Xander Schauffele

Xander Schauffele, out of USA — West, rates 87 overall on the PGA Tour — the numbers add up to a Bomber, with power the clear peak of the profile at A.

• Power A — elite 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.
• At B+, Schauffele's accuracy rating is comfortably above tour-average (79th percentile of 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.
• Short Game A- — comfortably above tour-average in 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+, Schauffele's putting rating is a shade above the pool average (68th percentile of 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.
• At A-, Schauffele's course iq rating is a clear strength (88th percentile of 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 sits at A for Schauffele, elite across the 2025–26 pool: only 3 players in the pool rate higher. Composure in contention — how a golfer performs with the tournament on the line.
• At A, Schauffele's consistency rating is top-tier (93rd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — only 7 players in the pool rate higher. How tightly a golfer's scores cluster around their average, round after round.
• At A-, Schauffele's engine rating is comfortably above tour-average (73rd percentile of the 2025–26 pool) — 26 of the other 95 players in the pool rate higher. Stamina and durability across a long season — fewer withdrawals, less late-year fade.

Bomber. A bomber — power is the standout attribute here, the kind of off-the-tee advantage that turns long par-5s into two-shot holes and shortens every other club in the bag.

On raw attribute shape, nobody in the 2025–26 pool matches this card more closely than Cameron Young, Kurt Kitayama and Chris Gotterup, in that order of similarity.

• Cameron Young,
• Kurt Kitayama,
• Chris Gotterup

Of the 24 events on the schedule, Masters Tournament, The Open Championship and PGA 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 Open Championship — Major
• PGA Championship — Major

At $8M (A tier), Xander Schauffele leaves $37M of the $45M Salary Cap budget for the other eight zones — room for 3 more S-tier chips, or 30 E-tier picks, or any mix in between. Good complementary picks to shore up the softer zones (accuracy, putting and iron play) include Scottie Scheffler ($10M), Sam Burns ($8M) and Collin Morikawa ($8M).

• Scottie Scheffler ($10M),
• Sam Burns ($8M),
• Collin Morikawa ($8M)

2024 PGA + Open champion; 2025 was injury-hit. 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.