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World Ranking 1 Scottie Scheffler<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 17 (9)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Top 5 in 36-of-59 events over the past 3 seasons (61%, he\u2019s more likely to finish Top-5 over this stretch than Shaq was to make a shot during his NBA career: 58.2%). Playing with a lead: +3.85 strokes gained in Round 1\u2019s last season. Rory was closer to Vince Whaley<\/a> in SG: TOTAL\/ROUND than he was to Scheffler.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 2 Rory McIlroy<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 8 (4)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gained 0.57 strokes putting last season, the best mark of his career (other recent seasons: +0.10 in 2023 and +0.12 in 2024). Gained +0.66 SG: Off The Tee last season, good for the field, but his second-worst season (Rory\u2019s worst was 2021: +0.56).<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 3 Tommy Fleetwood<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 12 (5)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lost 0.06 strokes per round on Par 5\u2019s in 2024. He was +0.42 in 2025, ninth best. Top-40 rate has increased in 5 straight seasons, Top 20 in 13 of 19 starts last season.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 4 Xander Schauffele<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

First negative putting season of his career (gained on Poa, lost everywhere else). Missed over 2 months early in the year with a rib injury, but after returning (2 starts), he gained 5+ strokes T2G in 5 of 11 measured events. He finished third in Par 5 scoring average despite the injuries.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 5 Russell Henley<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 10 (3)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gained strokes total in 75% of rounds versus the field last season (among qualifiers, that trailed only Scheffler\u2019s 85%). Among 181 qualifiers last season: 89th OTT, 9th APP, 6th ARG. Henley has finished Top 10 the last two years in both the US Open and Open Championship.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 6 JJ Spaun
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 7 (5)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

5 top 5\u2019s last season (he had 3 over the six seasons prior). 5-year view at SG: APP (ending with 2025): -0.29, 0.20, 0.35, 0.47, 0.66. Spaun\u2019s ball speed has jumped over 7mph since 2021.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 7 Robert MacIntyre<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 6 (2)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

In 3 of the final 4 events last season, MacIntyre lost 4+ strokes T2G and gained 4+ strokes putting. 2025: +1.72 strokes gained per round on difficult courses (otherwise: +0.30). He lost distance in 2025 yet improved in SG: OTT.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 8 Ben Griffin<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 12 (5)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Ended the season with six straight Top 12\u2019s after missing out at The Open. Gained 0.62 strokes per round ball striking last season (essentially broke even in the two years prior: +0.18 and -0.11).<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 9 Justin Thomas<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 8 (4)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Hasn\u2019t gained more than a stroke per round in an event since finishing 2nd at Truist (May 11). Coming off the best putting season of his career (+0.35), Thomas lost OTT for the first time ever (resulting in his SG: BS falling from +0.71 in 2024 to +0.27) while posting the worst SG: APP mark in 10 years. Had back surgery in November and still has no date to return to golf; best case scenario seems like THE PLAYERS.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 10 Justin Rose<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 5 (3)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

After Scheffler and McIlroy, the best SG: TOTAL fourth round player on TOUR last season (+1.72 per round) despite ranking 172nd of all qualifiers in SG: OTT. Flat stick is a given. He has gained strokes, putting in 8 straight seasons, but has lost in BS in 3 of the past 5 seasons, and did miss 50% of cuts in 2025.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 11 Sepp Straka<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 6 (3)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

4th best in SG: TOTAL on easy courses last season (+1.80, was +1.05 otherwise). 1 of 8 players to earn eight figures last season ($10,650,894).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 12 Alex Noren<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Net negative Ball Striking last season and over the past 3 years total. Last 7 PGA TOUR events of last season: three MC\u2019s, three Top-7\u2019s (and a 27th). Last 5 DP World Tour events of last season: two WINS, four Top-20s, and a missed cut. In case you were wondering how Noren got to 12th in the world. Also, he\u2019s not a morning person.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 13 Harris English<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (3)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

3rd best SG: TOTAL on long courses (7400+ Yards) last season (behind only Scheffler and Morikawa. 2025 SG: Putting splits (avg): +1.44 on Bent, -0.17 on Bermuda.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 14 Viktor Hovland<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 3 (2)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The best SG: APP player on tough courses last season (+1.22 per round). Ball speed was his lowest since 2020, still a negative ARG, but -0.14 per round in 2025 was a nice step from a career worst -0.45 in 2024.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 15 Keegan Bradley<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 6 (1)<\/h3>\n

