A quick and accurate look at this week's professional golf.

CJ Cup Byron Nelson Power Ratings

Dates: May 21-24, 2026. Venue: TPC Craig Ranch, McKinney TX. Purse: $10.3 million.

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Scottie Scheffler has been the favorite in nine events this season with no wins (five top-10s)

Pick	Player	Power number	Observed Odds	Course fit
1	Scottie Scheffler	-30.3	3-1	69.41
2	Si Woo Kim	24.6	16-1	69.67
3	Jordan Spieth	32.9	22-1	70.59
4	Aaron Rai	41.6	35-1	69.90
5	Sungjae Im	45.1	40-1
6	Taylor Pendrith	48.1	50-1	70.28
7	Eric Cole	48.8	55-1	70.58
8	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	49.1	55-1	70.24
9	Max Greyserman	49.1	55-1	70.55
10	Michael Kim	49.5	60-1	70.76
11	Ryo Hisatsune	49.6	60-1	69.80
12	Wyndham Clark	49.7	60-1	70.40
13	Pierceson Coody	50.0	60-1	69.53
14	Davis Thompson	50.2	60-1	69.83
15	Patrick Rodgers	51.7	70-1	70.04
16	Tom Hoge	52.1	70-1	70.77
17	Rasmus Hojgaard	53.1	75-1	69.90
18	Michael Thorbjornsen	53.5	80-1	69.96
19	Stephan Jaeger	54.1	85-1	70.23
20	Brooks Koepka	54.3	85-1	70.41
21	Mac Meissner	54.6	85-1	69.92
22	Tony Finau	55.2	90-1	70.71
23	Andrew Putnam	55.9	100-1	69.28
24	Austin Eckroat	56.1	100-1	70.58
25	Kevin Roy	56.4	100-1	71.00
26	Matti Schmid	57.2	100-1	71.03
27	Keith Mitchell	57.9	100-1	69.79
28	Hayden Springer	58.0	100-1
29	Seamus Power	58.5	100-1	70.30
30	Aldrich Potgieter	58.6	100-1	70.41
31	Chris Kirk	58.7	100-1	69.71
32	Lee Hodges	59.1	100-1	69.73
33	Taylor Moore	59.3	100-1	70.55
34	Haotong Li	59.4	100-1	69.67
35	Jordan Smith	59.5	100-1	69.52
36	Beau Hossler	59.5	100-1	71.22
37	John Parry	59.6	100-1	69.76
38	Doug Ghim	59.7	100-1	70.33
39	Karl Vilips	60.3	150-1	70.71
40	Matt Kuchar	60.5	150-1	70.52
41	Trace Crowe	60.9	150-1
42	AJ Ewart	61.3	150-1	69.91
43	Billy Horschel	61.4	150-1	70.17
44	Sam Ryder	61.7	150-1	70.38
45	Kris Ventura	62.2	150-1	70.83
46	Kevin Yu	62.3	150-1	70.14
47	Thorbjorn Olesen	62.4	150-1	70.41
48	Tom Kim	62.5	150-1	70.37
49	Mackenzie Hughes	62.8	200-1	70.18
50	Chandler Phillips	63.0	200-1	71.22
51	Chad Ramey	63.0	200-1	70.72
52	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	63.1	200-1	70.24
53	Max McGreevy	63.7	200-1	69.65
54	Rico Hoey	64.0	200-1	70.57
55	Vince Whaley	64.1	200-1	71.01
56	Joel Dahmen	64.2	200-1	69.89
57	Chan Kim	64.5	250-1
58	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	65.4	250-1	70.52
59	Zach Bauchou	65.6	250-1	70.17
60	Henrik Norlander	65.8	300-1
61	Michael Brennan	65.8	300-1	70.45
62	Emiliano Grillo	66.0	300-1	70.68
63	Carson Young	66.0	300-1
64	Adam Hadwin	66.0	300-1
65	Ben Silverman	66.2	300-1
66	Paul Peterson	66.3	300-1
67	Trey Mullinax	66.5	300-1
68	Blades Brown	66.6	300-1
69	David Skinns	66.7	300-1
70	Taylor Montgomery	67.0	350-1
71	Lanto Griffin	67.1	350-1	70.91
72	Davis Riley	67.1	350-1	70.69
73	David Ford	67.2	350-1	69.75
74	Zac Blair	67.2	350-1
75	Ben Kohles	67.5	350-1
76	Noah Goodwin	67.5	350-1
77	Mark Hubbard	68.1	400-1	70.69
78	Jeremy Paul	68.2	400-1
79	Zecheng Dou	68.2	400-1	70.21
80	Takumi Kanaya	68.2	400-1	70.59
81	Webb Simpson	68.3	400-1	70.86
82	Johnny Keefer	68.4	400-1	69.28
83	Steven Fisk	68.5	400-1	70.27
84	Danny Willett	68.6	400-1
85	Harry Higgs	68.9	400-1
86	Matthieu Pavon	68.9	400-1	70.78
87	Jhonattan Vegas	69.0	400-1	71.27
88	Jimmy Stanger	69.1	500-1
89	Jesper Svensson	69.2	500-1	69.69
90	Dylan Wu	69.3	500-1	69.41
91	Cameron Champ	69.7	500-1
92	Nick Hardy	69.7	500-1
93	Adam Svensson	70.2	600-1	70.86
94	Joe Highsmith	70.4	600-1	70.80
95	William Mouw	71.0	600-1	70.76
96	Justin Lower	71.2	600-1	71.03
97	Patrick Fishburn	71.3	600-1	69.69
98	Luke List	71.4	600-1
99	Danny Walker	71.6	600-1	71.32
100	Jonathan Byrd	71.6	600-1
101	Adrien Saddier	71.7	600-1	70.47
102	Brice Garnett	71.9	800-1	70.76
103	Will Gordon	72.0	800-1
104	Nick Dunlap	72.0	800-1	71.20
105	Seung-Yul Noh	72.1	800-1
106	Chesson Hadley	72.3	800-1
107	Keita Nakajima	72.7	800-1	70.11
108	Ben Martin	72.9	800-1
109	Erik van Rooyen	73.1	800-1	70.64
110	Patton Kizzire	73.2	1000-1	71.19
111	Yongjun Bae	73.3	1000-1
112	Austin Cook	73.4	1000-1
113	Martin Laird	73.5	1000-1
114	Jackson Suber	73.6	1000-1	70.54
115	Luke Clanton	73.7	1000-1	69.82
116	Daniel Brown	73.8	1000-1
117	KH Lee	74.5	1000-1
118	Cam Davis	74.7	1000-1	71.42
119	Ryan Brehm	74.7	1000-1
120	Robert Streb	74.8	1000-1
121	Jackson Buchanan	74.9	1000-1
122	Hank Lebioda	75.1	1000-1	69.65
123	Garrick Higgo	75.6	1000-1	71.66
124	Preston Stout	75.6	1000-1
125	Troy Merritt	75.7	1000-1
126	Tyler Duncan	75.8	1000-1
127	Kevin Streelman	75.9	1000-1	69.69
128	Scott Piercy	76.0	1000-1
129	Adam Schenk	76.1	1000-1	71.05
130	James Hahn	76.4	1000-1
131	Kensei Hirata	76.6	1000-1	69.91
132	Chandler Blanchet	76.7	1000-1	70.26
133	Jeffrey Kang	77.0	1000-1	71.39
134	Ryan Palmer	77.1	1000-1
135	Adam Headley	77.5	1000-1
136	William Sides	77.5	1000-1
137	Charley Hoffman	77.5	1000-1	70.83
138	Camilo Villegas	77.6	1000-1	70.77
139	John VanDerLaan	77.6	1000-1	70.38
140	Rafael Campos	77.8	1000-1	70.64
141	Gordon Sargent	77.9	1000-1	70.25
142	Davis Chatfield	78.3	1000-1	70.64
143	Alejandro Tosti	78.9	1000-1	71.70
144	Pontus Nyholm	79.2	1000-1	72.00
145	Aaron Wise	79.8	1000-1
146	Peter Malnati	80.4	1000-1	71.24
147	Christo Lamprecht	81.7	1000-1	70.82
148	Neal Shipley	82.0	1000-1	70.21
149	Marcelo Rozo	83.3	1000-1	70.51










