Alex Noren

Alex Noren, out of Nordics, rates 80 overall on the PGA Tour — the numbers add up to a Tour Winner, with putting the clear peak of the profile at A+.

• At C, Noren's power rating is well below the pool average (15th 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 B+ — well above the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; 20 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• At B, Noren's iron play rating is a genuine liability (27th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 69 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game sits at B+ for Noren, modestly above average across 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 A+ for Noren, elite across the 2025–26 pool: only one other player in the pool rates higher. Holing putts, especially the ones inside ten feet that turn pars into birdies.
• At B+, Noren's course iq rating is on the stronger side of average (62nd percentile of 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.
• At B+, Noren's nerve rating is on the stronger side of average (52nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 46 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• At B+, Noren's consistency rating is a shade above the pool average (56th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 42 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• At B+, Noren's engine rating is on the stronger side of average (52nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 46 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 Denny McCarthy, Harris English and Jacob Bridgeman, in that order of similarity.

• Denny McCarthy,
• Harris English,
• Jacob Bridgeman

This profile's course fit lines up best with Travelers Championship (Marquee), TOUR Championship (Playoff) and WM Phoenix Open (Tour event) — the three events on the schedule that reward this exact mix of attributes the most.

• Travelers Championship — Marquee
• TOUR Championship — Playoff
• WM Phoenix Open — Tour event

At $4M (C tier), Alex Noren 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, iron play and accuracy) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Tommy Fleetwood ($10M).

• Rory McIlroy ($10M),
• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Tommy Fleetwood ($10M)

Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

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