Lost strokes OTT in just 3 of his past 18 events. 4 straight seasons with a win, 2025 his first career season with over 50% of starts resulting in a top 20 (11 of 21, 52.4%).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 16 Collin Morikawa<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (2)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Even in a down year, 3rd among qualifiers in SG: APP last season (Scheffler and Hovland). Worst putter last season (-0.18 avg) among the top-35 finishers in average SG: TOTAL. Still the best player from 100-150 yards.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 17 Hideki Matsuyama<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 1 (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Lost strokes, on average, OTT last season (-0.13), the first time in his career (2024: +0.31 OTT, his best since 2020). Top-5 in scrambling in 3 straight seasons (leads the TOUR over those 3 years, Hughes and McCarthy are 2-3). In December, Hideki won the Hero World Challenge exhibition event, thus beginning and closing his year with a win and zero Top 10s in between.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 18 Ludvig Aberg<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 6 (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

10 times in his career has he gained 2+ strokes ARG: 6 top-8 finishes. Among 181 qualifiers last season: 7th OTT, 139th ARG, 94th Putting.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 19 Cameron Young<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 8 (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gained putting on every surface last season (net negative putting in the two seasons prior). Round 1\u2019s last season: -0.12 per (Rounds 2-4: +0.87). Closed the year with no finish worse than 11th over his final five starts. Including his first win (Wyndham Championship)<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 20 Tyrell Hatton
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 1 (0)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Gained 1.42 strokes per round in BS last season. Top 7 in 7 of the best putting events of his career. Had more wins and Top-5 finishes (5) off LIV than in 13 starts on LIV (2).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 21 Matthew Fitzpatrick
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 5 (0)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2nd best long iron golfer (200+ yards, +20.3 proximity) last season to Scheffler. 1 of 7 to make the cut in all 4 majors AND score under par in total. Finished the year with a win at the DP World Tour Championship.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 22 Maverick McNealy<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 7 (4)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

2020 was his first full-time season; 2025 was his first over that stretch, gaining per round on APP (+0.27). Tied Corey Conners<\/a> for most Top-10\u2019s (7) without a win in 2025<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 23 Aaron Rai<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (0)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Top 40 in 33.3% of starts in 2022, up to 41.7% in 2023, 66.7% in 2024, and 75% in 2025. Gained +1.3 good drives on the field per round, best among qualifiers in 2025. Followed up his T3 at Wentworth with a victory at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship in November.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 24 Sam Burns<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 6 (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

The second-best putter per round among qualifiers last season (+0.89, behind only Taylor Montgomery<\/a>), which was his career best. Coming off of his worst per-round APP year (-0.12) since losing 0.50 in 2019.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 25 Patrick Cantlay<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 5 (1)<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Cantlay<\/s> finish! Rounds 1-3: +1.25 strokes gained per round (Round 4: +0.24).<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 26 Shane Lowry<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 was his best SG: APP of his career (+0.72 per round), but he has lost putting in 5 of the past 6 seasons (exception: 2022). Top-20 in all 4 events during the Florida swing despite losing SG: Putting in 3 of them.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 27 Bryson DeChambeau<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 3 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gained 1.46 strokes per round OTT in 14 PGA events last season (he\u2019s improved each season since leaving for LIV, but he lost 0.07 SG: APP in PGA events). Gained +30.3 strokes in majors last season (4th best: Scheffler, McIlroy, Schauffele) en route to three Top 10s. Won once and finished third in the LIV individual standings in 2025.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 28 Chris Gotterup<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Added 7.3 yards off the tee (SG: OTT rose from +0.25 per round in 2024 to +0.62 in 2025). From mid-April through July, he was a net positive in every SG category besides putting. The longest American player on TOUR in 2025 (min 20 rounds).<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 29 Marco Penge<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 1 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gained +1.61 strokes BS per round in his 10 rounds last season (-0.36 with the putter) Win at Open de Espana earned him entry into the 2026 Masters and Open Championship, while Penge\u2019s three wins overall on the DPWT earned him top spot in the PGA TOUR Eligibility rankings which earned him his full PGA TOUR card and entry into the firts two signature events of 2026.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 30 Corey Conners<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 7 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

