SG: Approach leaders — 2025 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	1.291	72
2	Viktor Hovland	0.945	57
3	Collin Morikawa	0.765	66
3	Shane Lowry	0.765	61
5	J.J. Spaun	0.738	76
6	Tommy Fleetwood	0.711	66
7	Sepp Straka	0.677	68
8	Henrik Norlander	0.667	69
8	Rico Hoey	0.667	76
10	Ben Kohles	0.656	65
11	Nicolai Højgaard	0.600	42
12	Xander Schauffele	0.578	52
13	Russell Henley	0.577	66
14	Akshay Bhatia	0.575	79
15	Patrick Cantlay	0.564	66
16	Zac Blair	0.537	43
17	Doug Ghim	0.531	74
18	Sami Valimaki	0.516	69
19	Hideki Matsuyama	0.483	73
20	Victor Perez	0.479	73
21	Aaron Rai	0.476	63
22	Ben Griffin	0.466	95
23	Lee Hodges	0.465	62
24	Antoine Rozner	0.462	57
25	Lucas Glover	0.458	67
26	Ryan Gerard	0.457	88
27	Daniel Berger	0.456	67
28	Nick Taylor	0.427	72
29	Si Woo Kim	0.425	89
30	Thomas Rosenmueller	0.406	57
31	Greyson Sigg	0.392	61
32	Kurt Kitayama	0.389	67
33	Chris Kirk	0.388	71
34	Bud Cauley	0.377	65
35	Michael Kim	0.368	83
36	Gary Woodland	0.364	72
37	Mac Meissner	0.340	72
38	Justin Thomas	0.325	70
39	Corey Conners	0.315	73
40	Robert MacIntyre	0.312	78
41	Tom Hoge	0.311	79
42	Kevin Yu	0.310	78
43	Emiliano Grillo	0.303	79
43	Ryan Fox	0.303	64
45	David Skinns	0.291	59
46	Andrew Putnam	0.287	62
47	Joseph Bramlett	0.281	34
48	Maverick McNealy	0.280	85
49	Keegan Bradley	0.278	73
50	Matteo Manassero	0.274	39
51	Jackson Suber	0.270	61
52	Chan Kim	0.269	63
53	David Lipsky	0.266	60
54	Austin Eckroat	0.252	74
55	Justin Rose	0.250	49
56	Luke Clanton	0.243	50
57	Adam Svensson	0.238	63
58	Jordan Spieth	0.230	60
59	Stephan Jaeger	0.220	79
60	John Pak	0.213	57
61	Thorbjørn Olesen	0.209	67
62	Denny McCarthy	0.202	81
62	Steven Fisk	0.202	63
64	Eric Cole	0.189	93
65	Keith Mitchell	0.172	69
66	Adam Scott	0.170	58
67	Joel Dahmen	0.163	59
68	Rory McIlroy	0.157	50
69	Lanto Griffin	0.153	58
70	Tom Kim	0.152	74
71	Ryo Hisatsune	0.151	76
72	Nate Lashley	0.147	47
73	Patrick Fishburn	0.144	69
74	Nick Dunlap	0.131	66
75	Taylor Pendrith	0.128	77
76	Jhonattan Vegas	0.123	62
76	Matt Fitzpatrick	0.123	66
76	Michael Thorbjornsen	0.123	65
79	Seamus Power	0.107	69
80	Matt Kuchar	0.098	57
81	Matt Wallace	0.093	55
82	Mark Hubbard	0.091	80
83	Davis Thompson	0.087	81
84	Nick Hardy	0.086	47
85	Alex Smalley	0.083	70
86	Nico Echavarria	0.081	68
87	J.T. Poston	0.076	83
88	Carson Young	0.072	60
88	Max McGreevy	0.072	70
90	Brian Harman	0.069	78
91	Ricky Castillo	0.060	64
91	Trey Mullinax	0.060	56
93	Matti Schmid	0.059	61
94	Pierceson Coody	0.058	34
95	Karl Vilips	0.042	53
95	Rickie Fowler	0.042	71
97	Sam Ryder	0.041	76
98	Ludvig Åberg	0.037	60
99	Kevin Roy	0.032	66
100	Erik van Rooyen	0.017	61
101	Paul Peterson	0.011	49
102	Zach Johnson	0.009	39
103	Ben Martin	0.007	44
104	Jake Knapp	0.003	74
105	Chris Gotterup	-0.013	72
106	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-0.014	77
