Hideki Matsuyama

Hideki Matsuyama, out of Asia, rates 83 overall on the PGA Tour — the numbers add up to a Tour Winner, with short game the clear peak of the profile at A.

• 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.
• At B, Matsuyama's accuracy rating is a mild soft spot (42nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 55 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play A- — well above the pool average in 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 A — top-tier in the 2025–26 pool; only 4 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• At B+, Matsuyama's putting rating is a shade above the pool average (68th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 30 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-, Matsuyama's course iq rating is comfortably above tour-average (88th percentile of 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 Matsuyama, a clear strength across the 2025–26 pool: 16 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- — a clear strength 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 sits at B+ for Matsuyama, modestly above average across 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 Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay and Alex Smalley, in that order of similarity.

• Justin Thomas,
• Patrick Cantlay,
• Alex Smalley

This profile's course fit lines up best with The Open Championship (Major), the Memorial Tournament (Marquee) and AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (Marquee) — the three events on the schedule that reward this exact mix of attributes the most.

• The Open Championship — Major
• the Memorial Tournament — Marquee
• AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am — Marquee

At $6M (B tier), Hideki Matsuyama leaves $39M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 3 more S-tier chips, or 32 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (power, accuracy 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.

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