4th best SG: TOT on tough courses last season (behind Scheffler, McIlory, and … Harry Hall<\/a>). 3rd in GIR gained per round last season (Scheffler and Rai). He actually gained on the greens for the first time in his career too (+0.11: SG Putting\/per round), which led to only a lone missed cut in 2025, which was in his first start at the Sony Open.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 31 Kristoffer Reitan<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Post April in Europe last season, Reitan notched two wins (most recent: wire-to-wire at Nedbank Golf Challenge in December) and nine Top-10s. Posted a T-30 at The Open Championship last season (under par in rounds 2-3). It was his first Major start since the 2018 US Open, when he qualified at age 18. Has a full PGA TOUR card for 2026.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 32 Michael Brennan<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 1 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Won the Bank of Utah in October, gained +7.6 strokes off the tee. Won 3 times in 6 weeks on the PGA Tour America late last season (August-September).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 33 Max Greyserman<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 3 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

In 2024, Greyserman gained 0.20 strokes per round ball striking, but in 2025, he lost 0.19. Top 30 in 11 of 13 made cuts last season (84.6%).<\/p>\n

READ: Underdog PGA Best Ball Strategy, ADP Targets, Late Round Picks<\/a><\/h2>\n

World Ranking 34 Andrew Novak<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 6 (4)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 was Novak\u2019s worst APP season (-0.05 avg), and best putting season since becoming a full-time pro. 8 career Top 5 finishes, six of them have come before the end of April. Novak won two team events in 2025, the Zurich Classic with Ben Griffin<\/a> and the Grant Thornton Invitational with Lauren Coughlin.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 35 Brian Harman<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lost strokes APP in five of his last six measured events (two disasters in there: -5.7 at Hero and -6.6 at the Memorial). Gained 1.14 strokes per first round (-0.20 in Rounds 2-4). Didn\u2019t finish inside the Top 90 of any of the four major Strokes Gained stats.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 36 Kurt Kitayama<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

28.8% bounce-back rate (4th best: Scheffler, Kuchar, Hall). Was third in going for the green proximity.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 37 Michael Kim<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Top-40 in SG: APP in consecutive seasons, made cut % jump to 81.5% last season from 56.7% in 2024. Won in France and played. One of six players over 70% in sand saves. Played five times on the DPWT after the FedEx Cup playoffs, notching a win (France) and a one Top 10 (India).<\/p>\n

WATCH: <\/a>Michael Kim<\/a> on 2026 Goals, Tips, Travel, Schedule, Courses, LIV, TGL, Brooks<\/a><\/h2>\n
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World Ranking 38 Sami Valimaki<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Last gained at least half a stroke OTT at the Houston Open in late March before his win at the RSM Classic (+1.73 OTT). Excelled at almost every course with a low penalty for missed fairways. SG: APP improved from -0.06 per round in 2024 to +0.51 in 2025. Ended the year with a Win, T2, and T18 in his final three starts. Fourth in putting from 5-10 feet.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 39 Ryan Fox<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Notoriously Streaky: The Kiwi ended last season losing 3+ strokes T2G in four straight measured events (this coming on the heels of gaining 3+ strokes T2G in four straight). Won twice in 2026 (Myrtle Beach and Canadian Open).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 40 Rasmus Hojgaard<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gained 6.3 yards of average distance last season (-0.18 OTT in 2024, up to +0.19 in 2025). Putting splits: -1.01 on Poa, +1.40 on Bermuda. Fifth-highest ball speed of any player with more than 15 measured rounds on the PGA TOUR in 2025.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 41 Patrick Reed<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 1 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Over 0.3 strokes gained in ARG and putting in Majors for 3 straight seasons. 5 measured PGA events since the start of 2024, and he\u2019s gained APP in all of them (+4.7 at the 2025 US Open). Won LIV Dallas. Reed played the most non-LIV events of any LIV player: 13 LIV Starts; 18 other starts (4 Majors; 4 Asian Tour; 10 DPWT).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 42 Ryan Gerard<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Among 181 qualifiers last season: 18th APP (better than Griffin), 151st P (ranked just behind Si Woo and Ben An). Gained 1.4 strokes per first round last season (lost 0.33 per fourth round). First career win came at the Barracuda Championship. Travelled to the Indian Open in December to play the Mauritius Open as his last chance to finish inside the Top 50 and earn an automatic Masters invite. Gerard did so with a second-place finish.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 43 Sungjae Im<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 3 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The best player (min. 50 rounds) in SG: ARG last season (+0.64 per round). Ranked 176th of 181 qualifiers in SG: APP last season (-0.91 avg), almost a full stroke worse than any other year in his career. The worst year of his career by a large margin.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 44 Min Woo Lee<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

