Aaron Rai

Aaron Rai, out of England, rates 81 overall on the PGA Tour — the numbers add up to a Tour Winner, with accuracy the clear peak of the profile at A.

• At D, Rai's power rating is well below the pool average (4th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — nearly the whole pool rates higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy A — top-tier in the 2025–26 pool; no one else in the pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• At A-, Rai's iron play rating is well above the pool average (87th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — only 12 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• At B+, Rai's short game rating is on the stronger side of average (63rd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 35 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting sits at B for Rai, a step below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 56 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• Course IQ B+ — on the stronger side of average in the 2025–26 pool; 36 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve A — top-tier in the 2025–26 pool; only 3 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• At A-, Rai's consistency rating is well above the pool average (81st percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 18 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• At A-, Rai's engine rating is well above the pool average (73rd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 26 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Tour Winner. A solid tour winner's profile — no glaring weakness, a rating comfortably above the pool average, and enough all-around game to be a threat most weeks without a single standout attribute.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the 2025–26 pool matches this card more closely than Collin Morikawa, Viktor Hovland and Shane Lowry, in that order of similarity.

• Collin Morikawa,
• Viktor Hovland,
• Shane Lowry

Of the 24 events on the schedule, U.S. Open, RBC Heritage and The Open Championship suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• U.S. Open — Major
• RBC Heritage — Marquee
• The Open Championship — Major

At $4M (C tier), Aaron Rai leaves $41M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 4 more S-tier chips, or 34 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (power, putting and short game) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Sam Burns ($8M) and Scottie Scheffler ($10M).

• Rory McIlroy ($10M),
• Sam Burns ($8M),
• Scottie Scheffler ($10M)

2026 PGA Championship winner (Aronimink); #3 driving accuracy. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

Every rating on this page is a 1–10 editorial judgment, not a live statistic — see how ratings and the season simulation work.