160	Ryan Vermeer	77.5	2000-1
161	Timothy Wiseman	77.5	2000-1

Players are listed in order of preference. The Power Number reflects the player’s Hawley Rating, fit for the course, past performance in this event, and recent performance in tour events. Observed Odds is the frequency that a player actually wins the event, given the listed Power Number and its margin behind the favorite. This differs from betting odds, which reflect take-out by the sports book and sentiment of the public. Course fit reflects the player’s statistical profile in relationship to the statistical profile of players who have been successful on this course in recent events.

Scottie Scheffler has been no. 1 for 154 consecutive weeks.

Tom Hawley’s Player Ratings (May 19, 2026)

#	Thru May 19, 2026	Events	Hawley rating	Previous week
1	Scottie Scheffler	43	3568.2	1
2	Xander Schauffele	39	2383.7	2
3	Rory McIlroy	48	2336.4	4
4	Russell Henley	41	2164.2	3
5	Tommy Fleetwood	54	2154.9	5
6	Ludvig Aberg	44	2112.6	7
7	Jon Rahm	41	2025.1	11
8	Patrick Cantlay	42	1956.6	6
9	Matt Fitzpatrick	51	1941.7	10
10	Cameron Young	51	1928.3	8
11	Justin Thomas	41	1907.9	12
12	Collin Morikawa	44	1821.1	9
13	Maverick McNealy	53	1670.4	17
14	Sepp Straka	51	1661.8	13
15	Sam Burns	51	1654.2	14
16	Jake Knapp	43	1638.5	16
17	Si Woo Kim	59	1625.7	15
18	Jackson Koivun	9	1583.0	19
19	Rickie Fowler	43	1564.5	18
20	Hideki Matsuyama	51	1561.5	22
21	Ben Griffin	65	1528.4	24
22	JJ Spaun	54	1522.9	20
23	Jordan Spieth	41	1516.0	27
24	Harris English	50	1513.3	26
25	Robert MacIntyre	59	1512.2	21
26	Bryson DeChambeau	38	1460.5	23
27	Min Woo Lee	49	1450.7	31
28	Justin Rose	44	1449.3	36
29	Viktor Hovland	45	1410.2	25
30	Akshay Bhatia	56	1394.5	28
31	Chris Gotterup	54	1376.1	39
32	Shane Lowry	56	1369.5	32
33	Jacob Bridgeman	58	1368.5	29
34	Corey Conners	52	1359.8	30
35	Kurt Kitayama	47	1343.3	42
36	Keegan Bradley	45	1336.3	33
37	Harry Hall	55	1313.1	34
38	Aaron Rai	51	1298.9	45
39	Adam Scott	47	1288.3	35
40	Alex Noren	40	1287.7	40
41	Tyrrell Hatton	51	1277.4	37
42	Jason Day	41	1266.6	38
43	Alex Smalley	55	1251.5	47
44	Nicolai Hojgaard	55	1241.8	41
45	Nick Taylor	54	1220.8	44
46	Daniel Berger	51	1193.7	43
47	Andrew Novak	56	1147.4	46
48	Patrick Reed	54	1123.1	58
49	Bud Cauley	46	1117.9	49
50	Matt McCarty	61	1075.8	48
51	Joaquin Niemann	45	1068.2	63
52	Denny McCarthy	48	1056.3	50
53	Taylor Pendrith	51	1025.6	53
54	Sam Stevens	61	1022.7	51
55	Brian Harman	52	1013.3	55
56	JT Poston	50	1008.6	52
57	Lucas Glover	46	1001.7	54
58	Max Greyserman	54	992.8	71
59	Brooks Koepka	40	991.2	56
60	Michael Kim	61	984.3	62
61	Gary Woodland	47	981.7	57
62	Michael Thorbjornsen	50	972.7	59
63	David Puig	50	971.1	74
64	Ryan Fox	52	970.3	66
65	Ryan Gerard	64	968.6	64
66	Wyndham Clark	51	963.5	60
67	Sungjae Im	52	953.4	61
68	Ryo Hisatsune	62	951.3	67
69	Sahith Theegala	53	934.9	65
70	Davis Thompson	50	916.4	69
71	Eric Cole	60	915.9	72
72	Stephan Jaeger	51	913.1	84
73	Tony Finau	44	899.0	73
74	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	54	898.2	76
75	Patrick Rodgers	64	896.4	70
76	Thomas Detry	54	895.7	68
77	Kristoffer Reitan	46	892.9	75
78	Dean Burmester	44	880.3	79
79	Sebastian Munoz	33	866.8	80
80	Cameron Smith	41	865.1	109
81	Rasmus Hojgaard	55	862.2	77
82	Carlos Ortiz	37	861.9	81
83	Nico Echavarria	56	853.0	78
84	Tom Hoge	58	852.5	86
