Tom Kim

Representing Republic of Korea on the PGA Tour, Tom Kim carries a 82 overall rating and a Tour Winner profile, built around engine graded A, which leads every other attribute on the card.

• Power sits at B for Tom 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 B+ for Tom Kim, a clear strength across 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 A- — a clear strength in 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 A-, Tom Kim's short game rating is a clear strength (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.
• At B, Tom Kim's putting rating is a step below the pool average (41st percentile of 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 A- — well above the pool average in the 2025–26 pool; only 11 players in the pool rate higher. Course management and shot selection — playing the smart shot, not just the bold one.
• Nerve B+ — on the stronger side of average in 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 A- — well above the pool average in 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 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, Viktor Hovland and Alex Smalley, in that order of similarity.

• Davis Thompson,
• Viktor Hovland,
• Alex Smalley

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

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

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

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

Ratings on this card are editorial judgment, not official statistics — see the methodology page for how they are derived.

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