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Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard Power Ratings

Dates: Mar. 5-8, 2026. Venue: Arnold Palmer’s Bay Hill Club and Lodge; Orlando FL. Purse $20 million.

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Scottie Scheffler
PickPlayerPower numberObserved OddsCourse fit
1Scottie Scheffler-39.111-174.3
2Russell Henley-4.224-174.2
3Rory McIlroy6.930-174.3
4Xander Schauffele10.935-174.3
5Tommy Fleetwood13.135-174.3
6Jake Knapp19.245-174.4
7Sepp Straka19.745-174.2
8Ben Griffin20.550-174.4
9Collin Morikawa20.650-174.4
10Akshay Bhatia20.750-174.4
11Ludvig Aberg21.550-174.2
12Maverick McNealy21.950-174.3
13Patrick Cantlay23.955-174.5
14Cameron Young24.055-174.3
15Justin Thomas25.760-1
16Matt Fitzpatrick26.660-174.1
17Robert Macintyre27.265-174.3
18Rickie Fowler27.465-174.4
19Si Woo Kim27.865-174.3
20Hideki Matsuyama28.165-174.5
21Harry Hall28.365-174.5
22Sam Burns28.765-174.2
23Viktor Hovland29.470-174.2
24Harris English30.270-174.4
25Shane Lowry30.270-174.4
26Jordan Spieth30.775-174.6
27JJ Spaun31.375-174.3
28Jacob Bridgeman34.590-175.5
29Keegan Bradley34.590-174.4
30Alex Noren35.690-174.4
31Corey Conners35.895-174.2
32Adam Scott35.895-174.7
33Nicolai Hojgaard37.1100-174.4
34Kurt Kitayama37.2100-174.2
35Taylor Pendrith38.5100-174.3
36Nico Echavarria39.3100-174.2
37Jason Day39.7100-174.4
38Nick Taylor40.2100-174.4
39Lucas Glover40.7100-174.1
40Max Greyserman41.1100-174.3
41Michael Thorbjornsen41.4100-174.3
42Andrew Novak41.7100-174.2
43Chris Gotterup41.7100-174.4
44Min woo Lee41.7100-174.4
45Daniel Berger42.2100-174.2
46Aaron Rai42.5100-174.5
47Tony Finau43.1100-174.3
48Justin Rose44.6150-174.4
49Denny McCarthy44.6150-174.2
50Ryo Hisatsune44.8150-174.4
51JT Poston45.1150-174.3
52Keith Mitchell45.1150-174.4
53Sam Stevens45.2150-174.2
54Rasmus Hojgaard45.5150-174.3
55Bud Cauley45.7150-174.2
56Pierceson Coody46.5150-174.4
57Ryan Fox47.0150-174.2
58Rico Hoey47.0150-174.3
59Sahith Theegala47.1150-174.3
60Michael Kim47.2150-174.3
61Brian Harman47.2150-174.3
62Lee Hodges47.5150-174.3
63Ryan Gerard47.6150-174.3
64Wyndham Clark47.6150-174.3
65Alex Smalley47.7150-174.3
66Christiaan Bezuidenhout47.7150-174.5
67Mackenzie Hughes48.4150-174.2
68Matti Schmid48.7200-174.3
69Matt McCarty49.0200-174.2
70Kristoffer Reitan49.1200-174.3
71Patrick Rodgers49.1200-174.3
72Stephan Jaeger49.2200-174.5
73Davis Thompson49.8200-174.2
74Eric Cole49.9200-174.3
75SungJae Im51.0200-1
76Tom Hoge51.1200-174.2
77Sami Valimaki51.4200-174.4
78Kevin Roy52.3250-174.5
79Garrick Higgo52.3250-174.2
80Brooks Koepka52.6250-174.2
81Chris Kirk52.7250-174.3
82Vince Whaley52.9250-174.4
83Max McGreevy53.1250-174.2
84Seamus Power53.3250-174.4
85AJ Ewart53.3250-174.4
86Ricky Castillo53.6250-174.2
87Thorbjorn Olesen53.7250-174.2
88Kevin Yu53.8250-174.2
89Chad Ramey54.4300-174.3
90Joel Dahmen54.5300-174.3
91Taylor Moore54.9300-174.4
92Mac Meissner55.5300-174.2
93Jhonattan Vegas55.9350-174.4
94Andrew Putnam56.1350-174.4
95Haotong Li56.2350-174.4
96John Parry57.0350-174.3
97David Ford57.3350-174.2
98Max Homa57.3400-174.1
99Mark Hubbard57.6400-174.3
100Gary Woodland57.7400-174.2
101Emiliano Grillo58.0400-174.3
102Jordan Smith58.4400-174.3
103Takumi Kanaya58.7400-174.1
104William Mouw59.3400-174.2
105Aldrich Potgieter59.4400-175.1
106Tom Kim60.0500-174.2
107Karl Vilips60.8500-174.3
108Chandler Phillips61.6600-174.3
109Adam Schenk62.3600-174.3
110Dan Brown62.5600-174.3
111Johnny Keefer62.8600-174.0
112Marco Penge63.0600-174.0
113Davis Riley63.1600-174.5
114Michael Brennan63.1600-174.1
115Austin Smotherman64.2800-174.4
116Cam Davis64.3800-174.1
117Steven Fisk64.5800-174.4
118Zecheng Dou64.6800-174.1
119Joe Highsmith64.8800-174.3
120Patton Kizzire64.9800-174.4
121Danny Walker65.1800-174.2
122Zach Bauchou65.71000-174.1
123Erik van Rooyen65.91000-174.1
124SH Kim67.41000-174.5
125Adrien Dumont de Chassart68.01000-174.3
126Sudarshan Yellamaraju68.21000-174.2
127Brian Campbell68.81000-174.2
128Matthieu Pavon70.82000-174.2
129Pontus Nyholm75.02000-174.2