85	Abraham Ancer	36	850.1	82
86	Matti Schmid	59	833.9	108
87	Keith Mitchell	52	819.4	83
88	Pierceson Coody	60	801.4	85
89	Paul Casey	33	798.2	88
90	Marc Leishman	35	797.7	89
91	Andrew Putnam	55	783.2	87
92	Thomas Pieters	39	778.4	91
93	Chris Kirk	44	777.9	90
94	Branden Grace	38	773.3	93
95	Talor Gooch	32	755.6	97
96	Will Zalatoris	28	753.9	94
97	Cameron Tringale	32	752.7	96
98	Byeong Hun An	47	741.8	98
99	Kevin Yu	53	737.9	99
100	Billy Horschel	44	736.2	92
101	Lucas Herbert	38	734.0	100
102	Tom McKibbin	59	732.5	95
103	Josele Ballester	25	729.9	101
104	Lee Hodges	48	723.5	102
105	Dustin Johnson	41	720.4	103
106	Thorbjorn Olesen	57	700.8	105
107	Matt Wallace	62	695.3	107
108	Mac Meissner	50	695.3	106
109	Rico Hoey	60	692.7	104
110	Sergio Garcia	39	690.5	110
111	Victor Perez	49	687.2	112
112	Charles Howell	26	683.1	115
113	Jhonattan Vegas	47	681.2	113
114	Beau Hossler	52	679.3	117
115	Austin Eckroat	50	678.3	116
116	Kevin Roy	55	674.3	119
117	Jordan Smith	58	670.0	111
118	Aldrich Potgieter	52	665.2	128
119	Max Homa	48	663.6	114
120	Sami Valimaki	55	657.9	118
121	Seamus Power	54	655.2	123
122	Mackenzie Hughes	53	655.2	122
123	Taylor Moore	52	653.9	127
124	Matt Kuchar	40	650.7	124
125	AJ Ewart	14	650.0	125
126	Sudarshan Yellamaraju	50	646.0	120
127	Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen	47	637.7	121
128	Bubba Watson	33	637.6	130
129	Marco Penge	54	633.1	126
130	Alex Fitzpatrick	58	626.7	129
131	Caleb Surratt	41	622.7	133
132	Doug Ghim	52	621.8	131
133	Haotong Li	55	607.4	142
134	Richard Bland	36	605.8	136
135	Max McGreevy	62	605.7	132
136	Louis Oosthuizen	40	604.6	137
137	Harold Varner	33	602.9	139
138	Tom Kim	52	596.6	138
139	Emiliano Grillo	50	595.6	134
140	Jason Kokrak	34	593.0	140
141	Charl Schwartzel	38	591.4	141
142	David Lipsky	54	588.5	135
143	Brendan Steele	32	581.9	143
144	Anirban Lahiri	37	568.2	145
145	Vince Whaley	56	566.4	144
146	Mark Hubbard	59	549.1	149
147	Patrick Fishburn	54	543.8	148
148	John Parry	51	541.8	146
149	Sam Ryder	53	539.5	151
150	Karl Vilips	44	538.5	152
151	Chad Ramey	56	538.4	150
152	Ricky Castillo	55	533.7	147
153	Graeme McDowell	31	531.1	153
154	Matthew Wolff	28	515.3	156
155	Chandler Phillips	52	512.3	154
156	Wesley Bryan	18	509.1	159
157	Joel Dahmen	54	508.0	157
158	Hayden Springer	52	504.6	160
159	Austin Smotherman	55	504.1	155
160	Kris Ventura	50	496.2	162
161	William Mouw	48	489.8	158
162	Daniel Hillier	51	483.3	179
163	Hennie du Plessis	10	482.4	164
164	Jayden Schaper	50	479.2	161
165	Joe Highsmith	58	472.2	163
166	Phil Mickelson	28	468.0	170
167	Webb Simpson	24	465.5	169
168	Cam Davis	44	463.5	167
169	Angel Ayora	52	457.1	166
170	CT Pan	18	455.8	168
171	Peter Uihlein	44	453.3	172
172	Oliver Lindell	41	453.0	173
173	Jesper Svensson	56	451.6	174
174	Antoine Rozner	55	446.3	176
175	Michael Brennan	19	442.0	165
176	Andy Sullivan	58	441.5	171
177	Garrick Higgo	48	435.2	175
178	Scott Vincent	36	430.0	181
179	Brandt Snedeker	48	429.8	177
180	SH Kim	48	428.7	180
181	Trace Crowe	41	425.5	182
182	Davis Riley	53	424.5	178
183	Lee Westwood	27	422.2	183
184	Jacob Skov Olesen	45	421.5	184
185	Greyson Sigg	47	417.5	185
186	Nate Lashley	33	415.8	186
187	Danny Walker	52	409.0	191
188	Francesco Laporta	41	408.5	188
189	Laurie Canter	46	407.6	187
190	Justin Lower	54	404.9	189
191	Lanto Griffin	51	404.9	195
