SG: Approach leaders — 2022-2023 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	Scottie Scheffler	1.194	74
2	Collin Morikawa	1.012	62
3	Xander Schauffele	0.880	62
4	Jon Rahm	0.878	60
5	Tony Finau	0.789	73
6	Gary Woodland	0.741	74
7	Rickie Fowler	0.740	81
8	Rory McIlroy	0.721	58
9	Tom Hoge	0.706	85
10	Tom Kim	0.655	76
11	Viktor Hovland	0.610	70
12	Hideki Matsuyama	0.609	70
13	Kevin Roy	0.574	53
14	Mark Hubbard	0.572	89
15	Lucas Glover	0.566	80
16	Patrick Cantlay	0.564	62
17	Justin Rose	0.560	54
18	Russell Henley	0.556	73
19	Eric Cole	0.545	109
20	Russell Knox	0.540	84
21	Corey Conners	0.534	75
22	Ryan Moore	0.522	64
23	Sepp Straka	0.509	77
24	Sam Ryder	0.484	88
25	Andrew Putnam	0.476	90
26	Max Homa	0.475	77
27	Tommy Fleetwood	0.462	62
28	Shane Lowry	0.461	56
29	Wyndham Clark	0.436	86
30	Tyrrell Hatton	0.419	66
31	Charley Hoffman	0.408	58
32	Alex Smalley	0.407	93
33	Akshay Bhatia	0.394	58
34	Chris Kirk	0.392	76
35	Aaron Rai	0.384	87
36	Nick Taylor	0.370	75
37	Joseph Bramlett	0.368	68
38	Chez Reavie	0.367	85
39	Justin Thomas	0.362	67
40	Davis Riley	0.361	76
41	Nicolai Højgaard	0.360	34
42	Chesson Hadley	0.343	78
43	David Lipsky	0.330	81
44	Si Woo Kim	0.321	86
45	Ben Martin	0.318	80
45	Nate Lashley	0.318	84
47	J.T. Poston	0.296	86
48	Adam Schenk	0.293	98
49	Kurt Kitayama	0.285	55
50	Adam Svensson	0.278	103
51	J.J. Spaun	0.268	83
52	Luke List	0.267	83
53	Dylan Wu	0.253	79
54	Ryan Gerard	0.250	49
55	C.T. Pan	0.247	39
56	Matt NeSmith	0.245	84
57	Keegan Bradley	0.237	67
58	Chris Stroud	0.229	41
59	Michael Kim	0.224	69
60	Ryan Palmer	0.223	65
61	Nick Hardy	0.221	89
62	Emiliano Grillo	0.213	88
62	Stephan Jaeger	0.213	107
64	Adam Hadwin	0.210	81
65	Greyson Sigg	0.207	89
66	Kevin Yu	0.204	48
67	Brendon Todd	0.200	86
68	Lee Hodges	0.180	89
69	Sahith Theegala	0.175	86
70	Doug Ghim	0.174	74
71	Jordan Spieth	0.173	62
72	Matt Wallace	0.172	67
73	Callum Tarren	0.168	82
74	Alex Noren	0.162	73
75	Cam Davis	0.160	80
76	Will Gordon	0.154	89
77	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	0.151	79
78	Kevin Streelman	0.142	85
79	Harris English	0.138	82
80	Robby Shelton	0.125	83
81	Kevin Chappell	0.121	36
82	Satoshi Kodaira	0.115	43
83	Joel Dahmen	0.114	73
84	Brandon Wu	0.113	85
85	Denny McCarthy	0.102	88
86	Jason Dufner	0.101	69
87	Sungjae Im	0.095	85
88	Zac Blair	0.093	63
89	Ben Griffin	0.086	90
90	Vincent Norrman	0.084	65
91	Justin Lower	0.073	80
92	Cameron Young	0.072	67
93	Carson Young	0.066	75
94	K.H. Lee	0.063	82
95	Erik van Rooyen	0.056	56
96	Peter Kuest	0.052	39
97	Webb Simpson	0.051	53
98	Byeong Hun An	0.048	89
99	Andrew Novak	0.037	68
100	Matt Kuchar	0.035	79
101	Trey Mullinax	0.032	67
102	Austin Eckroat	0.015	72
103	Taylor Pendrith	0.014	80
104	Sung Kang	0.013	31
105	Brian Harman	0.008	79
106	Henrik Norlander	-0.004	68
107	Ludvig Åberg	-0.006	45
108	Matti Schmid	-0.016	52
109	Scott Piercy	-0.017	70
110	Jason Day	-0.020	64