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.

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Scottie Scheffler has been no. 1 for 146 consecutive weeks.

Tom Hawley’s Player Ratings (Mar. 2, 2026)

#Thru Mar 3, 2026EventsHawley ratingPrevious week
1Scottie Scheffler433515.31
2Rory McIlroy502240.62
3Xander Schauffele392218.63
4Russell Henley402204.24
5Tommy Fleetwood522201.85
6Jon Rahm391875.66
7Patrick Cantlay411860.77
8Collin Morikawa461844.68
9Justin Thomas391793.49
10Bryson DeChambeau361683.010
11Hideki Matsuyama481646.311
12Sepp Straka511635.412
13Sam Burns491597.113
14Maverick McNealy521551.314
15Shane Lowry551550.520
16Si Woo Kim591542.616
17Ludvig Aberg421536.315
18Ben Griffin641531.917
19Jake Knapp461525.719
20Jackson Koivun91509.318
21Matt Fitzpatrick501493.821
22Robert MacIntyre601459.822
23Viktor Hovland411449.623
24Keegan Bradley441432.724
25JJ Spaun531418.926
26Corey Conners511414.625
27Cameron Young511399.127
28Rickie Fowler421374.828
29Jason Day401367.029
30Harris English491366.230
31Akshay Bhatia571320.031
32Taylor Pendrith511304.632
33Jacob Bridgeman571300.033
34Harry Hall551296.634
35Aaron Rai541276.835
36Tyrrell Hatton491266.137
37Alex Noren391262.036
38Jordan Spieth411261.838
39Adam Scott471209.739
40Denny McCarthy461207.240
41Justin Rose441197.541
42JT Poston481173.642
43Lucas Glover451159.343
44Andrew Novak541138.944
45Kurt Kitayama461125.245
46Tony Finau451116.946
47Daniel Berger511114.147
48Nick Taylor521110.748
49Sungjae Im501085.049
50Chris Gotterup551083.550
51Max Greyserman541064.851
52Nicolai Hojgaard531037.258
53Min Woo Lee431026.052
54Sam Stevens611023.854
55Wyndham Clark501016.253
56Nico Echavarria561014.462
57Ryan Gerard60999.257
58Michael Thorbjornsen42978.555
59Christiaan Bezuidenhout54968.356
60Brian Harman52967.459
61Rasmus Hojgaard52966.567
62Joaquin Niemann44958.561
63Ryan Fox55943.465
64Tom Hoge57940.964
65Davis Thompson52931.060
66Sahith Theegala51926.566
67Patrick Reed57921.963
68Sebastian Munoz32916.968
69Matt McCarty56906.569
70Bud Cauley43898.072
71Byeong Hun An49891.071
72Michael Kim61890.573
73Keith Mitchell53876.987
74Eric Cole62868.875
75Stephan Jaeger51865.070
76Abraham Ancer34863.376
77Carlos Ortiz35848.478
78Pierceson Coody60845.579
79Brooks Koepka38840.196
80Patrick Rodgers63839.781
81Billy Horschel45839.574
82Ryo Hisatsune62836.184
83Mackenzie Hughes54834.585
84Thomas Detry56834.282
85Paul Casey32831.283
86David Puig48817.890
87Will Zalatoris33814.789
88Lee Hodges51811.586
89Chris Kirk44805.977
90Alex Smalley57805.788
91Matt Kuchar42803.580
92Cameron Tringale30799.193
93Rico Hoey60782.591
94Marc Leishman33778.195
95Dean Burmester43776.594
96Seamus Power53775.592
97Tom McKibbin54769.797
98Cameron Smith39762.998
99Talor Gooch31759.999
100Thomas Pieters38737.8102
101Kevin Yu55726.2100
102Lucas Herbert37713.0101
103Taylor Moore53709.9126
104Thorbjorn Olesen61706.5104
105Mac Meissner52700.2103
106Bubba Watson31699.1109
107Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen40697.5105
108Jhonattan Vegas45694.2108
109Matti Schmid61693.5121
110Sergio Garcia38687.6110
111Andrew Putnam53675.4106
112Max Homa47674.8125
113Victor Perez51670.5113
114Gary Woodland48669.8107
115Sami Valimaki55669.6111
116Dustin Johnson39668.9117
117Branden Grace36667.7112
118Haotong Li52665.7119
119Beau Hossler55664.3122
120Matt Wallace60659.6116
121Jason Kokrak33658.7120
122Kristoffer Reitan37653.7128
123Vince Whaley50653.4114
124Tom Kim55647.0115
125Max McGreevy62639.6123
126Kevin Roy55636.8130
127Charl Schwartzel36632.8118
128Patrick Fishburn55631.6124
129Jordan Smith56620.3133
130Austin Eckroat52612.3127
131Caleb Surratt38611.5131
132Richard Bland34608.6132