2025 SG: Putting splits (avg): -0.41 on Bent, +0.68 on Bermuda. Won the Houston Open last year, then didn\u2019t have a top 45 in any of his next 7 events.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 45 Wyndham Clark<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The wins only come when the putter is HOT. Clark\u2019s 3 best putting weeks are his only 3 career wins (2023 Wells Fargo, 2023 US Open, 2024 AT&T Pro-Am). 85% Top 40 in 2023, 59.1% in 2024, and 43.5% in 2025.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 46 Akshay Bhatia<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gained strokes in APP in 11 of his past 12 measured events (three spikes of over 4 strokes gained). 2025 Putting: -0.41 on Bermuda, +0.32 bent, +0.50 poa, +0.69 Poa Trivialis.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 47 Si Woo Kim<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 3 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Consecutive seasons where he gains more in APP than he punts off in Putting (wasn\u2019t the case for any of the four seasons prior). Gets hot: 3 streaks of 3+ top-25 finishes in a row in 2025.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 48 John Keefer
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Full status in 2026 by way of leading Korn Ferry in points (67.95 scoring average broke the KFT record). Two wins and 13 Top-15 finishes on KFT. T7 and T12 in three PGA Swing Season starts.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 49 Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 1 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Three measured events last season: lost putting in all of them, but was a cumulative +24.5 T2G in those 10 rounds (Valspar, PGA Championship, US Open). Won the Crown Australian Open in December to jump from No. 82 inside the Top 50. Only three players hit the ball higher on average.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 50 Sam Stevens<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (3)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Needs to run a hot putter to cash tickets. 7 career Top-10 finishes in tracked events, and he averages 5.2 SG: Putting in them. 24 cuts led the tour (31 events played, TOUR high 108 rounds). Was the highest scoring player in Underdog Best Ball Fantasy contests in 2025.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 51 Nicolas Echavarria
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The putter can heat up in a hurry … gained over 4 strokes with the flat stick in five measured events since Valspar (late March). Gained 0.56 strokes putting last season (the first positive season of his career) … has gained SG: APP (even if barely) in consecutive seasons<\/p>\n

World Ranking 52 Taylor Pendrith<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

After losing strokes ARG in 9 straight, Pendrith gained in 7 of 9 to end last season. SG: Ball Striking has increased in consecutive seasons, but hasn\u2019t gained SG: ARG since going full-time.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 53 Billy Horschel<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lost ground OTT in 10 of 15 events last season (lost over a stroke OTT in four of his five most recent events). Gained +0.16 strokes in APP per round last season (his best mark since 2018, albeit in a limited sample). Was out with a hip injury from mid-April (Heritage) until mid-September (Wentworth).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 54 Matt McCarty<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 3 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

More top 20\u2019s (9) than missed cuts (8) last season. Red-hot putter fueled his late-season spike last year (three top-15\u2019s in his final four starts, and he gained over four strokes putting in each of those three).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 55 Jason Day<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Nearly a year since the last event where he gained over a stroke APP (AT&T Pro-Am, February). Past 3 seasons, Top-25 in 29 of his 61 events (49 made cuts)<\/p>\n

World Ranking 56 Nick Taylor<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s):3 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming off the best SG: Ball Striking of his career (+0.36), Taylor (+0.02) off the tee for the first time since 2021. Top 25 in the last four measured events in which he gained APP.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 57 Thomas Detry<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Waste Management win proving to be an outlier: gained 8.4 strokes putting that week (lost in 10 of 16 measured events the rest of the way, gained more than 2 strokes P in just one of those 16 events). Net negative T2G in three straight seasons (-0.19 per round last season, career worst). Joined LIV Tour in January.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 58 JT Poston
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Made Cut rate has increased in four straight seasons (77.8% in 2025), but Top 10\u2019s fell from 6 in 2024 to 2 last season. Dangerous when the putter warms: Top 25 in 10 of his top 15 career putting weeks (includes five podium finishes).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 59 Laurie Canter<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

7 career measured events, once he has gained over a stroke T2G (he\u2019s lost over a stroke four times). Came second in the DPWT PGA TOUR Card rankings but opted for returning to LIV after a year’s absence. Five Top 3 finishes on DPWT with a win.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 60 Jayden Schaper
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Went nuclear on the DPWT from October on. Schaper didn\u2019t finish outside the Top 25 in any of his final seven starts, posted five Top-6 finishes, and ended the year with back-to-back wins in South Africa and Mauritius. He went from No. 196 to No. 60 in a two-month stretch and is now the highest-ranked South African player in the world.<\/p>\n

