler	-0.161	56
151	Kevin Kisner	-0.171	55
152	Cameron Champ	-0.178	47
153	Anirban Lahiri	-0.180	60
154	Jared Wolfe	-0.189	47
155	Taylor Moore	-0.196	78
156	Dylan Wu	-0.204	51
157	Mackenzie Hughes	-0.206	66
158	Ian Poulter	-0.217	36
158	Scott Piercy	-0.217	67
160	Max McGreevy	-0.225	56
161	Dawie van der Walt	-0.240	48
162	Roger Sloan	-0.241	62
163	Paul Barjon	-0.245	63
164	Sepp Straka	-0.247	74
165	Jim Herman	-0.259	43
166	Brice Garnett	-0.266	61
167	Austin Cook	-0.272	53
168	Bo Hoag	-0.306	37
169	Patrick Reed	-0.317	51
170	Branden Grace	-0.318	43
171	Kelly Kraft	-0.323	57
172	Rory Sabbatini	-0.337	50
173	Wyndham Clark	-0.375	75
174	Joshua Creel	-0.409	37
174	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	-0.409	36
176	Danny Willett	-0.458	42
177	Vince Whaley	-0.466	67
178	Brett Drewitt	-0.482	42
179	Sung Kang	-0.488	62
180	Curtis Thompson	-0.505	44
181	Bill Haas	-0.513	68
181	Richy Werenski	-0.513	51
183	Seth Reeves	-0.533	49
184	Brandon Hagy	-0.539	60
185	Jim Knous	-0.555	36
186	Kevin Chappell	-0.590	44
187	Harry Higgs	-0.600	68
188	Matthew Wolff	-0.632	38
189	Kevin Tway	-0.654	67
190	Beau Hossler	-0.666	65
191	Martin Trainer	-0.938	62
192	Lucas Herbert	-0.979	40
193	Jonas Blixt	-1.352	42

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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022figure 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 2021-2022 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 2021-2022season 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 2021-2022?

Will Zalatoris leads the 2021-2022 SG: Approach board with 1.063 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 2021-2022 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.