133Emiliano Grillo50597.3129
134Garrick Higgo48592.8135
135Joel Dahmen56592.4146
136Josele Ballester19583.5137
137Anirban Lahiri36583.4138
138Charles Howell24582.4139
139Mark Hubbard60581.8140
140Cam Davis47573.6134
141Doug Ghim55572.6136
142Marco Penge51569.7141
143Brendan Steele30562.1142
144Louis Oosthuizen38557.4144
145Chad Ramey58552.3150
146Ricky Castillo53542.8170
147David Lipsky55539.6143
148Harold Varner32537.5147
149Chandler Phillips54532.8145
150Angel Ayora45520.7155
151Jayden Schaper49517.3152
152Aldrich Potgieter49515.6160
153Sam Ryder56512.4149
154Peter Uihlein42510.5159
155Davis Riley53510.2148
156Graeme McDowell30504.2161
157Joe Highsmith58501.3157
158Nick Dunlap49498.8151
159Jesper Svensson53498.5156
160Justin Lower57497.1154
161Greyson Sigg52493.8162
162John Parry45492.6158
163Luke Clanton31491.7153
164CT Pan25479.9167
165Henrik Norlander54470.8172
166Andy Sullivan57468.4168
167Oliver Lindell36468.2166
168Phil Mickelson31467.0174
169Takumi Kanaya49465.7184
170Thriston Lawrence59465.1165
171Daniel Hillier53464.1169
172Karl Vilips37463.2164
173Wesley Bryan22462.0175
174William Mouw47457.0210
175Michael Brennan11456.0163
176Kris Ventura50454.9171
177Carson Young56452.5173
178David Ford18451.0181
179Antoine Rozner54450.7176
180Francesco Laporta43441.8188
181Adam Schenk58437.6177
182Elvis Smylie30433.3182
183Dan Brown46431.0183
184Chan Kim56424.3179
185Hayden Springer54421.5180
186Ben Campbell30421.1186
187Laurie Canter43415.6187
188Charley Hoffman38413.0178
189Martin Couvra35402.5190
190Zach Johnson34401.9194
191Adrien Saddier50397.2189
192Nate Lashley40396.1196
193Isaiah Salinda49395.9191
194Danny Walker50395.7199
195Zac Blair50395.6195
196Austin Smotherman53395.5248
197Ben Silverman52390.2200
198Webb Simpson27388.9185
199Johnny Keefer35388.3192
200Niklas Norgaard57386.6202
201Erik van Rooyen54386.6193
202Matthew Jordan53384.4205
203Jackson Suber50384.0198
204Julien Guerrier51379.7206
205Jorge Campillo64378.2203
206Henrik Stenson27378.0209
207Adam Hadwin52377.7197
208Keita Nakajima45376.5201
209Adrian Meronk44374.3211
210Matteo Manassero50369.3212
211Alejandro Tosti50368.2207
212Ewen Ferguson50366.7220
213Matthew Wolff26364.8214
214Patton Kizzire49363.9244
215Lee Westwood26358.1217
216KH Lee38355.7208
217Shaun Norris31355.0213
218Ben Kohles56352.3222
219Lanto Griffin53351.0215
220Marcus Armitage52351.0223
221Justin Hastings13348.0204
222Martin Kaymer35345.9224
223Adam Svensson58345.6216
224Joost Luiten54344.8218
225Jacob Skov Olesen40343.1219
226Ian Poulter27340.6226
227Trace Crowe45340.2227
228Kelly Kraft14339.7229
229Trey Mullinax35339.5230
230Alex Fitzpatrick57338.7235
231Brice Garnett44336.1221
232Taylor Montgomery48335.5234
233Brandt Snedeker49333.3225
234Johannes Veerman52332.4233
235Matthieu Pavon55330.6252
236Brian Campbell48328.8238
237Steven Fisk52327.9241
238Frankie Capan52327.2231
239Dylan Wu50327.0228
240Zach Bauchou27324.7264
241Sam Horsfield32324.4239
242Grant Forrest50323.3240
243Stewart Cink14322.2242
244SH Kim53321.2232
245Richard Mansell50316.6243
246Ugo Coussaud52315.5236
247Kevin Na27310.6246
248Jinichiro Kozuma34305.8249
249Cameron Champ49305.7247
250Matt Jones34301.8250
251Joakim Lagergren37299.9245
252Wenyi Ding26298.9251
253Todd Clements55295.9257
254Romain Langasque55295.5255
255Eugenio Chacarra53295.0254
256Noah Goodwin47294.7256
257Andy Ogletree32293.8253
258Mikael Lindberg35288.4258
259Nacho Elvira53288.2259
260Brendon Todd30284.2237
261Alexander Bjork17283.5261
262Calum Hill58282.9266
263Luis Masaveu21282.5263
264Herman Loubser8280.4262
265Zecheng Dou49277.1305
266Brandon Stone50277.0260
267Thomas Rosenmueller29275.0268
268Guido Migliozzi53275.0267
