Michael Kim

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

• Power sits at B for M. Kim, a mild soft spot across 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 C for M. Kim, the clearest weak point in the profile across the 2025–26 pool: nearly the whole pool rates higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play sits at B+ for M. Kim, a shade above the pool average across 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.
• At B+, M. Kim's short game rating is a shade above the pool 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 A- for M. Kim, well above the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 17 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 B for M. Kim, a mild soft spot across 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.
• Nerve sits at B+ for M. Kim, on the stronger side of average across 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 M. Kim, 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 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.

The closest attribute profiles in the 2025–26 pool belong to Eric Cole (90% similar), Harry Hall (90% similar) and Justin Rose (90% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Eric Cole,
• Harry Hall,
• Justin Rose

Of the 24 events on the schedule, Travelers Championship, Masters Tournament and WM Phoenix Open suit this build's attribute mix the best, based on how each course's demands line up with the card's strengths.

• Travelers Championship — Marquee
• Masters Tournament — Major
• WM Phoenix Open — Tour event

At $4M (C tier), Michael Kim 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 (accuracy, power and course iq) include Scottie Scheffler ($10M), Rory McIlroy ($10M) and Jon Rahm ($10M).

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