This Scottie Scheffler 2025 PGA Tour Season Stat Will Blow Your Mind
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The 2025 season got off to a rough start for Scottie Scheffler, but things are already looking more and more like they did last year. After regaining his form following hand surgery last December, he's approaching to be the same player he's been for the past couple of years.
If any doubts remained, golf statistician Justin Ray dispelled them completely by sharing a mind-blowing statistic:
"Scottie Scheffler is now averaging more strokes gained approach per round this season (+1.30) on the PGA Tour than last season (+1.27)," Ray posted on X.
Scottie Scheffler is now averaging more strokes gained approach per round this season (+1.30) on the PGA Tour than last season (+1.27). — Justin Ray (@JustinRayGolf) May 26, 2025
That is a significant fact because this is probably the area of play in which Scheffler excels the most and it contributes significantly to his extraordinary results. He has led the PGA Tour in 'approach the green' in both 2024 and thus far in 2025.
However, the analysis changes a little when considering only the period up to the Charles Schwab Challenge and not the entire 2024 season. By that point a year ago, Scheffler had gained 1.35 strokes approaching the green and had already earned four wins.
The bottom line is that the Ridgewood, New Jersey, native is performing similarly to how he performed in 2024 at this point in the season, though slightly less impressively, which is completely normal considering he started the season late and wasn't at full capacity.
Scottie Scheffler of the United States hits a tee shot on the 17th hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge 2025 at Colonial Country Club on May 25, 2025 in Fort Worth,...
Scottie Scheffler of the United States hits a tee shot on the 17th hole during the final round of the Charles Schwab Challenge 2025 at Colonial Country Club on May 25, 2025 in Fort Worth, Texas. More
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Naturally, Scheffler's approach skills combine with many others within his impressive set. One of the most interesting is his ability to post good scores in difficult and even very difficult course conditions.
According to Betsperts Golf Content Manager Ryan Noonan, Scheffler has been the best player on the PGA Tour in these types of conditions for the past three years — by a significant margin.
For example, the data indicates that he has gained strokes tee-to-green in 96.61% of the rounds he has played under such circumstances.
I was looking at this the other day, and it blew me away.
Last 3 years in difficult or very difficult scoring conditions, he's gained strokes T2G in over 96% of his rounds. (nearly 20% better than Xander at 77.97%) pic.twitter.com/YIbcwbQvRF — Ryan Noonan (@RyNoonan) May 26, 2025
For comparison, the second-best player in this category, Xander Schauffele, trails Scheffler by nearly 20%.
The three-time major winner also has positive records in difficult and very difficult conditions in almost all major statistical categories over the past three years. In fact, the only category he is not gaining at least 60% (50.85%) is putting (his great nemesis).
Given his performance, it's no coincidence that Scheffler has earned all 15 of his PGA Tour victories from 2022 to date, along with two Hero World Challenge titles and an Olympic gold medal.
He is, quite simply, the best in the world.
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