Masters heat index: Who to pick at Augusta National?
Looking for a player to pick in your office pool? One strategy is to consider players who have had the most success in the months leading up to this week’s Masters Tournament.
The entire Masters field is broken down below according to the Golfweek/Sagarins and the Official World Golf Ranking. The left column, or the “heat index,” is a player’s ranking based on his play the past four months. That can help you pick a player who is trending.
So far in the 2020-21 Tour season, the average ranking of the winner heading into the week in which he won a PGA Tour event has been 92.7 in the Golfweek/Sagarins and 100.0 in the OWGR.
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Player | Heat Index | GW/Sagarin | OWGR |
Paul Casey | 1 | 17 | 18 |
Jon Rahm | 2 | 1 | 3 |
Joaquin Niemann | 3 | 13 | 26 |
Jordan Spieth | 4 | 43 | 38 |
Tony Finau | 5 | 8 | 13 |
Max Homa | 6 | 63 | 37 |
Patrick Cantlay | 7 | 6 | 10 |
Daniel Berger | 9 | 4 | 15 |
Will Zalatoris | 11 | 10 | 46 |
Matt Jones | 12 | 36 | 55 |
Zach Johnson | 13 | 12 | 107 |
Ryan Palmer | 14 | 26 | 27 |
Corey Conners | 15 | 30 | 43 |
Viktor Hovland | 16 | 5 | 14 |
Brian Harman | 17 | 18 | 19 |
Bryson DeChambeau | 18 | 7 | 5 |
Xander Schauffele | 19 | 3 | 6 |
Dustin Johnson | 20 | 2 | 1 |
Sergio Garcia | 21 | 34 | 40 |
Sungjae Im | 22 | 24 | 19 |
Adam Scott | 23 | 15 | 32 |
Webb Simpson | 25 | 11 | 9 |
Matt Fitzpatrick | 26 | 27 | 16 |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 28 | 49 | 35 |
Cameron Smith | 29 | 29 | 30 |
Tyrrell Hatton | 32 | 22 | 8 |
Collin Morikawa | 33 | 31 | 4 |
Tommy Fleetwood | 34 | 38 | 24 |
Brendon Todd | 35 | 53 | 56 |
Jason Kokrak | 36 | 41 | 33 |
Billy Horschel | 37 | 37 | 17 |
Matthew Wolff | 38 | 35 | 23 |
Lanto Griffin | 40 | 54 | 57 |
Kevin Kisner | 42 | 48 | 36 |
Scottie Scheffler | 43 | 33 | 22 |
Abraham Ancer | 44 | 20 | 31 |
Justin Thomas | 45 | 9 | 2 |
Louis Oosthuizen | 47 | 21 | 28 |
Michael Thompson | 48 | 76 | 105 |
Rory McIlroy | 49 | 16 | 12 |
Jason Day | 50 | 64 | 52 |
Patrick Reed | 51 | 19 | 7 |
Kevin Na | 53 | 44 | 34 |
Robert MacIntyre | 55 | 61 | 45 |
Carlos Ortiz | 56 | 86 | 47 |
Victor Perez | 61 | 133 | 29 |
Harris English | 68 | 23 | 21 |
Francesco Molinari | 69 | 98 | 108 |
Bernd Wiesberger | 71 | 72 | 54 |
Lee Westwood | 79 | 74 | 20 |
Hideki Matsuyama | 80 | 39 | 25 |
Si Woo Kim | 84 | 47 | 49 |
Shane Lowry | 88 | 87 | 44 |
Brooks Koepka | 89 | 51 | 11 |
Marc Leishman | 95 | 153 | 39 |
Danny Willett | 96 | 172 | 77 |
Mackenzie Hughes | 100 | 45 | 51 |
Matt Kuchar | 112 | 89 | 42 |
Phil Mickelson | 115 | 122 | 115 |
Justin Rose | 118 | 97 | 41 |
Matt Wallace | 125 | 99 | 48 |
Stewart Cink | 147 | 93 | 149 |
Bubba Watson | 152 | 83 | 58 |
Dylan Frittelli | 154 | 108 | 68 |
Charl Schwartzel | 155 | 157 | 211 |
Robert Streb | 156 | 260 | 110 |
Ian Poulter | 157 | 73 | 64 |
Martin Laird | 159 | 144 | 100 |
Sebastián Muñoz | 173 | 101 | 63 |
Gary Woodland | 175 | 127 | 53 |
C.T. Pan | 185 | 120 | 155 |
Brian Gay | 189 | 292 | 209 |
Jim Herman | 219 | 237 | 132 |
Hudson Swafford | 281 | 347 | 175 |
Jimmy Walker | 299 | 405 | 528 |
Cameron Champ | 310 | 190 | 86 |
Henrik Stenson | 343 | 419 | 117 |
Vijay Singh | N/R | 483 | 1507 |
Fred Couples | N/R | N/R | 1834 |
Bernhard Langer | N/R | N/R | 739 |
Joe Long | N/R | N/R | 1834 |
Sandy Lyle | N/R | N/R | 1834 |
Larry Mize | N/R | N/R | 1834 |
José María Olazábal | N/R | N/R | 1834 |
Ollie Osborne | N/R | N/R | 1834 |
Tyler Strafaci | N/R | N/R | N/R |
Mike Weir | N/R | N/R | 808 |
Ian Woosnam | N/R | N/R | 1834 |
