Looking for a golfer to pick in your 2023 Masters Tournament office pool?
One strategy is to consider players who have had the most success in the months leading up to the first major of the year.
The entire Masters field is broken down below according to the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings as well as the Official World Golf Ranking. The column labeled “Heat Index” is a player’s ranking based on his play the past three months. That can help you pick a player who is trending.
For the 2022-23 season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which they won a PGA Tour event has been 51.68 in the Golfweek/Sagarin rankings and 57.64 in the OWGR.
Masters 2023 leaderboard: Get the latest news from Augusta
Golfer
GW/Sagarin
OWGR
Heat Index
Jon Rahm
1
3
3
Scottie Scheffler
2
1
1
Xander Schauffele
3
7
5
Rory McIlroy
4
2
14
Tony Finau
5
13
6
Max Homa
6
5
4
Patrick Cantlay
7
4
11
Justin Thomas
8
10
8
Sungjae Im
9
18
13
Cameron Young
10
14
10
Jason Day
11
35
2
Viktor Hovland
12
9
12
Tom Kim
14
19
30
Will Zalatoris
15
8
57
Collin Morikawa
16
12
24
Sahith Theegala
18
30
22
Tyrrell Hatton
19
17
27
Tommy Fleetwood
20
27
48
Jordan Spieth
21
16
32
Sam Burns
22
11
39
Joaquin Niemann
23
25
113
Keith Mitchell
24
45
21
Corey Conners
26
28
29
Si Woo Kim
27
39
15
Hideki Matsuyama
29
21
45
Mito Pereira
30
53
42
Dustin Johnson
32
69
144
Adam Scott
33
40
56
Shane Lowry
34
23
100
Matthew Fitzpatrick
38
15
165
Keegan Bradley
39
22
91
Justin Rose
40
36
37
Brian Harman
41
29
179
Alex Noren
42
41
159
Seamus Power
44
34
71
Cameron Smith
45
6
257
Chris Kirk
48
32
36
Taylor Moore
49
50
23
Adam Svensson
55
56
98
Thomas Pieters
58
44
268
Talor Gooch
59
58
86
K.H. Lee
60
43
136
J.T. Poston
61
49
105
Patrick Reed
65
70
174
Russell Henley
67
38
88
Danny Willett
70
91
47
Kurt Kitayama
71
20
107
Billy Horschel
73
24
240
Jason Kokrak
74
87
120
Ryan Fox
77
37
76
Abraham Ancer
81
31
169
Harold Varner III
83
60
192
Min Woo Lee
86
48
55
Tom Hoge
90
26
73
Sergio Garcia
91
161
153
Adrian Meronk
97
59
132
Gary Woodland
105
100
83
Scott Stallings
107
66
181
Mackenzie Hughes
119
57
170
Kevin Na
132
96
260
Kazuki Higa
148
82
167
Harris English
150
42
253
Louis Oosthuizen
154
120
436
Zach Johnson
163
317
123
Francesco Molinari
168
130
338
Sepp Straka
174
33
193
Brooks Koepka
175
118
289
Charl Schwartzel
242
214
420
Kevin Kisner
257
47
432
Bryson DeChambeau
262
155
471
Cameron Champ
393
201
429
Phil Mickelson
431
425
427
Sam Bennett
N/R
1313
N/R
Ben Carr
N/R
3343
N/R
Fred Couples
N/R
3343
N/R
Harrison Crowe
N/R
504
N/R
Mateo Fernandez de Oliveira
N/R
N/R
N/R
Bernhard Langer
N/R
3343
N/R
Sandy Lyle
N/R
3343
N/R
Matthew McClean
N/R
3343
N/R
Larry Mize
N/R
3343
N/R
Jose Maria Olazabal
N/R
2748
N/R
Aldrich Potgieter
N/R
3343
N/R
Gordon Sargent
N/R
3343
N/R
Vijay Singh
N/R
3343
N/R
Bubba Watson
N/R
222
452
Mike Weir
N/R
3343
N/R
Tiger Woods
N/R
1001
N/R
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