269David Skinns53272.7269
270Andrea Pavan57271.5270
271Nathan Kimsey27267.9289
272Adrien Dumont de Chassart55267.0292
273Richard Sterne34266.3265
274Frederic LaCroix48264.2295
275Dan Bradbury55260.3271
276Anthony Kim33257.1275
277Danny Lee33255.7276
278Jeremy Paul52254.9272
279Casey Jarvis61253.0304
280Kevin Streelman35251.3308
281Matthew NeSmith24251.2274
282John Pak51248.7277
283Quade Cummins54247.4285
284Mito Pereira28247.4283
285Jacques Kruyswijk44246.9278
286Jonathan Byrd28245.5273
287Ren Yonezawa18244.7279
288Harry Higgs54244.0281
289Hayden Buckley54241.5280
290Jason Scrivener51239.4299
291Will Gordon46237.9286
292Darius van Driel54237.0287
293Sebastian Soderberg40236.2284
294Alejandro Del Rey53235.8309
295Luke List54235.4288
296Sam Bairstow54235.2291
297Kazuma Kobori43233.2300
298Richard T Lee20232.1302
299Tom Vaillant51232.0298
300Sudarshan Yellamaraju46230.5356
301Rafa Cabrera Bello58229.1321
302Marcel Schneider55228.2297
303Ben Schmidt35228.2293
304Davis Bryant26228.1290
305Freddy Schott45228.0319
306Doc Redman43227.6294
307Daniel van Tonder17227.2359
308Ian Gilligan21226.6320
309Rikuya Hoshino46226.3303
310Blades Brown29224.9296
311Scott Vincent34222.0311
312Brandon Robinson Thompson44221.4306
313Paul Waring40221.1301
314Kevin Tway32219.9307
315Chieh-po Lee33216.4315
316Yu-bin Jang10214.9318
317Joseph Bramlett52214.7310
318Brendan Valdez13214.4317
319Taylor Dickson51213.8323
320Darren Fichardt35211.4312
321Danny Willett41210.5313
322Trevor Cone51207.6316
323Tapio Pulkkanen27206.4326
324Niklas Lemke27205.4328
325Neal Shipley43205.0314
326Nick Hardy55204.2324
327Jeff Winther49202.8325
328Will Chandler46202.0330
329Adrian Otaegui59196.6358
330Nicolai von Dellingshausen45195.8335
331Ben Martin40194.7327
332Kensei Hirata44193.6331
333Yuto Katsuragawa41193.5329
334Ding Wenyi10192.9341
335David Micheluzzi46192.6338
336Camilo Villegas54190.7336
337Robby Shelton52189.7332
338Bernd Wiesberger52189.4357
339Connor Syme50189.1333
340Scott Jamieson53189.1344
341Ian Holt32187.7345
342Paul Peterson55187.1348
343Francesco Molinari38187.1343
344Ryan Moore23186.9340
345Eddie Pepperell33186.9392
346Fabrizio Zanotti44186.8347
347Ricardo Gouveia57185.1342
348Kieran Vincent35184.9337
349Cameron Adam9184.5322
350Kevin Chappell32183.8346
351Sean Crocker48183.7350
352Thomas Rosenmuller17182.4351
353Gregorio De Leo25180.7339
354Michael Hollick14179.1334
355Hunter Eichhorn17177.7386
356Angel Hidalgo56177.3349
357Manuel Elvira58177.0352
358Andrew Wilson37175.2360
359Edoardo Molinari31173.7363
360Yannik Paul52173.2361
361Richie Ramsay47173.1353
362Andrew Johnston16172.4362
363Yuta Sugiura26172.2368
364Marcel Siem47172.0355
365Chris Korte10170.9458
366Yubin Jang10166.6366
367Kiradech Aphibarnrat57165.4364
368Jens Dantorp55164.1365
369Benjamin Hebert25163.2369
370Joel Girrbach59162.4367
371Kazuki Higa34161.9370
372Vincent Norrman24160.7380
373JC Ritchie10160.5354
374Pat Perez14159.9373
375John Catlin47158.9372
376Padraig Harrington24158.9371
377Shimizu Taisei16158.7378
378Yosuke Asaji19158.0374
379Seung-taek Lee30157.8376
380Jack Senior34157.1375
381Pontus Nyholm52157.1495
382Max Rottluff33156.4379
383Martin Laird45155.3381
384Oihan Guillamoundeguy8154.9383
385Joe Dean44153.8406
386Curtis Luck9153.8389
387Andreas Halvorsen25152.0388
388Marcus Kinhult50151.5377
389Chesson Hadley40150.4387
390Mitchell Meissner51150.2384
391Aaron Cockerill53148.6391
392Troy Merritt52148.5385
393Kota Kaneko23148.0382
394David Ravetto55145.8393
395Lucas Bjerregaard28145.5394
396Miguel Tabuena31145.1398
397Trent Phillips55144.8390
398Seung-yul Noh52143.5399
399Braden Thornberry53142.6395
400Ivan Cantero Gutierrez54142.4397

