Ben Kohles

Ben Kohles, out of USA — Texas & South-Central, rates 84 overall on the PGA Tour — the numbers add up to a Surgeon, with iron play the clear peak of the profile at A+.

• Power C — well below the pool average in 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.
• Iron Play sits at A+ for Kohles, elite across the 2025–26 pool: only one other player in the pool rates higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• Short Game sits at A- for Kohles, comfortably above tour-average across the 2025–26 pool: only 12 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting B — a touch below tour-average in 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.
• At A, Kohles's course iq rating is elite (99th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — only one other player in the pool rates higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve sits at B+ for Kohles, a shade above the pool average across 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.
• Consistency A- — comfortably above tour-average in 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.
• Engine B+ — a shade above the pool average in 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.

Surgeon. A surgeon — iron play is the standout attribute, the single biggest scoring lever in the model, and it shows: this profile hits more greens, closer to the pin, than almost anyone else in the pool.

The closest attribute profiles in the 2025–26 pool belong to Shane Lowry (89% similar), Collin Morikawa (87% similar) and Patrick Cantlay (87% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Shane Lowry,
• Collin Morikawa,
• Patrick Cantlay

This profile's course fit lines up best with U.S. Open (Major), THE PLAYERS Championship (Flagship) and The Open Championship (Major) — the three events on the schedule that reward this exact mix of attributes the most.

• U.S. Open — Major
• THE PLAYERS Championship — Flagship
• The Open Championship — Major

At $8M (A tier), Ben Kohles leaves $37M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 3 more S-tier chips, or 30 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (power, putting and nerve) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Sam Burns ($8M) and Scottie Scheffler ($10M).

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

#1 driving accuracy + GIR 2026. Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

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