With the PGA Tour moving back to a calendar-year schedule, every player’s official stats reset when the calendar flipped to 2024. So, now that the Masters Tournament is done and we have more than a handful of events to draw on, statistics become more meaningful and start to reveal who is playing well and who is struggling.
The stat coveted above all others is wins, and Scottie Scheffler is dominating that one with four, including a major. The next stat players really want to lead is money earned, and Scheffler leads that one, too, with a jaw-dropping $18,693,235.
Shifting to on-course stats that help golfers excel at winning tournaments and money, Strokes Gained: Approach the Green is critical. It compares how well a golfer is performing on shots hit from the fairway and off the tee on par 3s, and it does it measured in fractions of a stroke. A positive number means you are better than the tour average, while a negative number means you are giving away strokes. Golfers who are near the top of Strokes Gained: Approach the Green tend to have lots of birdie chances while avoiding big numbers on their scorecards.
Below is a list of the players who lead the PGA Tour in Strokes Gained: Approach the Green heading into the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, along with the irons they typically have in their bag.
