With the West Coast Swing complete and most members of the PGA Tour having played at least three or four tournaments this season, statistics can start to be more meaningful.
One of the most important stats related to winning is strokes gained approach the green. It measures how well a golfer performs on shots hit from beyond 30 yards of the green that are not tee shots. Players who rank highly tend to create more birdie chances and avoid carding big, round-busting scores.
The list below reveals the players who rank among the top 10 in strokes gained: approach the green on the PGA Tour so far this season and their irons of choice.
10. Marc Leishman, 0.819
IRONS: Callaway X Forged 2018 (3-9), with Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 130X shafts
9. Michael Thompson, 0.854
IRONS: Ping i210 (4), iBlade (5-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
8. Jason Kokrak, 0.862
IRONS: PXG 0311T GEN2 (3-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
7. Keegan Bradley, 0.88
IRONS: Srixon U45 (3), Z-745 (4-9), Z-945 (PW), with Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 120X shafts
6. Talor Gooch, 0.932
IRONS: Callaway Apex Pro 2016 (4), X Forged 2018 (5-6), Apex MB (7-9), with Nippon N.S. Pro Modus3 125X shafts
5. Emiliano Grillo, 0.968
IRONS: Callaway Apex MB (4-9), with Project X 6.5 Flighted shafts
4. Hideki Matsuyama, 1.013
IRONS: Srixon Z-945 (4-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold S400 shafts
3. Webb Simpson, 1.167
IRONS: Titleist 718 MB (5-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
2. Tiger Woods, 1.32
IRONS: TaylorMade TW Phase 1 prototype (3-PW), with True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 shafts
1. Justin Thomas, 1.611
IRONS: Titleist 718 AP2 (4), 718 MB (5-9), with True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 Tour Issue shafts