192	Henrik Stenson	23	404.6	194
193	Jackson Suber	51	403.9	196
194	Shaun Norris	33	402.6	197
195	Richard T Lee	25	402.1	198
196	Isaiah Salinda	47	400.7	204
197	Takumi Kanaya	53	399.7	199
198	Dan Brown	49	399.6	203
199	Martin Couvra	41	398.5	202
200	Adrien Dumont de Chassart	53	397.9	205
201	Zach Johnson	29	397.4	207
202	Thriston Lawrence	59	396.2	200
203	Nick Dunlap	48	395.0	201
204	Henrik Norlander	54	392.5	192
205	Carson Young	55	391.9	209
206	Adrian Meronk	44	390.6	211
207	Luke Clanton	37	388.8	206
208	Elvis Smylie	37	388.5	190
209	Johnny Keefer	44	387.9	193
210	Keita Nakajima	43	386.0	212
211	Adam Schenk	57	384.2	208
212	Zach Bauchou	34	382.9	213
213	Steven Fisk	54	379.1	210
214	Ewen Ferguson	52	376.8	215
215	Martin Kaymer	37	375.4	234
216	David Ford	23	370.8	216
217	Marcus Armitage	54	363.5	217
218	Chan Kim	54	359.6	218
219	Ben Campbell	34	358.2	221
220	Jorge Campillo	62	355.6	220
221	Eugenio Chacarra	54	352.8	222
222	Zac Blair	50	350.2	229
223	Adrien Saddier	52	348.8	219
224	Ugo Coussaud	52	348.3	226
225	Matteo Manassero	49	347.9	223
226	Ian Poulter	28	346.7	227
227	Blades Brown	36	345.7	225
228	Matthew Jordan	51	345.3	224
229	Julien Guerrier	52	342.3	228
230	Erik van Rooyen	55	341.1	231
231	Anthony Kim	34	339.8	232
232	Daniel Rodrigues	11	335.5	233
233	Padraig Harrington	22	333.7	452
234	Brian Campbell	52	332.4	230
235	Matthieu Pavon	55	329.2	235
236	Niklas Norgaard	56	328.0	236
237	Zecheng Dou	50	325.4	239
238	Joost Luiten	52	323.3	238
239	Alejandro Tosti	47	323.3	237
240	Ben Kohles	54	323.0	240
241	Alexander Bjork	11	317.0	242
242	Kelly Kraft	11	315.9	243
243	Jinichiro Kozuma	33	312.6	247
244	Ben Silverman	49	312.6	241
245	Richard Mansell	46	308.7	245
246	Charley Hoffman	36	307.9	246
247	Mikael Lindberg	39	306.9	244
248	David Skinns	50	306.4	248
249	Brice Garnett	44	304.6	249
250	Trey Mullinax	36	304.0	251
251	Luis Masaveu	27	302.7	250
252	Adam Hadwin	53	302.4	252
253	Grant Forrest	48	302.1	253
254	Dylan Wu	49	296.6	254
255	Wenyi Ding	31	295.0	255
256	Matt Jones	32	292.7	259
257	Johannes Veerman	51	291.7	256
258	Todd Clements	56	291.2	260
259	Kevin Na	25	290.5	261
260	Frankie Capan	51	290.5	262
261	Taylor Montgomery	49	286.9	257
262	Calum Hill	55	286.7	264
263	JC Ritchie	13	285.2	266
264	Joakim Lagergren	41	284.8	265
265	Cameron Champ	50	284.1	258
266	Adam Svensson	56	283.6	263
267	Guido Migliozzi	51	281.5	268
268	Dan Bradbury	56	280.2	269
269	Nathan Kimsey	32	278.9	271
270	Quade Cummins	48	278.5	275
271	Kevin Streelman	33	278.1	272
272	Sam Horsfield	34	276.2	273
273	Hank Lebioda	48	276.1	276
274	Nacho Elvira	55	272.9	277
275	Casey Jarvis	62	272.2	270
276	Paul Peterson	57	271.1	283
277	Darius van Driel	55	269.5	278
278	Stewart Cink	11	269.2	214
279	Bronson Burgoon	28	268.9	267
280	Noah Goodwin	49	268.6	274
281	Chandler Blanchet	50	267.9	288
282	Andrea Pavan	52	267.7	279
283	Andy Ogletree	28	267.0	281
284	Kazuma Kobori	45	265.6	282
285	Ian Gilligan	25	264.6	290
286	KH Lee	32	263.7	280
287	Alejandro Del Rey	53	260.7	285
288	Brandon Stone	48	256.6	286
289	Patton Kizzire	49	252.3	287
290	John Pak	51	251.8	284
291	Frederic LaCroix	46	247.0	291
292	Jeremy Paul	55	246.8	289
293	Pontus Nyholm	53	246.6	292
294	Mito Pereira	24	245.5	293
295	Rafa Cabrera Bello	58	244.3	295
296	Jacques Kruyswijk	46	244.3	294
297	Jason Scrivener	51	242.5	297
