J.J. Spaun

Representing United States on the PGA Tour, J.J. Spaun carries a 82 overall rating and a Tour Winner profile, built around iron play graded A, which leads every other attribute on the card.

• Power B+ — a shade above the pool average in 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 sits at A- for Spaun, a clear strength across the 2025–26 pool: only 10 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play A — elite in the 2025–26 pool; only 3 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• At B+, Spaun's short game rating is on the stronger side of average (63rd percentile of 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.
• Putting sits at C for Spaun, a genuine liability across 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.
• At B+, Spaun's course iq rating is a shade above the pool average (62nd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 36 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 sits at A for Spaun, among the very best in the pool 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- — 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.

Tour Winner. A dependable, above-average build across the board. Nothing here is a true weakness, and nothing is a true signature strength either — just a well-rounded pro's game.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the 2025–26 pool matches this card more closely than Shane Lowry, Brooks Koepka and Collin Morikawa, in that order of similarity.

• Shane Lowry,
• Brooks Koepka,
• Collin Morikawa

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

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

At $6M (B tier), J.J. Spaun 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 (putting, power and short game) include Sam Burns ($8M), Rory McIlroy ($10M) and Scottie Scheffler ($10M).

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

2025 U.S. Open champion (Oakmont). 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.