111	Patton Kizzire	-0.029	83
112	Taylor Moore	-0.039	81
113	Martin Laird	-0.042	68
114	Ryan Armour	-0.043	67
115	Sam Stevens	-0.049	83
116	Matt Fitzpatrick	-0.053	63
117	Aaron Baddeley	-0.055	59
118	Thomas Detry	-0.056	67
118	William McGirt	-0.056	37
120	Cody Gribble	-0.059	50
120	Patrick Rodgers	-0.059	84
122	Cameron Champ	-0.061	59
122	David Lingmerth	-0.061	59
124	Austin Smotherman	-0.063	81
125	Justin Suh	-0.068	97
126	Troy Merritt	-0.075	70
127	Ben Taylor	-0.085	85
128	Cameron Percy	-0.091	45
129	Sam Burns	-0.100	73
130	Hayden Buckley	-0.104	65
131	Stewart Cink	-0.108	66
132	Jimmy Walker	-0.120	76
133	Billy Horschel	-0.122	53
134	Tyler Duncan	-0.125	79
135	Kramer Hickok	-0.132	78
136	Doc Redman	-0.134	67
137	Brice Garnett	-0.137	63
138	Scott Stallings	-0.138	67
139	Zecheng Dou	-0.142	76
140	Kevin Tway	-0.150	80
141	James Hahn	-0.159	69
142	Carl Yuan	-0.164	69
143	Adam Scott	-0.169	52
144	Trevor Cone	-0.179	63
145	Harrison Endycott	-0.184	68
146	Nick Watney	-0.191	55
147	Sean O'Hair	-0.193	31
148	Augusto Núñez	-0.196	58
149	Davis Thompson	-0.198	87
150	Brandon Matthews	-0.209	42
151	Danny Willett	-0.213	53
152	Hank Lebioda	-0.221	42
153	Robert Streb	-0.229	62
154	Mackenzie Hughes	-0.230	71
155	Chad Ramey	-0.239	89
156	Kelly Kraft	-0.245	73
157	Scott Harrington	-0.246	57
158	Beau Hossler	-0.263	88
159	Maverick McNealy	-0.269	49
160	Keith Mitchell	-0.288	74
161	Garrick Higgo	-0.291	90
161	Tyson Alexander	-0.291	70
163	Harry Hall	-0.304	74
164	Zach Johnson	-0.310	56
165	Peter Malnati	-0.312	76
166	Austin Cook	-0.319	56
167	S.Y. Noh	-0.335	46
168	Brian Stuard	-0.352	50
169	Seamus Power	-0.354	65
170	MJ Daffue	-0.374	74
171	Lanto Griffin	-0.405	45
172	Nico Echavarria	-0.416	55
173	Wesley Bryan	-0.423	31
174	S.H. Kim	-0.435	97
175	Paul Haley II	-0.441	69
176	Tano Goya	-0.445	65
177	Matthias Schwab	-0.446	81
178	Adam Long	-0.449	86
179	Lucas Herbert	-0.496	48
180	Kyle Westmoreland	-0.510	58
181	Jonathan Byrd	-0.515	37
181	Taylor Montgomery	-0.515	85
183	Michael Gligic	-0.534	52
184	Ryan Brehm	-0.554	67
185	Jim Herman	-0.579	62
186	Dylan Frittelli	-0.620	59
187	Martin Trainer	-0.650	38
188	Brent Grant	-0.674	57
189	Trevor Werbylo	-0.757	58
190	Max McGreevy	-0.790	64
191	Richy Werenski	-0.802	72
192	Harry Higgs	-0.844	59
193	Andrew Landry	-0.911	63

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 2022-2023 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 2022-2023 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 2022-2023figure 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 2022-2023 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 2022-2023season 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 2022-2023?

Scottie Scheffler leads the 2022-2023 SG: Approach board with 1.194 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 2022-2023 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.