298	Eddie Pepperell	35	241.6	299
299	Romain Langasque	55	238.4	296
300	Freddy Schott	44	237.1	301
301	Oihan Guillamoundeguy	12	235.2	302
302	Marcel Schneider	55	234.0	303
303	Paul Waring	42	232.6	300
304	Davis Bryant	30	232.3	304
305	Doc Redman	43	232.0	313
306	Brendan Valdez	13	231.4	305
307	Yu-bin Jang	10	229.3	307
308	Herman Loubser	9	226.1	311
309	Vincent Norrman	17	224.2	317
310	Justin Hastings	18	222.5	298
311	Harry Higgs	54	222.3	309
312	Joseph Bramlett	49	222.1	306
313	Brandon Robinson Thompson	49	221.6	312
314	Will Gordon	52	221.0	314
315	Bernd Wiesberger	53	219.2	308
316	Ricardo Gouveia	57	218.7	316
317	Danny Willett	45	218.7	319
318	Adrian Otaegui	59	218.5	315
319	Tom Vaillant	51	215.9	318
320	Chieh-po Lee	33	215.7	320
321	Thomas Rosenmueller	33	215.4	310
322	Gregorio De Leo	29	209.8	322
323	Sam Bairstow	54	209.6	324
324	Ren Yonezawa	19	209.3	323
325	Will Chandler	50	207.5	321
326	Thomas Rosenmuller	12	207.5	332
327	Richard Sterne	38	207.3	327
328	Jimmy Stanger	14	207.1	329
329	Niklas Lemke	27	207.1	330
330	Daniel van Tonder	20	206.6	328
331	Yosuke Asaji	25	205.7	331
332	Darren Fichardt	35	203.6	337
333	Danny Lee	34	202.7	334
334	Luke List	53	200.9	339
335	Ben Carr	9	200.8	345
336	Seungbin Choi	8	199.3	336
337	Young-han Song	27	199.2	340
338	Hunter Eichhorn	20	197.8	325
339	Francesco Molinari	37	197.2	341
340	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	55	196.8	348
341	Jonathan Byrd	28	196.6	326
342	Ding Wenyi	10	196.6	342
343	Ben Schmidt	39	196.1	343
344	Jeff Winther	47	195.2	347
345	Taylor Dickson	50	193.9	338
346	Fabrizio Zanotti	41	193.2	349
347	Hayden Buckley	50	191.7	335
348	Sebastian Soderberg	40	188.8	351
349	Matthew NeSmith	15	188.3	333
350	Richie Ramsay	47	188.2	352
351	Ian Holt	36	187.5	344
352	Kota Kaneko	31	186.2	346
353	Trevor Cone	50	184.9	350
354	Michael Johnson	50	184.7	365
355	Rikuya Hoshino	50	184.1	353
356	Michael La Sasso	13	183.9	355
357	Tapio Pulkkanen	29	183.4	356
358	Nick Hardy	53	183.1	354
359	Marcel Siem	48	181.0	357
360	Camilo Villegas	52	178.5	359
361	Yuto Katsuragawa	46	177.4	358
362	Hugo Townsend	10	177.2	360
363	Nicolai von Dellingshausen	46	176.9	361
364	Kensei Hirata	49	175.3	362
365	Ryan Moore	15	173.7	363
366	Jeffrey Kang	48	172.4	366
367	Curtis Luck	8	172.2	364
368	Manuel Elvira	60	168.0	367
369	Ashun Wu	33	167.4	371
370	Scott Jamieson	52	166.4	368
371	Davis Lamb	25	165.6	384
372	Yubin Jang	11	165.5	370
373	Jonathan Goth-rasmussen	10	163.9	379
374	Jens Dantorp	54	163.9	374
375	Kieran Vincent	34	163.7	373
376	Connor Syme	50	163.4	372
377	Cooper Dossey	49	161.3	376
378	Edoardo Molinari	29	160.7	378
379	Alistair Docherty	51	160.3	390
380	Seung-taek Lee	29	159.9	377
381	Andrew Wilson	35	159.5	375
382	Mitchell Meissner	51	159.2	369
383	David Micheluzzi	48	157.7	380
384	Dylan Frittelli	56	156.9	386
385	Sean Crocker	50	156.5	381
386	David Law	30	156.4	389
387	Angel Hidalgo	56	156.3	382
388	Benjamin Hebert	25	156.2	388
389	Davis Shore	54	155.3	387
390	Caleb VanArragon	38	154.8	401
391	Gordon Sargent	23	153.6	392
392	Kevin Chappell	26	153.1	383
393	Shimizu Taisei	15	152.0	391
394	Davis Chatfield	50	150.4	395
395	David Ravetto	57	148.4	397
396	Marcus Kinhult	49	148.0	396
397	Ivan Cantero Gutierrez	56	147.3	404
398	Robby Shelton	49	147.1	385
399	Andreas Halvorsen	27	145.5	403
400	Neal Shipley	48	144.8	399

