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Most Improved in 2023

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Ludvig Aberg
Ludvig Aberg

With this list, alookatgolf.com presents the 100 most-improved players during the 2023 season. The list is, of course, headed by 24-year-oldd Swede Ludvig Aberg, who turned pro in June and won twice before calling it a year.

The players are ranked by their Hawley Number delta between the close of 2022 and the close of 2023. In Aberg’s case, he went from zero to a rating number of 1285, resulting in a Hawley Ratings rank of 19th. He won on both the PGA Tour (RSM Classic in November) and the DP World Tour (Omega European Masters in September).

Second on the list is world no. 1 Scottie Scheffler, up from no. 5 at this time a year ago and winner at Phoenix and the Players. Michael Thorbjornsen, a 22-year old Ohio native who is a senior at Stanford, made the list as an amateur. He played five pro events, with a best finish of 17th in the Deere. Peter Kuest is the top DP World Tour player on the list. 21-year-olds Akshay Bhatia, Ryo Hisatune, and Tom Kim are the youngest players on the list.

Player ’23 events Final ’23 Final ’22 Change Age Tour
Ludvig Aberg 18 1285 N/A 1285 24 PGA
Scottie Scheffler 22 2547 1544 1002 27 PGA
Eric Cole 31 967 233 734 35 PGA
Rickie Fowler 24 1228 552 677 35 PGA
Rory McIlroy 22 2445 1769 676 34 PGA
Michael Thorbjornsen 5 643 N/A 643 22 NCAA
Viktor Hovland 24 1877 1244 633 26 PGA
Max Homa 24 1698 1122 576 33 PGA
Wyndham Clark 24 1137 561 576 30 PGA
Byeong Hun An 23 866 291 574 32 PGA
Tyrrell Hatton 26 1634 1065 569 32 PGA
Denny McCarthy 24 1242 701 542 30 PGA
Tommy Fleetwood 27 1499 973 526 32 PGA
Peter Kuest 15 525 N/A 525 25 DP World
Justin Suh 28 700 192 509 26 PGA
Xander Schauffele 22 2140 1633 507 30 PGA
Min Woo Lee 24 915 411 503 25 DP World
JT Poston 26 1078 609 469 30 PGA
Jason Day 19 1151 689 462 36 PGA
Cam Davis 27 1167 707 461 28 PGA
Michael Kim 24 577 123 454 30 PGA
Zac Blair 22 451 N/A 451 33 PGA
Ryan Fox 24 756 347 409 36 DP World
Patrick Cantlay 21 2327 1926 401 31 PGA
Nick Taylor 25 773 380 394 35 PGA
Russell Henley 22 1322 939 383 34 PGA
Andy Ogletree 10 382 N/A 382 25 LIV
Michael Block 7 380 N/A 380 47 DP World
Beau Hossler 28 841 475 366 28 PGA
Nathan Kimsey 17 363 N/A 363 30 DP World
Nicolai Hojgaard 27 545 186 359 22 DP World
Austin Eckroat 26 517 168 349 24 PGA
David Puig 22 343 N/A 343 22 LIV
Sam Bennett 11 339 N/A 339 24 DP World
Sam Stevens 19 335 N/A 335 27 PGA
Carson Young 27 407 75 331 29 PGA
Adam Schenk 28 763 440 324 31 PGA
Sungjae Im 27 1559 1239 320 25 PGA
Vincent Norrman 28 423 115 308 26 PGA
Emiliano Grillo 26 943 642 302 31 PGA
Stephan Jaeger 26 755 454 301 34 PGA
Kurt Kitayama 22 853 555 298 30 PGA
Akshay Bhatia 26 426 130 296 21 PGA
Henrik Stenson 19 496 204 292 47 LIV
Adam Svensson 28 792 504 288 29 PGA
Sam Ryder 28 665 379 285 34 PGA
Sam Stevens 19 361 86 275 27 PGA
Harris English 24 860 595 265 34 PGA
Jordan Spieth 23 1436 1175 260 30 PGA
Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen 6 256 N/A 256 24 DP Challenge
Dan Bradbury 27 253 N/A 253 24 DP World
JJ Spaun 26 800 548 251 33 PGA
Taylor Moore 23 960 712 249 26 PGA
Corey Conners 23 1229 982 247 31 PGA
Dylan Wu 29 391 157 234 27 PGA
Adam Hadwin 23 1032 809 223 36 PGA
Hideki Matsuyama 23 1079 856 223 31 PGA
Victor Perez 23 499 280 220 31 DP World
Jon Rahm 22 1898 1678 220 29 LIV
Chesson Hadley 26 566 347 219 36 PGA
Thorbjorn Olesen 24 451 232 219 34 DP World
Sahith Theegala 27 1105 887 218 26 PGA
Nick Bachem 28 216 N/A 216 24 DP World
Justin Rose 24 924 709 215 43 PGA
Brian Harman 26 1332 1119 213 36 PGA
Lucas Glover 28 654 441 213 44 PGA
Chris Kirk 23 836 623 213 38 PGA
Sepp Straka 29 830 618 212 30 PGA
Aaron Rai 30 714 505 209 28 PGA
Brendon Todd 25 819 610 209 38 PGA
Garrick Higgo 26 477 269 207 24 PGA
Ryan Gerard 25 207 N/A 207 24 Korn Ferry
Matt Kuchar 25 864 658 207 49 PGA
David Micheluzzi 11 206 N/A 206 27 Australasia
Andrew Putnam 25 925 720 205 34 PGA
Mark Hubbard 32 626 427 200 34 PGA
Tom Kim 27 1452 1258 193 21 PGA
Ryo Hisatsune 32 407 214 192 21 DP World
Aaron Baddeley 23 391 200 191 42 PGA
Adrian Meronk 28 536 347 189 30 DP World
Joost Luiten 24 340 154 185 37 DP World
Lee Hodges 26 718 534 184 28 PGA
Daniel Brown 28 184 N/A 184 29 Challenge Tour
Nicholas Lindheim 12 284 101 184 39 DP World
Fred Biondi 13 181 N/A 181 23 Korn Ferry
Chad Ramey 27 383 208 174 31 PGA
Tyler Duncan 27 431 258 173 34 PGA
Alexander Bjork 23 444 271 173 33 DP World
Sami Valimaki 8 312 141 171 25 DP World
Sebastian Soderberg 25 300 129 170 33 DP World
Grant Forrest 27 343 175 168 30 DP World
Nate Lashley 26 464 297 167 41 PGA
Marco Penge 6 166 N/A 166 25 Challenge Tour
Daniel Hillier 27 256 91 165 25 DP World
Jordan Smith 26 533 369 164 31 DP World
Cody Gribble 22 162 N/A 162 33 Korn Ferry
Ryutaro Nagano 9 216 54 162 35 Japan
Joseph Bramlett 19 418 256 161 35 PGA
Gary Woodland 19 773 618 155 39 PGA
Matthias Schmid 33 307 156 151 26 PGA
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Players are ranked by “Change”, i.e. the improvement in their Hawley Rating between the end of 2022 and the end of 2023.

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