Ryan Gerard

Ryan Gerard, out of USA — Southeast, rates 82 overall on the PGA Tour — the numbers add up to a Tour Winner, with engine the clear peak of the profile at A.

• Power sits at B+ for Gerard, a shade above the pool 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 B+ — a clear strength in the 2025–26 pool; 20 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play sits at A- for Gerard, a clear strength across the 2025–26 pool: only 12 players in the pool rate higher. Precision from the fairway into the green — the single biggest driver of low scores.
• At B, Gerard's short game rating is a mild soft spot (33rd percentile of 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+ — on the stronger side of 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.
• Course IQ B+ — on the stronger side of average in 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.
• At B+, Gerard's nerve rating is a shade above the pool average (52nd percentile of 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 A- for Gerard, well above the pool average across 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 sits at A for Gerard, 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.

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.

The closest attribute profiles in the 2025–26 pool belong to Alex Smalley (93% similar), Viktor Hovland (92% similar) and Akshay Bhatia (90% similar) — three builds that would feel familiar to play.

• Alex Smalley,
• Viktor Hovland,
• Akshay Bhatia

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

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

At $6M (B tier), Ryan Gerard 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 (short game, power and accuracy) include Scottie Scheffler ($10M), Rory McIlroy ($10M) and Tommy Fleetwood ($10M).

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

6 top-10s 2026. 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.