Ratings are based on a player’s performance over the past two years in a minimum of eight events. The Hawley Rating reflects an average of the strength of field that a player beats, with greater weight for recent results.

Soudal Open Power Ratings

Dates: May 21-24, 2026. Venue: Rinkven International GC; Antwerp, Belgium. Purse: $2.75 million.

Josele Ballester

Pick	Player	Power number	Observed Odds	Course fit
1	Josele Ballester	49.7	12-1
2	Victor Perez	52.2	15-1
3	Thomas Detry	52.8	16-1	72.1
4	Caleb Surratt	55.4	20-1
5	Jayden Schaper	62.5	40-1	73.0
6	Daniel Hillier	62.7	40-1	72.5
7	Hennie du Plessis	64.1	50-1	71.4
8	Adrian Meronk	64.4	50-1
9	Jacob Skov Olesen	65.3	60-1	72.3
10	Richard Mansell	66.3	70-1
11	Oliver Lindell	67.2	80-1	71.5
12	Casey Jarvis	67.8	85-1	71.6
13	Wenyi Ding	68.3	95-1	72.4
14	Martin Couvra	68.4	95-1	71.8
15	Daniel Rodrigues	69.0	100-1	71.2
16	Mikael Lindberg	69.0	100-1	71.1
17	Jorge Campillo	69.1	100-1	72.0
18	Francesco Laporta	69.3	100-1	71.6
19	Nathan Kimsey	69.3	100-1	71.2
20	Thriston Lawrence	69.4	100-1	71.6
21	Marcus Armitage	69.6	100-1	71.8
22	Julien Guerrier	69.8	100-1	71.9
23	Ugo Coussaud	69.9	100-1	71.8
24	Ricardo Gouveia	69.9	100-1	71.9
25	JC Ritchie	70.0	100-1	71.9
26	Eugenio Chacarra	70.2	100-1	70.8
27	Oihan Guillamoundeguy	70.4	100-1	71.6
28	Lucas Bjerregaard	71.0	150-1
29	Ewen Ferguson	71.1	150-1	71.5
30	Gregorio De Leo	71.2	150-1	71.8
31	Calum Hill	71.3	150-1	72.7
32	Fabrizio Zanotti	71.6	150-1
33	Richie Ramsay	71.6	150-1
34	Matthis Besard	71.7	150-1
35	Kota Kaneko	71.8	150-1
36	MJ Daffue	71.9	150-1
37	Alexander Levy	72.0	150-1	71.7
38	Davis Bryant	72.2	150-1	72.0
39	Yanhan Zhou	72.2	150-1
40	Andy Sullivan	72.3	150-1	71.9
41	Freddy Schott	72.4	150-1	71.6
42	Kazuma Kobori	72.4	150-1	72.6
43	Nacho Elvira	72.4	150-1	72.1
44	Joakim Lagergren	72.5	150-1	72.2
45	Ben Schmidt	72.6	150-1	72.1
46	Callum Tarren	72.6	150-1
47	Veer Ahlawat	72.7	200-1
48	Joost Luiten	72.8	200-1	71.4
49	Rafa Cabrera Bello	73.0	200-1	71.7
50	Brandon Stone	73.1	200-1	70.5
51	Jason Scrivener	73.2	200-1	71.1
52	Grant Forrest	73.4	200-1	71.9
53	Matthew Jordan	73.5	200-1	71.7
54	Edoardo Molinari	73.6	200-1
55	Alfredo Garcia-Heredia	73.6	200-1
56	Daan Huizing	73.8	200-1
57	Deon Germishuys	73.9	200-1
58	Tom Vaillant	74.0	200-1	72.1
59	Yuvraj Sandhu	74.1	250-1
60	Kiradech Aphibarnrat	74.3	250-1	71.5
61	Jeong Weon Ko	74.4	250-1
62	Romain Langasque	74.5	250-1	72.0
63	Darius van Driel	74.6	250-1	70.9
64	Scott Jamieson	74.6	250-1	71.8
65	Marcel Schneider	74.7	250-1	72.0
66	Anthony Quayle	74.7	250-1	71.6
67	Manuel Elvira	74.8	250-1	71.4
68	Brandon Robinson Thompson	74.8	250-1	71.3
69	Matteo Manassero	74.8	250-1	70.6
70	Hugo Townsend	74.9	250-1	71.9
71	Gavin Green	74.9	250-1
72	Michael Hollick	75.0	250-1	71.5
73	Andreas Halvorsen	75.0	250-1	71.2
74	Nicolas Colsaerts	75.1	250-1
75	Frank Kennedy	75.2	250-1
76	Niklas Norgaard	75.2	250-1	71.7
