PGA Tour Power Rankings: Scottie Scheffler and then who comes next?

Three down. One to go.

The Open Championship, the last large of the men's nonrecreational play season, is 2 weeks away, July 17-20 astatine Royal Portrush Golf Club successful Portrush, Northern Ireland.

This week's John Deere Classic successful Silvis, Illinois, and the Genesis Scottish Open successful North Berwick, Scotland, are up first, and galore of the world's champion golfers are making the travel overseas a week aboriginal to get a sensation of links golf.

Can satellite No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler triumph the 3rd limb of the vocation expansive slam? Can reigning Masters champion Rory McIlroy exorcise his demons from six years ago, erstwhile helium missed the chopped astatine The Open astatine Royal Portrush? Can defending Open Championship victor Xander Schauffele find his form?

With the FedEx Cup playoffs looming and the Ryder Cup close astir the corner, determination aren't galore chances near for golfers to impressment U.S. skipper Keegan Bradley and European skipper Luke Donald.

Here are the latest PGA Tour Power Rankings.

1. Scottie Scheffler

Scheffler took a mates of weeks disconnected earlier heading crossed the pond for the Genesis Scottish Open and The Open. Remarkably, Scheffler hasn't finished extracurricular the apical 25 successful 14 starts connected circuit this play -- helium was successful the apical 8 successful each of his past nine, including victories astatine the CJ Cup Byron Nelson, PGA Championship and the Memorial Tournament. He tied for 3rd astatine 10 nether successful his past commencement astatine the Renaissance Club successful 2023, 5 strokes down McIlroy.

2. Rory McIlroy

Maybe a fewer weeks successful the United Kingdom volition assistance McIlroy ascent retired of his post-Masters funk. He planned to walk immoderate clip with his household astatine this caller location successful London earlier playing an important two-week agelong of golf. He captured the 2023 Genesis Scottish Open with a thrilling one-stroke triumph implicit Robert MacIntyre. McIlroy tied for 4th past season, 4 strokes down MacIntyre.

3. Russell Henley

The 36-year-old is playing immoderate of the champion play of his vocation with 8 top-10 finishes successful 14 starts connected tour. He collected his 5th PGA Tour triumph astatine the Arnold Palmer Invitational successful March and astir won again astatine the Travelers Championship. Henley was solo 5th astatine past year's Open Championship astatine Royal Troon Golf Club successful Scotland, his champion decorativeness successful that major.

4. J.J. Spaun

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The surprising U.S. Open winner followed up that show with a necktie for 14th astatine the Travelers Championship. He was a two-time runner-up earlier this play astatine the Cognizant Classic successful The Palm Beaches and the Players Championship, and it wouldn't beryllium astonishing to spot him decorativeness archetypal again. Spaun is up to 3rd successful the U.S. Ryder Cup squad points standings, down lone Scheffler and Schauffele, and helium seems to beryllium a near-lock to marque the squad.

5. Sepp Straka

Straka, who was calved successful Austria, has already won doubly connected the PGA Tour this season, astatine the American Express and Truist Championship. Surprisingly, helium missed the chopped successful each of the archetypal 3 majors, but has different played spectacular golf. He's sixth successful the European Ryder Cup squad standings, but would look to beryllium 1 of Donald's six captain's choices adjacent if helium falls beneath the chopped line. A bully decorativeness successful The Open would salvage the large play for Straka, who tied for 2nd astatine Royal Liverpool Golf Club successful England successful 2023.

6. Justin Thomas

JT's show successful the archetypal 3 majors -- tying for 36th astatine the Masters and missing the chopped astatine the PGA Championship and the U.S. Open -- sullies what has been a bully turnaround season. He ended a astir three-year drought without a triumph by taking the RBC Heritage successful a playoff, and helium was runner-up successful the American Express, Valspar Championship and Truist Championship. There won't beryllium immoderate second-guessing if helium makes the U.S. Ryder Cup team.

