J.T. Poston

Representing United States on the PGA Tour, J.T. Poston carries a 79 overall rating and a Tour Winner profile, built around accuracy graded A-, which leads every other attribute on the card.

• At B, Poston's power rating is a step below the pool average (38th percentile of 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 Poston, well above the pool average 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.
• At B+, Poston's iron play rating is modestly above average (61st percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 37 of the other 95 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 Poston, a mild soft spot across 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 B+ — modestly above average in 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 B, Poston's course iq rating is a step below the pool average (31st percentile of 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.
• At B, Poston's nerve rating is the clearest weak point in the profile (17th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 79 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• Consistency B — a genuine liability in the 2025–26 pool; 72 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+, Poston'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 Corey Conners, Sepp Straka and Nico Echavarria, in that order of similarity.

• Corey Conners,
• Sepp Straka,
• Nico Echavarria

Of the 24 events on the schedule, RBC Heritage, U.S. Open 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.

• RBC Heritage — Marquee
• U.S. Open — Major
• The Genesis Invitational — Marquee

At $4M (C tier), J.T. Poston 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 (power, short game and course iq) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Jon Rahm ($10M).

• Rory McIlroy ($10M),
• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Jon Rahm ($10M)

Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

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