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.

LIV Golf Singapore Power Ratings

Dates: Mar. 12-15, 2026. Purse: $20 million (individuals). Venue: Sentosa GC; Singapore.

Jon Rahm
PickPlayerPower numberObserved OddsCourse fit
1Jon Rahm22.86-171.5
2Bryson DeChambeau26.98-171.5
3Tyrrell Hatton45.320-171.9
4David Puig47.324-172.8
5Paul Casey48.125-1
6Sebastian Munoz50.430-172.0
7Carlos Ortiz51.530-171.6
8Thomas Detry52.435-173.0
9Branden Grace53.035-171.8
10Byeong Hun An53.135-171.6
11Joaquin Niemann53.435-171.5
12Abraham Ancer53.635-171.9
13Thomas Pieters53.935-171.7
14Dean Burmester54.940-171.7
15Lucas Herbert55.545-171.5
16Cameron Smith56.145-171.9
17Marc Leishman56.145-171.6
18Talor Gooch56.950-171.9
19Tom McKibbin57.250-173.1
20Sergio Garcia57.755-171.7
21Cameron Tringale58.055-172.0
22Victor Perez58.760-171.5
23Elvis Smylie59.365-173.0
24Jason Kokrak59.365-172.1
25Richard Bland59.665-171.8
26Caleb Surratt59.765-171.7
27Dustin Johnson60.070-171.8
28Peter Uihlein61.180-171.6
29Louis Oosthuizen61.180-171.9
30Bubba Watson61.280-171.8
31Charles Howell61.380-171.9
32Graeme McDowell61.480-172.0
33Charl Schwartzel61.685-171.8
34Harold Varner61.985-171.8
35Brendan Steele62.995-171.7
36Josele Ballester63.0100-171.3
37Anirban Lahiri63.2100-171.8
38Lee Westwood64.1100-1
39Matthew Wolff65.2100-171.8
40Laurie Canter66.5150-173.0
41Ben Campbell68.2200-172.1
42Ian Poulter69.2200-171.9
43Adrian Meronk69.5250-172.0
44Anthony Kim69.9250-171.8
45Richard T Lee70.0250-171.5
46Martin Kaymer70.7300-172.1
47Scott Vincent71.7350-172.0
48Sam Horsfield71.8350-171.9
49Luis Masaveu72.0400-171.8
50Danny Lee73.0400-171.9
51Yosuke Asaji73.3400-171.9
52Young-han Song74.2500-1
53Bjorn Hellgren76.0600-171.7
54Miguel Tabuena76.1600-172.0
55Wade Ormsby76.2600-171.9
56Minkyu Kim76.7600-171.8
57Michael La Sasso76.9600-171.7

