Players Championship 2026: Is Justin Rose endangering his late career resurgence with an iron change?
After the Masters, Justin Rose switched to McLaren irons that he helped develop, but he has since clearly struggled to play up to his standards
NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Strokes gained is probably mainstream enough as a statistic that it doesn't need to be explained, but for our purposes here, it isolates a player's overall performance against the rest of the field in a given tournament, and against all his competitors over the course of the season. Specific stats give an even more granular view, and SG/approach is the best method we have of measuring a golfer's iron play against his colleagues.
Here, then, is a chronological look at Justin Rose's iron play thus far in 2026, with his SG/approach number, and his ranking in each field: American Express: -0. 32, 95th out of 156 Farmers Insurance Open: +2. 197, 3rd out of 147 Pebble Beach: +0.
27, 32nd out of 80 Genesis Invitational: +0. 14, 35th out of 72 Arnold Palmer Invitational: +1. 77, 2nd out of 72 Players Championship: +.
228, 39th out of 123 The Masters: +1. 56, 4th out of 91 Cadillac Championship: -0. 328, 46th out of 72 Truist Championship: -0.
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