77	Felix Mory	75.3	250-1
78	Eddie Pepperell	75.3	250-1	71.5
79	Steven Brown	75.3	250-1
80	Marcus Helligkilde	75.5	250-1
81	Kristof Ulenaers	75.5	250-1
82	Frederic LaCroix	75.5	250-1	71.1
83	Maximilian Kieffer	75.5	250-1
84	Zander Lombard	75.6	250-1	72.1
85	Richard Sterne	75.6	250-1	71.2
86	Jonathan Broomhead	75.7	250-1	71.5
87	Lev Grinberg	75.7	250-1
88	David Law	75.7	300-1	71.8
89	Albin Bergstrom	75.8	300-1
90	Sam Bairstow	75.8	300-1	72.1
91	Simon Forsstrom	76.1	300-1
92	Todd Clements	76.5	300-1	70.6
93	Daniel Young	76.5	300-1	70.9
94	David Micheluzzi	76.5	300-1	72.1
95	Joe Dean	76.6	300-1	71.8
96	Tobias Jonsson	76.7	300-1	70.9
97	Jack Senior	76.9	300-1	71.4
98	Joel Girrbach	77.1	300-1	70.8
99	Fred Biondi	77.4	300-1	70.8
100	Jarno Tollenaire	77.5	300-1
101	Liam Bentein	77.5	300-1
102	James Skeet	77.5	300-1
103	Arthur Haghedooren	77.5	300-1
104	Anthony De Schutter	77.5	300-1
105	Lars Buijs	77.5	300-1
106	Yente Van Doren	77.5	300-1
107	James Meyer de Beco	77.5	300-1
108	Nathan Cossement	77.5	300-1
109	Jack Yule	77.5	300-1
110	Logan Hunter	77.5	300-1
111	Per Langfors	77.5	300-1
112	Anton Albers	77.5	300-1
113	Cameron Adam	77.5	300-1	71.3
114	Marcel Siem	77.8	300-1	71.3
115	Paul Waring	78.0	300-1	70.2
116	Sadom Kaewkanjana	78.1	300-1	71.5
117	Jack Buchanan	78.1	300-1	70.9
118	Jeff Winther	78.3	300-1	71.5
119	Aaron Cockerill	78.4	300-1	71.8
120	Stefano Mazzoli	78.4	300-1	70.7
121	Jordan Gumberg	78.4	300-1	70.4
122	Yurav Premlall	78.8	300-1	70.6
123	Marcus Kinhult	78.8	300-1	71.0
124	Adri Arnaus	78.9	300-1	71.0
125	Adrian Otaegui	79.0	300-1	70.3
126	Jens Dantorp	79.1	300-1	71.5
127	Sebastian Garcia Grout	79.1	300-1	70.6
128	James Morrison	79.2	300-1	71.8
129	Sean Crocker	79.4	300-1	70.9
130	Benjamin Follet-Smith	79.6	300-1	71.0
131	Quentin Debove	79.6	300-1	71.2
132	Clement Charmasson	79.8	300-1	71.1
133	Andrew Johnston	79.8	300-1	70.5
134	Robin Williams	79.9	300-1	69.3
135	Rikuya Hoshino	80.0	300-1	71.0
136	Yannik Paul	80.1	300-1	71.6
137	David Ravetto	80.1	300-1	70.2
138	Rocco Paolo Repetto Taylor	80.2	300-1	70.2
139	Ryggs Johnston	80.2	300-1	71.4
140	Joshua Berry	80.4	300-1	72.0
141	Ivan Cantero Gutierrez	80.5	300-1	70.0
142	Quim Vidal	80.5	300-1	71.8
143	Shubhankar Sharma	80.7	300-1	70.0
144	Angel Hidalgo	80.9	300-1	71.1
145	Pablo Larrazabal	80.9	300-1	71.4
146	Yuto Katsuragawa	81.0	300-1	70.4
147	Mike Toorop	81.1	300-1	72.0
148	Euan Walker	81.2	300-1	70.4
149	Maximilian Steinlechner	81.3	300-1	70.4
150	Nicolai von Dellingshausen	81.8	300-1	70.9
151	Ryan Peake	81.8	300-1	70.2
152	Matthew Baldwin	81.8	300-1	71.3
153	Connor Syme	82.1	300-1	70.5
154	Adam Blomme	82.3	300-1	70.1
155	Renato Paratore	82.4	300-1	71.3
156	Connor McKinney	82.4	300-1	71.4
157	Filippo Celli	82.4	300-1	71.3
158	Dylan Naidoo	85.8	300-1	71.1
159	Ross Fisher	86.7	300-1	70.4
160	Andres Gallegos	87.3	300-1	68.5
161	Daniel Gavins	91.4	300-1	71.4