T-2, Win, Win in a 3-start Euro stretch in December<\/p>\n

World Ranking 61 Harry Hall<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 5 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Among 181 qualifiers last season: 113th OTT, 18th ARG, 4th Putting. 68.8 scoring average (second to Scheffler\u2019s 68.0).<\/p>\n

World Ranking 62 Lucas Glover<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 5 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

SG: APP was +0.12 per round in 2025, his best since 2017 and a third straight season of improvement. Five straight seasons with multiple Top 5 finishes, but just two wins over the past four years in 102 starts. They came back-to-back weeks in 2023. Was second in avg. proximity.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 63 Daniel Berger<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gained 0.88: Ball Striking last season (couldn\u2019t convert: -0.17 ARG and -0.12 P), good for 10th. His -0.17 SG: ATG was his first time in the negatives since 2018. Berger finished Top 30 in ten of his first 12 events of 2025, then\u2026<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 64 Adam Scott<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Only twice last season did he gain APP and Putting in the same event (Valspar and US Open). Since 2024 (min. 75 rounds), 5th in SG: Par 5 (Scheffler, Schauffele, Springer, McIlroy). Zero Top 10s in 2025 on the PGA TOUR, but notched 7th and 5th place finishes to close the year in Australia.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 65 Thriston Lawrence<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 1 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Enters 2026 having gained OTT in each of his past 9 measured events. 12 missed cuts in 19 events (only two top 40s). Won the Omega European Masters in August. Has won a tournament somewhere in the world seven of the last eight years.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 66 Garrick Higgo<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 5 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

The best Par 3 player on TOUR last season (avg: +0.64 SG: Par 3). 4.96 birdies per round in 2025 (Scheffler second at 4.70). Loves beating up on easy courses.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 67 Max McGreevy<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Gained OTT in 10 of the final 12 measured events in 2025. 31 events in 2025 (T-2nd most, had 4 top-15 finishes). Qualified for the first two signature events of 2026.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 68 Michael Thorbjornsen<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 5 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

One of four golfers with an average driving distance over 304 yards and 60%+ Fairways: Thorbjornsen, Keith Mitchell<\/a>, Cameron Champ<\/a>, Pierceson Coody<\/a>. 73.6% GIR, tops on tour in 2025. Need to start spiking with his putter periodically if he wants to break through.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 69 Rico Hoey<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 6 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hoey is Scottie Scheffler<\/a> if Scheffler couldn\u2019t chip or putt. No joke. He led qualifiers in SG: OTT last season (+0.80 per round; Scheffler and McIlroy were 2-3), and gained 1.34 strokes BS, second only to Scottie. He lost most of those gains back on the greens (-0.97\/Round). PER ROUND!!!!<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 70 Denny McCarthy<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Lost OTT in his final seven measured events of 2025. Can he gain ARG? Top-10 in 8 of 13 events when gaining 3+ strokes ARG.<\/p>\n

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World Ranking 71 Bud Cauley<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (1)<\/strong><\/p>\n

17 measured events last season, gained T2G in 13 of them (over 4 strokes gained in 6 of them). high floor: Top 30 in 8 of his 11 made cuts last season.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 72 Brian Campbell<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 2 (2)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Won John Deere and Mexico. Lost strokes OTT and ARG in all five of his measured events since. 2 wins in his 24 starts last season, only one other Top 30.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 73 Daniel Brown<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

T-10 in the 2024 Open Championship (R1 solo FRL with a 65). Two wins in Europe, -15 and -22 winning scores. Full PGA TOUR card now.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 74 Adrien Saddier<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Played in 4 events last summer (16th at ISCO, 3rd at Barbasol). Those were his only measured events, gained 10.6 T2G and 9.8 Putting. Won in Italy and finished second at the BMW PGA Championship at Wentworth to Alex Noren<\/a>. That was enough to earn his PGA TOUR card.<\/p>\n

World Ranking 75 Jordan Spieth<\/a>
\n2025 Top 10s (Top 3s): 4 (0)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Twice as likely to be cut (4) as post a top-10 finish (2) in majors since 2022. Finished above average in all four main strokes gained categories, but outside the Top 30 in each.<\/p>\n

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