107	Harry Hall	-0.017	84
108	Camilo Villegas	-0.019	56
109	Brandt Snedeker	-0.027	56
110	Brian Campbell	-0.028	55
111	Max Greyserman	-0.030	76
112	Justin Lower	-0.032	66
113	Andrew Novak	-0.036	81
113	Kristoffer Ventura	-0.036	68
115	Vince Whaley	-0.054	76
116	Matt McCarty	-0.055	72
117	Chandler Phillips	-0.064	67
118	Will Gordon	-0.069	50
119	Harris English	-0.070	76
120	Adam Schenk	-0.088	61
121	Rasmus Højgaard	-0.098	54
122	Thriston Lawrence	-0.099	41
123	Chad Ramey	-0.107	65
124	Jacob Bridgeman	-0.111	86
125	Jason Day	-0.113	53
126	Garrick Higgo	-0.114	31
127	Sam Burns	-0.118	84
128	Patton Kizzire	-0.122	57
129	Cameron Young	-0.124	81
130	Hayden Buckley	-0.127	41
130	Jesper Svensson	-0.127	75
132	Patrick Rodgers	-0.129	84
133	Isaiah Salinda	-0.133	59
134	Sahith Theegala	-0.134	59
135	Tony Finau	-0.135	62
136	Danny Walker	-0.136	51
137	Aldrich Potgieter	-0.137	44
138	Trevor Cone	-0.149	53
139	Alejandro Tosti	-0.162	43
140	Noah Goodwin	-0.164	53
140	Thomas Detry	-0.164	75
142	Mackenzie Hughes	-0.171	81
143	Harry Higgs	-0.177	66
143	Niklas Nørgaard	-0.177	44
145	Jeremy Paul	-0.182	54
146	Cam Davis	-0.197	60
147	Taylor Moore	-0.207	68
148	Taylor Montgomery	-0.236	52
149	Sam Stevens	-0.250	98
150	William Mouw	-0.257	53
151	Brice Garnett	-0.270	61
152	Hayden Springer	-0.281	56
152	Rikuya Hoshino	-0.281	30
154	Wyndham Clark	-0.284	66
155	Max Homa	-0.285	65
156	Kevin Velo	-0.291	47
157	Matthew Riedel	-0.308	48
158	Byeong Hun An	-0.318	81
159	Quade Cummins	-0.345	62
160	Joe Highsmith	-0.362	70
161	Luke List	-0.372	63
162	Kaito Onishi	-0.378	40
163	Tim Widing	-0.384	36
164	Takumi Kanaya	-0.401	55
165	Beau Hossler	-0.412	80
166	Min Woo Lee	-0.430	56
167	Adam Hadwin	-0.455	76
168	Ben Silverman	-0.457	63
169	Cristobal Del Solar	-0.458	53
169	Davis Riley	-0.458	66
171	Matthieu Pavon	-0.479	70
172	Rafael Campos	-0.528	67
173	Taylor Dickson	-0.620	51
174	Peter Malnati	-0.640	60
175	Frankie Capan III	-0.672	57
176	Mason Andersen	-0.824	45
177	Braden Thornberry	-0.879	46
178	Will Chandler	-0.916	59
179	Sungjae Im	-0.984	82
180	Ryan Palmer	-1.417	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 2025 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 2025 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 180 players — every player the Tour published a 2025figure 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 2025 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 2025season 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 2025?

Scottie Scheffler leads the 2025 SG: Approach board with 1.291 strokes gained per round, per the Tour's published season figures and rank. The full list of 180 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 2025 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.