A look at the CJ Cup Byron Nelson

I love this place!

Entrants ranked on history in the event. The value reflects the player’s success and number of years competed between 2018 and 2025. A value of about .601 puts the player in the top 1 percent of all players who have played the event at least once in the last eight seasons, a value of .269 puts a player in the top 10 percent.

Player	Value
Scottie Scheffler	0.608
Jordan Spieth	0.579
Si Woo Kim	0.560
Stephan Jaeger	0.469
Adam Schenk	0.464
Patton Kizzire	0.413
Mark Hubbard	0.404
Ryan Palmer	0.387

Top of the heap

The top eight players (per the Hawley Ratings) among this event’s entries.

Player	Rank	Rating
Scottie Scheffler	1	3568.2
Si Woo Kim	17	1625.7
Jordan Spieth	23	1516.0
Aaron Rai	38	1298.9
Taylor Pendrith	53	1025.6
Max Greyserman	58	992.8
Brooks Koepka	59	991.2
Michael Kim	60	984.3

Sorry, can't make it

The top four players (per the Hawley Ratings) who are not among this event’s entries.

Player	Rank	Rating
Xander Schauffele	2	2383.7
Rory McIlroy	3	2336.4
Russell Henley	4	2164.2
Tommy Fleetwood	5	2154.9

Ooh, that's hot

Players are ranked by performance in their last four appearances in comparison with their current Hawley Rating.

Player	Upward Change
Austin Eckroat	844.6
Eric Cole	771.1
Si Woo Kim	706.7
Aldrich Potgieter	647.0
Scottie Scheffler	602.2
Davis Thompson	584.2
Mac Meissner	532.2
Daniel Brown	484.5

Brr, that's cold

Players are ranked by performance in their last four appearances in comparison with their current Hawley Rating.

Player	Downward change
Keith Mitchell	-777.7
Tony Finau	-683.2
Stephan Jaeger	-530.1
Ryo Hisatsune	-641.1
Max McGreevy	-604.2
Mackenzie Hughes	-628.7
Lee Hodges	-691.5
Emiliano Grillo	-595.6

Certain skills required

Among a set of 10 PGA Tour and DP World Tour statistics that reflect physical characteristics of the TPC Craig Ranch course, this table shows the four that have the highest unique correlation with player performance. Events on this course within the last five years are considered, and the minimum is 80 player appearances. In mathematical terms, the number shown is the partial correlation coefficient.

Stat value	Statistic
0.19	Greens in regulation
0.10	Scrambling
0.10	Shots gained off the tee
0.10	Putts per GIR

Location, location, location

Event entrants ranked by predicted score per 18 holes based solely on “course fit” — i.e. based on the player’s current percentile standing in each of the four statistics shown above.

Course fit	Player
Andrew Putnam	69.28
Johnny Keefer	69.28
Scottie Scheffler	69.41
Dylan Wu	69.41
Jordan Smith	69.52
Pierceson Coody	69.53
Hank Lebioda	69.65
Max McGreevy	69.65

Anyplace but here

Event entrants ranked by worst predicted score per 18 holes based solely on “course fit” — i.e. the player’s current percentile standing in each of the four statistics shown above

Course fit	Player
Pontus Nyholm	72.00
Alejandro Tosti	71.70
Garrick Higgo	71.66
Cam Davis	71.42
Jeffrey Kang	71.39
Danny Walker	71.32
Jhonattan Vegas	71.27
Peter Malnati	71.24

Staying close to home

Exempt entrants ranked by miles between their listed residence as of January 2026 and Orlando FL, the event host city.

Player	Home	Miles
Pierceson Coody	Plano TX	12
Noah Goodwin	Dallas TX	31
Tom Kim	Dallas TX	31
Si Woo Kim	Dallas TX	31
Mac Meissner	Dallas TX	31
Taylor Moore	Dallas TX	31
Harry Higgs	Dallas TX	31
Jordan Spieth	Dallas TX	31
Zecheng Dou	Dallas TX	31
Scottie Scheffler	Dallas TX	31

Mathematically speaking

The following table shows the correlations between player ranking in the above tables and their actual finish positions. In other words, to what extent does the ordering of players in the table correspond to the order of finish.

Statistic	Correlation to results
Top of the heap	0.373
I love this place	-0.181
Ooh, that’s hot	-0.117
Location, location, location	0.004

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