Akshay Bhatia
24-Year-Old Golfer
2026 Stats
Rank
10
Winnings
$6,363,733
Winnings/Entry
$454,552
Entries
14
Rounds
46
2026 Fantasy Outlook
Bhatia's best showing in 2025 was a T3 at THE PLAYERS Championship. He added three other top-10s throughout the campaign and was one of the top birdie-makers on Tour. His combination of iron play and putting led to a lot of red numbers, as he ranked top 15 in SG: Approach and putts per GIR. The rest of the game has big room for improvement, however, finishing the season outside the top 140 on Tour in total driving, SG: Around-the-Green and scrambling. Bhatia has proven he can win on the PGA Tour, and at just 23, he's going to be contending for wins for years to come. Bhatia isn't a long-hitter, so he needs to work on finding more fairways so he can take advantage of that great iron play. He's also never been top 100 in SG: Around-the-Green, but if he's able to do that in 2026 that could lead to a true breakout campaign. Read Past Outlooks
Drops 16 spots after Sunday 73
Bhatia finished in a four-way share of 28th at the Charles Schwab Challenge after posting a four-under cumulative score.
ANALYSIS
Bhatia was eight-under through the first two days of the tournament, highlighted by his five-under 65 score Friday. He was still in a good spot heading into Sunday despite a one-over 71 on Saturday, but Bhatia tumbled down the leaderboard after going three-over on the back nine. He finished T15 in birdies, 19th in SG: Putting and in the top-30 in driving distance and SG: Around-the-Green. However, he also ranked T54 in bogeys, 63rd in SG: Off-the-Tee, T69 in GIR and T71 in driving accuracy. Bhatia has failed to finish in the top-10 in seven tournaments since his playoff victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in early May, which includes missed cuts at both The Masters and the PGA Championship. He'll tee off at the Memorial Tournament next week, where he's finished MC-T22-T16 since 2023.
Bhatia was eight-under through the first two days of the tournament, highlighted by his five-under 65 score Friday. He was still in a good spot heading into Sunday despite a one-over 71 on Saturday, but Bhatia tumbled down the leaderboard after going three-over on the back nine. He finished T15 in birdies, 19th in SG: Putting and in the top-30 in driving distance and SG: Around-the-Green. However, he also ranked T54 in bogeys, 63rd in SG: Off-the-Tee, T69 in GIR and T71 in driving accuracy. Bhatia has failed to finish in the top-10 in seven tournaments since his playoff victory at the Arnold Palmer Invitational in early May, which includes missed cuts at both The Masters and the PGA Championship. He'll tee off at the Memorial Tournament next week, where he's finished MC-T22-T16 since 2023.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2025
2024
Bhatia won a PGA Tour event for the second consecutive season with his triumph at the Valero Texas Open. He nearly added another one at the Rocket Mortgage Classic, but bogeyed the final hole to miss the playoff after leading for much of the week. For as good as Bhatia was with his 12 top-25s, eight missed cuts is also a little high for a guy that strikes the ball as well as he does. He's still only 23 years old, so you'd expect him to continue to refine his short game which ranked outside the top-115 in SG: Around-the-Green each of the last two seasons. Bhatia did find a new putter which helped him go from 183rd in SG: Putting to 33rd this past season. Expect him to land inside the top-10 more than three times in 2025.
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MC after four-over 74 on Friday
Bhatia missed the cut by one stroke at the PGA Championship after posting a five-over cumulative score across the first two rounds of the major.
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Sunk by poor third round
Bhatia finished tied for 37th at the Truist Championship after recording a two-under cumulative score.
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Second in SG: ARG at Doral
Bhatia closed with a one-over 73 on Sunday at the Cadillac Championship to finish six-under and tied for 23rd.
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Bounces back at RBC Heritage
Bhatia posted a nine-under cumulative score at the RBC Heritage to finish tied for 16th.
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MC at The Masters
Bhatia missed the cut at The Masters by two strokes after posting a six-over cumulative score.
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