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.

A look at The Players Championship

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Entrants ranked on history in the event. The value reflects the player’s success and number of years competed within the last eight years, weighted in favor of more recent seasons. A value of 1.000 would mean the player appeared every year and won every time. A value of about .595 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 .270 puts a player in the top 10 percent.

Shane Lowry0.657
Tom Hoge0.654
Tommy Fleetwood0.654
Corey Conners0.632
Scottie Scheffler0.588
Rory McIlroy0.576
Si Woo Kim0.527
Keegan Bradley0.508
Denny McCarthy0.505
Sepp Straka0.488

Top of the heap

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

Scottie Scheffler13432.8
Russell Henley22278.5
Rory McIlroy32172.4
Xander Schauffele42168.6
Tommy Fleetwood52140.8
Collin Morikawa61924.7
Patrick Cantlay71783.5
Justin Thomas81713.5

Sorry, can't make it

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

PlayerRankRating
Jon Rahm71882.9
Bryson DeChambeau121626.0
Jackson Koivun191503.9
Tyrrell Hatton401227.8

Ooh, that's hot

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

PlayerUpward change
Akshay Bhatia2387.5
Min woo Lee2115.7
Jake Knapp2024.9
Jacob Bridgeman1606.6
Collin Morikawa1436.8
Nicolai Hojgaard1137.9
Ryo Hisatsune1115.0
Adam Scott1070.0

Brr, that's cold

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

PlayerDownward change
JJ Spaun-1255.2
Patrick Cantlay-1156.4
Keegan Bradley-1047.7
SungJae Im-1032.2
Justin Thomas-1019.8
Corey Conners-1011.5
Sam Burns-955.7
Denny McCarthy-946.6

Certain skills required

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

Stat valueStatistic
0.11Sand saves
0.11Putts per GIR
0.10Driving distance
0.08Scrambling

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 fitPlayer
Johnny Keefer74.0
Marco Penge74.0
Lucas Glover74.1
Michael Brennan74.1
Matt Fitzpatrick74.1
Zecheng Dou74.1
Erik van Rooyen74.1
Cam Davis74.1
Max Homa74.1

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 fitPlayer
Jacob Bridgeman75.5
Aldrich Potgieter75.1
Adam Scott74.7
Jordan Spieth74.6
Hideki Matsuyama74.6
Aaron Rai74.5
Davis Riley74.5
Stephan Jaeger74.5
Christiaan Bezuidenhout74.5

Staying close to home

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

PlayerResidenceDistance
Ludvig AbergPonte Vedra Beach FL8
Nico EchavarriaPonte Vedra Beach FL8
Adrien Dumont de ChassartPonte Vedra Beach FL8
Michael BrennanJacksonville FL18
Karl VilipsJacksonville FL18
Danny WalkerJacksonville FL18
Ricky CastilloJacksonville FL18
Keith MitchellSt. Simons Island GA75
Brian HarmanSt. Simons Island GA75
Davis ThompsonSt. Simons Island GA75
Andrew NovakSt. Simons Island GA75
Ben GriffinSt. Simons Island GA75
JT PostonSt. Simons Island GA75
Patton KizzireSt. Simons Island GA75

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.

StatisticCorrelation to results
Top of the heap0.371
I love this place0.178
Ooh, that’s hot0.118
Location, location, location0.007

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