Australian professional golfer, former elite amateur, PGA Tour competitor, and part of the Lads Golf Group.
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Meet Ryan.
Ryan Ruffels is one of the most credentialed tournament players in the YGT field. The Australian turned professional as a teenager and has PGA Tour starts on his record, giving him a different competitive background than creators who came up mainly through YouTube.
His return to wider attention through The Q and creator golf creates an interesting storyline: a serious player finding a new audience through the same formats that made this corner of golf possible.
If the final YGT format rewards individual scoring under pressure, Ruffels is one of the names that should immediately matter.
Quick facts
- 01Australian professional golfer.
- 02Turned professional at 17.
- 03Won the 2014 Junior World 15-17 division.
- 04Earned a 2026 Myrtle Beach Classic start through The Q.
- 05Sponsor invite at the 2026 Rocket Mortgage Classic.
- 06Competed on the Korn Ferry Tour, PGA Tour Canada, and PGA Tour Latinoamérica.
What to watch
Ruffels adds a tour-tested profile and one of the strongest pure playing resumes in the field.
By the numbers
Stop by stop.
Ryan's strokes gained at each stop, plus the season total.
Total strokes gained
+2.197th of 20109 shots
Best category
Approach
+6.161st of 20
- Total109 shots+2.197th of 20
- Off the tee22 shots+2.487th of 20
- Approach29 shots+6.161st of 20
- Around the green9 shots+0.733rd of 20
- Putting49 shots−7.1820th of 20
- Fairways hit12 of 22 drives
- 55%
- 53%
- Driving distanceAverage
- 324 yd
- 322 yd
- Greens in regulation23 of 29 approaches
- 79%
- 66%
- Proximity to holeAverage
- 4.6 ft
- 5.7 ft
- Putts made, 4 to 10 ft1 of 7 attempts
- 14%
- 12%
Distances on the green in feet, everywhere else in yards.
Total strokes gained
+6.042nd of 20104 shots
Best category
Approach
+4.071st of 20
- Total104 shots+6.042nd of 20
- Off the tee26 shots+2.037th of 20
- Approach27 shots+4.071st of 20
- Around the green9 shots0.005th of 20
- Putting42 shots−0.064th of 20
- Fairways hit14 of 26 drives
- 54%
- 53%
- Driving distanceAverage
- 316 yd
- 314 yd
- Greens in regulation21 of 27 approaches
- 78%
- 65%
- Proximity to holeAverage
- 6.7 ft
- 7.4 ft
- Putts made, 4 to 10 ft2 of 12 attempts
- 17%
- 15%
Distances on the green in feet, everywhere else in yards.
Total strokes gained
+8.234th of 16213 shots
Best category
Approach
+10.231st of 16
- Total213 shots+8.234th of 16
- Off the tee48 shots+4.516th of 16
- Approach56 shots+10.231st of 16
- Around the green18 shots+0.733rd of 16
- Putting91 shots−7.2415th of 16
- Fairways hit26 of 48 drives
- 54%
- 53%
- Driving distanceAverage
- 320 yd
- 319 yd
- Greens in regulation44 of 56 approaches
- 79%
- 63%
- Proximity to holeAverage
- 5.6 ft
- 6.5 ft
- Putts made, 4 to 10 ft3 of 19 attempts
- 16%
- 10%
Distances on the green in feet, everywhere else in yards.
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