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Rankings Update

The revolving door at the top of our rankings continued this week with Scottie Scheffler overtaking Jon Rahm for the #1 spot. Jason Day and Cameron Young moved into the Top 10, while Tyrrell Hatton and Collin Morikawa moved out.

Top 10 (see all)
Player DG OWGR
Scottie Scheffler 1 1 1 —
Jon Rahm 2 1 3 1
Rory McIlroy 3 — 2 1
Patrick Cantlay 4 — 4 —
Tony Finau 5 — 13 1
Xander Schauffele 6 — 7 —
Max Homa 7 — 6 —
Jason Day 8 5 33 4
Cameron Young 9 8 14 3
Viktor Hovland 10 2 9 —
Notables
Sam Burns 20 4 10 5
Wyndham Clark 23 7 82 8
Lucas Herbert 91 48 51 5
Matt Wallace 102 44 117 58
Pierceson Coody 273 73 184 1
David Skinns 290 81 317 —
Nick Bachem 396 — 273 —
Alex Fitzpatrick 472 23 — —

Day’s climb up the rankings this season has been remarkable: on October 3, 2022 his DG rank was 99th. Since then he’s played 12 events, missing only 1 cut and finishing between 5th and 21st in the other 11. The only thing missing in this comeback now is a win.

Digits Of The Week

0.25

The average skill improvement—in strokes-gained per round—of the past 26 Masters Champions in the 4-month run-up to the tournament.

Explore the varying paths of each Masters Champion since 1997, as well as the current paths of every player in the 2023 field, in this blog post we updated from last year.

Player Feature

Week That Was

Winner Event True SG xWin
M. Wallace PGA — Corales Champ. +2.89 0.038
N. Bachem DPT — Jonsson Workwear +2.45 0.007
S. Burns PGA — WGC-Dell Match Play +2.3 —
T. Kho ASA — World City Champ. +1.81 0.0
D. Skinns KFT — Club Car Champ. +1.76 0.001
D. Toms SNR — The Galleri Classic +1.71 0.0
O. Chouhan CHA — Black Bull Challenge +1.53 0.0
C. Blanchet SAM — de Vicenzo Memorial +1.02 0.0
Explainers: True SG, xWins

Sam Burns beat Cameron Young 6&5 in the final of the WGC-Dell Match Play for his first win of 2023. Unlike a typical PGA Tour event, the SG figures from last week don’t perfectly correlate with finish position. Young led the way in cumulative (true) SG, gaining 25.5 strokes over 112 holes, followed by Rory McIlroy at 22.8 (over 122 holes). On a per-hole basis, it was actually Lucas Herbert—loser to McIlroy in the Round of 16—who led the way, gaining 17.9 strokes in just 70 holes. Sam Burns came in at 5th in overall SG and 14th in SG per hole.

Matt Wallace got his first PGA Tour victory last week at the Corales Puntacana Championship, netting 300 FedExCup points and a 2-year exemption on the PGA Tour. While it was a PGA Tour win in name, the field strength at the Corales was closer to that of an above-average-quality European Tour event.


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Past Issues
67. March vs May (2025-03-12)
66. West Coast Woes (2025-02-26)
65. Scottie's Back (2025-01-29)
64. Where are the Rivalries? (2025-01-15)
63. Tiger Hunting (2024-12-11)
62. Was the FedExCup Fair? (2024-11-28)
61. Prez Cup Picks (2024-08-29)
60. Major Wrap-Up (2024-07-24)
59. Links Season (2024-07-17)
58. Captain Keegan (2024-07-10)
57. Bryson 4.0 (2024-06-19)
56. Newsletter No. 56 (2024-06-12)
55. Valhalla Delivers? (2024-05-22)
54. Major Expectations (2024-05-15)
53. Major Moves (2024-04-17)
52. Masters Tidbits (2024-04-10)
51. On Site at The Players (2024-03-21)
50. Still Top Scheff (2024-03-13)
49. Scottie's Scaries (cont'd) (2024-02-21)
48. Taylor Triumphs (2024-02-15)
47. DG PIP Rankings (2024-02-07)
46. California Kids (2024-01-23)
45. Yuan Goes Yard (2024-01-17)
44. Brain Drain (2024-01-03)
43. LIV Fever (2023-12-06)
42. Nothing Major (2023-11-15)
41. Driving Machine (2023-11-08)
40. How's Traffic? (2023-10-18)
39. Lucky Luke (2023-10-11)
38. Postmortem (2023-10-04)
37. Ryder Cup (2023-09-27)
36. Letzig Returns (2023-09-20)
35. That's a Wrap (2023-08-29)
34. Pick 6 (2023-08-23)
33. Tale of Two Glovers (2023-08-16)
32. Forecasting the FedEx (2023-08-09)
31. Postseason (2023-08-01)
30. Major Letdown (2023-07-25)
29. Underdogs (2023-07-19)
28. Up and Down (2023-07-11)
27. Validation for Rickie (2023-07-05)
26. The Ams Strike Back (2023-06-27)
25. Wyndham Rewarded (2023-06-20)
24. The Show Rolls On (2023-06-13)
23. Scottie's Scaries (2023-06-08)
22. Grillo, Mi Amigo (2023-05-30)
21. Major Koepka (2023-05-23)
20. Glory's Second Shot (2023-05-16)
19. We Meet Again.. (2023-05-09)
18. Big Tone (2023-05-01)
17. Health Check (2023-04-24)
16. Live From Harbour Town (2023-04-17)
15. Phil Thrills (2023-04-11)
14. Down Magnolia Lane We Go (2023-04-03)
13. Peaking for Augusta (2023-03-27)
12. Fall of The DeChambino (2023-03-21)
11. Top Scheff (2023-03-13)
10. Fore Right! (2023-03-06)
9. CH3.. Wins? (2023-02-28)
8. The Rahm Slam (2023-02-21)
7. Garbage Time (2023-02-14)
6. Little Misery (2023-02-07)
5. Rory Returns (2023-01-30)
4. Rahm Threat (2023-01-23)
3. Rising Maverick (2023-01-16)
2. Morikawa's Meltdown (2023-01-09)
1. Introducing Letzig (2023-01-02)