7. Keegan Bradley

"Captain America" antecedently said helium would play successful the upcoming Ryder Cup lone if helium automatically qualified for the U.S. squad. He's ninth successful points aft winning the Travelers Championship, which came aft a necktie for eighth astatine the PGA Championship and for seventh astatine the Memorial. Now ranked seventh successful the Official World Golf Ranking, Bradley is intelligibly playing similar 1 of the apical 12 American golfers. Depending connected what happens implicit the adjacent 7 weeks, Bradley mightiness not person a prime but to prime himself.

8. Ben Griffin

Griffin's heater has turned into a red-hot summer. Now ranked 17th successful the world, Griffin teamed up with Andrew Novak to seizure the Zurich Classic of New Orleans squad lawsuit and past won his archetypal stroke-play rubric connected circuit astatine the Charles Schwab Challenge. He had 2 top-10 finishes successful majors, tying for eighth astatine the PGA Championship and 10th astatine the U.S. Open. Griffin besides was runner-up astatine the Memorial against a loaded field. He's eighth successful Ryder Cup points and mightiness person to illness down the agelong to beryllium near disconnected the roster.

9. Collin Morikawa

The past mates of months were a small unsmooth for the two-time large champion, but helium turned things astir with a necktie for eighth astatine the Rocket Classic. Although Morikawa hasn't won since the Zozo Championship successful October 2023, helium was a two-time runner-up this play and has 10 top-25s successful 14 starts. He's successful the marketplace for a caddie for the 2nd clip this season aft parting ways with Joe Greiner earlier the Rocket Classic. He didn't accidental who would transportation his container for The Open.

10. Xander Schauffele

The reigning Open Championship victor gets a mulligan for a so-so summertime aft missing astir 2 months with a rib injury. He performed beauteous good successful the majors -- tied for eighth astatine the Masters, 28th astatine the PGA Championship and 12th astatine the U.S. Open. He has 1 top-10 decorativeness successful 11 starts connected circuit and six top-25s. Schauffele seems adjacent to uncovering his form, and he's inactive 2nd successful Ryder Cup points aft winning 2 majors successful 2024.

11. Tommy Fleetwood

Another heart-breaking miss astatine the Travelers Championship near the English golfer inactive searching for his archetypal PGA Tour victory. He has played similar 1 of the champion successful the satellite this twelvemonth with 5 top-10s and 11 top-25s successful 14 starts connected tour. He's 2nd successful the European Ryder Cup points standings, down lone McIlroy. He's 3rd successful strokes gained: full (1.414) and ninth successful attack (.622).

12. Harris English

English has played precise good this season, particularly successful the tour's biggest events. He picked up his 5th PGA Tour triumph astatine the Farmers Insurance Open and tied for 2nd successful the PGA Championship. He besides had top-25 finishes successful the Genesis Invitational, Truist Championship, Memorial Tournament and Travelers Championship. He's 10th successful Ryder Cup points, and his putting prowess figures to get him successful the premix to marque the U.S. team.

13. Viktor Hovland

Hovland's plaything continues to beryllium a enactment successful progress, but helium won the Valspar Championship earlier this play and was solo 3rd astatine the U.S. Open. He withdrew from the last circular of the Travelers Championship due to the fact that of a cervix injury, 1 time aft carding a 7-under 63. Hovland is successful the tract for the Scottish Open.

14. Maverick McNealy

The 29-year-old erstwhile Stanford prima mightiness request a bully decorativeness successful the FedEx Cup play to unafraid his archetypal spot connected a Ryder Cup team. After capturing his archetypal PGA Tour triumph astatine the RSM Classic successful November, helium was runner-up astatine the Genesis Invitational and had top-five finishes astatine the Valero Texas Open, RBC Heritage and the Memorial. He finished extracurricular the apical 30 successful each of the archetypal 3 majors.

15. Ludvig Åberg

It has been a amazingly inconsistent FedEx Cup play for the Swedish golfer. After winning for the 2nd clip connected circuit astatine the Genesis Invitational and finishing seventh astatine the Masters, Åberg hasn't had a top-10 decorativeness successful his past 7 starts. While Åberg has been businesslike disconnected the tee, helium ranks 147th connected circuit successful strokes gained: astir the greenish (-.255) and 125th successful putting (-.141).

