The last 6 PGA Tour winners rank in the top 25 in this key statistic

While last week’s Saudi International featured a star-studded field — and a pretty epic finish — the Pebble Beach Pro-Am still provided some theatrics of its own. Jordan Spieth did Jordan Spieth things over the weekend as he came up just shy of his 13th PGA Tour victory, Patrick Cantlay put himself in the mix (again), and Tom Hoge put together a sublime Sunday back nine for his first victory.

Hoge’s performance was notable not only because he got the first-win monkey off his back, but also because he continued an interesting trend of Tour winners this season. Let’s dive into the week’s statistical nuggets below.

1. The importance of iron play. Tom Hoge was a force on Pebble’s back nine on Sunday. His inward charge featured four birdies as he hit seven of his nine approach shots inside 20 feet. That deadeye accuracy with his irons was good for second in SG: Approach for the day, and improved his standing on the season in the same category to fifth.

Hoge’s appearance near the top of the charts in SG: Approach continues an interesting trend over the past six events on Tour. With Hoge’s win, the last six Tour winners rank inside the top 25 in SG: Approach for this season. Going back to the beginning of the season, nine of 14 winners on Tour this season currently rank inside the top 25 in SG: Approach.

Practice your ball striking, kids.

2. A well-rounded game. Sungjae Im only has one victory this season, but based on his well-rounded stats, you could argue he should have more. Im ranks inside the top five in five key statistical categories this season, including top 10s, in which he ranks No. 1 on Tour with four this season. The 23-year-old has been among the most consistent players on Tour this season, and another victory shouldn’t come as a surprise.

3. Still No. 1. Hideki Matsuyama didn’t tee it up last week at Pebble Beach, but he still holds onto the top spot in the FedEx Cup standings. The defending Masters champ already has two wins this season, and his game appears to be in form with the Masters looming. Could a repeat at Augusta be in the cards?

Here is the rundown of the PGA Tour’s stats leaders in 10 key categories.

Stats courtesy of PGATour.com

FedEx Cup Standings

Full standings

Top 10s

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Scoring Average

Rank	Name	Average
1	Cameron Smith	69.226
2	Russell Henley	69.345
3	Mackenzie Hughes	69.624
4	Seamus Power	69.695
5	Denny McCarthy	69.734
6	Luke List	69.757
7	Talor Gooch	69.77
8	Collin Morikawa	69.789
9	Sungjae Im	69.807
10	Troy Merritt	69.83

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Driving Distance

Rank	Name	Average
1	Cameron Champ	323.7
2	Matthew Wolff	320.4
3	Cameron Young	318.5
4	Joseph Bramlett	318.4
5	Jhonattan Vegas	317.9
6	Luke List	316.7
7	Taylor Pendrith	315.5
8	Chan Kim	315.4
9	Trey Mullinax	314.9
10	Wyndham Clark	314.2

Full standings

Driving Accuracy

Rank	Name	%
1	Kevin Kisner	74.35
2	Louis Oosthuizen	73.81
3	Brian Stuard	73.32
4	Austin Eckroat	72.8
5	Abraham Ancer	72.54
6	Ryan Armour	72.4
7	Viktor Hovland	71.93
8	Lucas Glover	71.88
9	Collin Morikawa	71.43
10	Kyle Stanley	70.85

Full standings

Greens in regulation

Rank	Name	%
1	Collin Morikawa	79.17
2	Louis Oosthuizen	79.01
3	Jon Rahm	78.17
4	Russell Knox	77.61
5	Corey Conners	77.51
6	Viktor Hovland	77.43
7	Cameron Smith	77.16
8	Kevin Kisner	76.9
9	Lucas Glover	76.63
10	Will Zalatoris	76.62

Full standings

SG: Total

Rank	Name	Average
1	Matt Fitzpatrick	2.71
2	Jon Rahm	2.153
3	Cameron Smith	2.015
4	Sungjae Im	1.975
5	Collin Morikawa	1.95
6	Will Zalatoris	1.899
7	Russell Henley	1.766
8	Luke List	1.543
9	Sam Burns	1.528
10	Marc Leishman	1.502

Full standings

SG: Tee-to-green

Rank	Name	Average
1	Will Zalatoris	2.094
2	Luke List	2.001
3	Sungjae Im	1.76
4	Russell Henley	1.637
5	Jon Rahm	1.539
6	Matt Fitzpatrick	1.517
7	Ryan Palmer	1.5
8	Collin Morikawa	1.414
9	Sam Burns	1.413
10	Austin Eckroat	1.343

Full standings

SG: Putting

Rank	Name	Average
1	Wesley Bryan	1.349
2	Matt Fitzpatrick	1.193
3	Kelly Kraft	0.994
4	Beau Hossler	0.978
5	Matthias Schwab	0.958
6	Mackenzie Hughes	0.941
7	Adam Long	0.925
8	Brian Gay	0.918
9	Cameron Smith	0.886
10	Billy Horschel	0.861

Full standings

Scrambling

Rank	Name	%
1	Sungjae Im	76.56
2	Louis Oosthuizen	76.47
3	Patrick Cantlay	74.07
4	Matt Kuchar	74.05
5	Denny McCarthy	73.26
6	Troy Merritt	73.15
7	Sergio Garcia	72.73
8	Tom Hoge	72.37
9	Mark Hubbard	71.43
10	Hideki Matsuyama	71.32

Full standings

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Zephyr Melton is an assistant editor for GOLF.com where he spends his days blogging, producing and editing. Prior to joining the team at GOLF.com, he attended the University of Texas followed by stops with Team USA, the Green Bay Packers and the PGA Tour. He assists on all things instruction and covers amateur and women’s golf.