Who Is Playing the Best Golf on the PGA Tour Right Now

The PGA Championship is five days away. Before the year’s second Major takes centre stage at Quail Hollow, the Statz ratings data gives us a clear picture of who is carrying the sharpest game into the week. We pulled the last 16 and 24 rounds from statz.ai/golf/ratings – strokes gained and traditional – to find the players riding genuine form right now.

Cameron Young: The Hottest Name in Golf

Cameron Young sits top of the SG total rankings over the last 24 rounds at +2.30 strokes per round. Over the last 16, he is second only to Jackson Koivun at +2.36. It is not a coincidence – Young won the Cadillac Championship two weeks ago and has been one of the most consistent performers on Tour since January.

The numbers tell the story across every department. Young is gaining +0.79 SG off the tee – second best on Tour. He is picking up +0.73 on approach. His scrambling sits at 72.99% and he is averaging 309.9 yards off the tee. This is a complete game firing on all cylinders.

Ludvig Aberg: The Swede Who Does Everything

Second in both the L24 (+2.12) and L16 (+2.28) SG total rankings, Ludvig Aberg is quietly building one of the most complete stat profiles on Tour. He is gaining +0.81 strokes per round on approach (eighth best on Tour), averaging 315.9 yards off the tee, and is hitting greens in regulation at 67.8%.

The Swede is world number 18 and still only 24. His standard deviation of 2.77 in SG total is not unusually high – this is a player who shows up every week, not just when things fall right. Going into a Major, that kind of consistency matters.

Scottie Scheffler: World Number 1, Still Delivering

World number 1 Scottie Scheffler is third in SG total over the last 24 rounds at +1.80 per round. His putting has sharpened at +0.44 SG per round over L24, and he is the best player on Tour around the greens at +0.58 SG ARG. The one area ceding ground is approach play at +0.22 – below where you would expect the world number 1. But when the putter is running hot, Scheffler is almost impossible to beat.

The Hottest Putter on Tour: Jackson Koivun

If you have not heard of Jackson Koivun, the Statz ratings data is going to make you sit up. The 25-year-old American ranks number 1 on Tour for SG putting over the last 24 rounds at an extraordinary +1.051 per round. Over the last 16 rounds, he leads the entire Tour in SG total at +2.62 – ahead of Young, Aberg and Scheffler.

He is also world number 178. The gap between his current form numbers and his ranking is striking. He is gaining off the tee at +0.57 and averaging 313.7 yards. The putting is the engine right now – that kind of number sustains results, and the market has not caught up yet.

Collin Morikawa: The Best Ball-Striker Going

Nobody is hitting it closer from the fairway. Collin Morikawa ranks first on Tour in SG approach over the last 24 rounds at +1.049 per round. He is also leading in greens in regulation at 71.99% – the highest GIR average of any player in the top 20 of the overall SG total rankings.

The problem has always been the putter, and the data confirms it: -0.38 SG putting over the last 24 rounds. That is costing him roughly 1.5 shots per tournament. Fix the flat stick and Morikawa is a genuine title contender anywhere. On any course that rewards ball-striking – and Quail Hollow does exactly that – he is dangerous even without it.

Matt Fitzpatrick: Two Wins and Flying

Two wins in consecutive weeks – the RBC Heritage and the Zurich Classic – have pushed Matt Fitzpatrick to fourth in the L16 SG total rankings at +2.16. He is gaining +0.54 on approach and +0.57 around the greens over the last 24 rounds. The short game is elite, the accuracy is elite at 66.85% fairways hit, and the form is as hot as anyone on Tour.

McIlroy and Schauffele: The Contenders Waiting to Peak

Rory McIlroy leads the Tour in SG off the tee over the last 24 rounds at +0.893 per round. Nobody is driving it better. His overall SG total sits at +1.05, ranking him 17th. The putting (-0.32) and short game (-0.07 SG ARG) are the drag. When those two areas click, McIlroy moves to the top of any leaderboard fast – and at a Major where distance off the tee is a genuine advantage, his number 1 stat matters.

Xander Schauffele is ninth in SG total over the last 24 rounds at +1.21. He is gaining on approach (+0.62) and off the tee (+0.44). Solid numbers, not spectacular – but Schauffele has a habit of raising his game when the stakes are highest.

The Biggest Mover: Kevin Roy

The Statz trending data tracks which players have improved the most over their most recent eight rounds versus the prior eight. The biggest mover on Tour right now is Kevin Roy – a swing of +2.58 strokes per round. His recent eight-round SG total average is +1.86 per round. His prior eight? -0.72. He finished T4 at the ONEflight Myrtle Beach Classic last week, posting -16. A name worth adding to your watchlist.

The Last Result: Truist Championship

The most recent result on Tour was Kristoffer Reitan winning the Truist Championship at -15. He edged Rickie Fowler and Nicolai Hojgaard, both at -13. Ludvig Aberg finished eighth at -10, a solid result that keeps his form numbers pointing in the right direction heading into the PGA Championship.

Rickie Fowler deserves a mention in this context. He ranks 18th in SG total over the last 24 rounds at +1.05, and that Truist runner-up suggests the putter is back at +0.49 per round. Fowler in form is a story the game has been waiting for.

The Form Table: Hot Hands Heading Into the PGA

Player	SG Total (L16)	SG Total (L24)	Best SG Category
Jackson Koivun	+2.62	+1.69	SG Putting #1 (+1.05)
Cameron Young	+2.36	+2.30	SG OTT #2 (+0.79)
Ludvig Aberg	+2.28	+2.12	SG Approach #8 (+0.81)
Matt Fitzpatrick	+2.16	+1.42	SG ARG #2 (+0.57)
Scottie Scheffler	+1.76	+1.80	SG ARG #1 (+0.58)
Collin Morikawa	–	+1.37	SG Approach #1 (+1.05)

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