Collin Morikawa

Representing United States on the PGA Tour, Collin Morikawa carries a 85 overall rating and a Surgeon profile, built around iron play graded A+, which leads every other attribute on the card.

• Power B — a step below the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; 59 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy sits at A for Morikawa, top-tier across 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+, Morikawa's iron play rating is among the very best in the pool (99th percentile of 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.
• At B, Morikawa's short game rating is a mild soft spot (33rd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 64 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 Morikawa, 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 sits at A- for Morikawa, well above the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: only 11 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve sits at A for Morikawa, top-tier across 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.
• Consistency A — among the very best in the pool in the 2025–26 pool; only 7 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• At A-, Morikawa'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.

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.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the 2025–26 pool matches this card more closely than J.J. Spaun, Si Woo Kim and Shane Lowry, in that order of similarity.

• J.J. Spaun,
• Si Woo Kim,
• Shane Lowry

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

• U.S. Open — Major
• THE PLAYERS Championship — Flagship
• RBC Heritage — Marquee

At $8M (A tier), Collin Morikawa 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, short game and putting) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Sam Burns ($8M).

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

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.