Davis Thompson

Davis Thompson is a PGA Tour pro from United States rated 81 overall (grade B) in the 2025–26 pool — a Tour Winner build headlined by engine at A, the standout of the nine zones on this card.

• At B+, D. Thompson'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.
• Accuracy B+ — comfortably above tour-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 A-, D. Thompson'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.
• Short Game sits at B+ for D. Thompson, 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.
• At C, D. Thompson's putting rating is well below the pool average (19th percentile of 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 A- for D. Thompson, 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 B+ — modestly above 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 D. Thompson, 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.
• Engine A — elite in the 2025–26 pool; only 6 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 Tom Kim, Viktor Hovland and Alex Smalley, in that order of similarity.

• Tom Kim,
• Viktor Hovland,
• Alex Smalley

Of the 24 events on the schedule, THE PLAYERS Championship, U.S. Open 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.

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

At $4M (C tier), Davis Thompson 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, power and accuracy) include Sam Burns ($8M), Rory McIlroy ($10M) and Scottie Scheffler ($10M).

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

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.