Michael Thorbjornsen

Michael Thorbjornsen is a PGA Tour pro from United States rated 82 overall (grade B) in the 2025–26 pool — a Tour Winner build headlined by power at A, the standout of the nine zones on this card.

• Power A — top-tier in the 2025–26 pool; only 8 players in the pool rate higher. How far the ball goes off the tee — long hitters shorten every hole.
• Accuracy A- — a clear strength in 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 B+ — on the stronger side of average in 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 A-, Thorbjornsen's short game rating is well above the pool average (87th percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — only 12 players in the pool rate higher. Scrambling around the green — chips, pitches, and bunker shots that save par.
• Putting C — the clearest weak point in the profile in 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.
• Course IQ sits at A for Thorbjornsen, among the very best in the pool 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 sits at B+ for Thorbjornsen, modestly above 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 Thorbjornsen, on the stronger side of 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 A — top-tier in 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.

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 Davis Thompson, Keith Mitchell and Kurt Kitayama, in that order of similarity.

• Davis Thompson,
• Keith Mitchell,
• Kurt Kitayama

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

• The Open Championship — Major
• THE PLAYERS Championship — Flagship
• Genesis Scottish Open — Tour event

At $6M (B tier), Michael Thorbjornsen 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, iron play and nerve) include Sam Burns ($8M), Scottie Scheffler ($10M) and Rory McIlroy ($10M).

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

1 win 2026; #7 scrambling. 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.