16. Shane Lowry

The Irish golfer astir apt needed a interruption aft missing the chopped astatine the U.S. Open and tying for 45th astatine the Travelers Championship. His robust play has been spectacular this season; he's ranked 2nd successful strokes gained: attack (.932). His enactment connected the greens? Yeah, not truthful much, arsenic he's 122nd successful strokes gained: putting (-.138). He's heading backmost to his blessed place, including Royal Portrush Golf Club, wherever helium hoisted a Claret Jug successful 2019.

17. Andrew Novak

After a sizzling agelong that saw Novak necktie for 3rd astatine the Texas Open, autumn to Thomas successful a playoff successful the RBC Heritage and triumph the Zurich Classic of New Orleans with Griffin, helium cooled disconnected a spot the past mates of months. He tied for 17th astatine the Truist Championship and for 11th astatine the Charles Schwab Challenge, truthful the game's inactive there.

18. Corey Conners

Conners was playing precise good until a wrist wounded forced him to retreat earlier the last circular of the U.S. Open astatine Oakmont Country Club extracurricular Pittsburgh. He hasn't appeared successful a PGA Tour lawsuit since then. Before that, Conners had 5 top-10s and 10 top-25s successful 16 starts connected tour.

19. Brian Harman

Harman, the 2023 Open Championship winner, could usage different blistery agelong to ace the apical six of the U.S. Ryder Cup points standings -- oregon to astatine slightest marque Bradley's captain's choices much difficult. He's presently 12th aft winning the Valero Texas Open and tying for 3rd astatine the RBC Heritage. Harman was solo eighth astatine the Travelers Championship, a motion his signifier mightiness beryllium back.

20. Robert MacIntyre

MacIntyre has been heating up again -- helium was solo 2nd successful the U.S. Open and tied for 17th astatine the Travelers Championship. Now, the Scottish golfer gets to instrumentality location for the Scottish Open, wherever he's the defending champion and runner-up successful 2023. He tied for sixth successful the 2019 Open Championship astatine Royal Portrush arsenic a 22-year-old.

21. Sam Burns

Burns' precocious struggles successful hard conditions connected the backmost 9 of the last circular of the U.S. Open overshadowed his spectacular show astatine Oakmont. His crippled had been trending successful the close absorption for weeks. He mislaid to Ryan Fox successful a playoff astatine the RBC Canadian Open and tied for seventh astatine the U.S. Open. He has 4 top-10s and 10 top-25s successful 18 starts connected tour.

22. Patrick Cantlay

It's hard to ideate that Cantlay won't beryllium connected the U.S. Ryder Cup team, but helium has to bash thing -- thing -- to fortify his statement for inclusion. Cantlay's necktie for 4th astatine the Truist Championship was his lone top-10 since mid-February. His ball-striking statistic suggest helium should beryllium better; he's 10th successful attack (.598), eighth tee to greenish (1.028) and 12th full (1.122).

23. Ryan Fox

After taking his archetypal PGA Tour triumph successful a playoff astatine the OneFlight Myrtle Beach Classic, Fox didn't person to hold agelong for his second. He won different playoff astatine the RBC Canadian Open to decorativeness archetypal doubly successful 4 starts. He has climbed to 29th successful the Official World Golf Ranking.

24. Hideki Matsuyama

When the erstwhile Masters champion took the season-opening Sentry successful Hawai'i successful January, it seemed similar helium was acceptable to instrumentality disconnected again. Surprisingly, it is his lone top-10 decorativeness successful 17 starts connected circuit this season. He tied for 21st astatine Augusta National, missed the chopped successful the PGA Championship and tied for 42nd successful the U.S. Open. Matsuyama's problems person been with his operator -- helium ranks 128th successful strokes gained: disconnected the tee (-.166) and 127th successful driving accuracy (56.2% of fairways hit).

25. Daniel Berger

Berger looked similar a superior contender for the Ryder Cup team, but helium needs to crook astir his signifier aft a sluggish agelong successful which helium missed 2 cuts and tied for 46th successful the U.S. Open and for 42nd successful the Travelers Championship. He's 18th successful the Ryder Cup points standings.

Just missed the cut: Sungjae Im, Nick Taylor, Jason Day, Thomas Detry, Aldrich Potgieter, Cameron Young, Michael Kim, Jacob Bridgeman