Talor Gooch

Talor Gooch, out of USA — Texas & South-Central, rates 82 overall on LIV Golf — the numbers add up to a Tour Winner, with power the clear peak of the profile at B+.

• Power B+ — a shade above the pool average in 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 B for Gooch, a step below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 55 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. How often the ball finds the fairway and stays out of trouble.
• Iron Play B+ — a shade above the pool 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.
• Short Game B+ — a shade above the pool average in 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 B for Gooch, a step below the pool average across the 2025–26 pool: 56 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 Gooch, a shade above the pool average across 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.
• Nerve sits at B+ for Gooch, 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 Gooch, modestly above 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 sits at B+ for Gooch, a shade above the pool average across 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 Bud Cauley, Thomas Detry and Daniel Berger, in that order of similarity.

• Bud Cauley,
• Thomas Detry,
• Daniel Berger

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

• Masters Tournament — Major
• the Memorial Tournament — Marquee
• The Open Championship — Major

At $4M (C tier), Talor Gooch 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, putting and power) include Scottie Scheffler ($10M), Sam Burns ($8M) and Rory McIlroy ($10M).

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

2023 LIV individual champion; captain after Koepka exit. 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.