Matt Fitzpatrick

Representing England on the PGA Tour, Matt Fitzpatrick carries a 88 overall rating and a Metronome profile, built around consistency graded A+, which leads every other attribute on the card.

• Power sits at B+ for Fitzpatrick, on the stronger side of average across 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 Fitzpatrick, comfortably above tour-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.
• Iron Play sits at A for Fitzpatrick, top-tier across 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 A, Fitzpatrick's short game rating is among the very best in the pool (96th percentile of 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+, Fitzpatrick's putting rating is modestly above 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.
• Course IQ sits at A for Fitzpatrick, elite across the 2025–26 pool: only one other player in the pool rates higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve A — among the very best in the pool in 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 sits at A+ for Fitzpatrick, among the very best in the pool across the 2025–26 pool: only one other player in the pool rates higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• Engine sits at A for Fitzpatrick, elite across 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.

Metronome. The scores barely move week to week. A metronome build trades away spectacular ceilings for a floor that almost never collapses.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the 2025–26 pool matches this card more closely than Tommy Fleetwood, Jon Rahm and Patrick Cantlay, in that order of similarity.

• Tommy Fleetwood,
• Jon Rahm,
• Patrick Cantlay

This profile's course fit lines up best with U.S. Open (Major), The Open Championship (Major) and THE PLAYERS Championship (Flagship) — the three events on the schedule that reward this exact mix of attributes the most.

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

At $10M (S tier), Matt Fitzpatrick leaves $35M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 3 more S-tier chips, or 29 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (power, putting and accuracy) include Rory McIlroy ($10M), Sam Burns ($8M) and Scottie Scheffler ($10M).

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

2022 U.S. Open champ. 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.