With the primary 2025 PGA Tour season over and the Ryder Cup in the books, most of the United States best golfers are now able to rest for the remainder of the calendar year. While FedEx Cup Fall continues to take shape and the DP World Tour inches towards its postseason, which culminates in the Middle East, most of the best golfers in the world are working on their games eyeing the start of 2026.
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler is among those who have hung up the cleats the Hero World Challenge comes around in December. The four-time major champion won his 19th PGA Tour title at the Procore Championship in the build up to the Ryder Cup but fell flat against Europe garnering a 1-4-0 record thanks to a singles victory over Rory McIlroy.
McIlroy, meanwhile, enjoyed an extremely productive Ryder Cup with a 3-1-1 personal record. Dealing with adversity inside and outside the ropes, the Northern Irishman successfully called his shot and raised the cup amid the hostility that were thrown at him at Bethpage Black.
The Northern Irishman could not have gotten the job done without his fellow Europeans, namely Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm. Those two were exquisite during the first four sessions before they, too, fell in Sunday singles amid the Americans’ desperate attempt at clawing back into the competition.
Matt Fitzpatrick made everyone forget about his poor Ryder Cup record with his play on Long Island, while New York’s own Cameron Young showed that when the lights are the brightest, he has the guts and gumption to perform on the grandest of stages.
The Power 18 provides insight as to how golfers are currently performing with benefit given to their play over recent events. It is a wider lens than simply what happened at the last tournament to be played but more narrow than the Official World Golf Rankings, which take into account how more than 2,000 golfers perform across an entire season.