Daniel Berger

Daniel Berger is a PGA Tour pro from United States rated 79 overall (grade B) in the 2025–26 pool — a Tour Winner build headlined by iron play at A-, the standout of the nine zones on this card.

• At B+, Berger's power 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. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• At B+, Berger's accuracy rating is a clear strength (79th percentile of 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 A-, Berger's iron play rating is a clear strength (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.
• Short Game B — a touch below tour-average in 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 C — the clearest weak point in the profile in the 2025–26 pool; 77 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 B for Berger, a touch below tour-average across the 2025–26 pool: 66 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 B+ — a shade above the pool average in 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 sits at B+ for Berger, a shade above the pool average across 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+, Berger's engine rating is modestly above 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 Sepp Straka, Taylor Pendrith and Adam Scott, in that order of similarity.

• Sepp Straka,
• Taylor Pendrith,
• Adam Scott

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

• The Genesis Invitational — Marquee
• PGA Championship — Major
• U.S. Open — Major

At $4M (C tier), Daniel Berger 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 (putting, short game and course iq) include Sam Burns ($8M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Jon Rahm ($10M).

• Sam Burns ($8M),
• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Jon Rahm ($10M)

#11 final-round avg. 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.