Akshay Bhatia
24-Year-Old Golfer
2025 Stats
Rank
30
Winnings
$4,882,187
Winnings/Entry
$187,776
Entries
26
Rounds
90
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
Wins Arnold Palmer Invitational
Bhatia posted a 15-under cumulative score at the Arnold Palmer Invitational and won the tournament after beating Daniel Berger on the first playoff hole.
ANALYSIS
Bhatia spent most of Sunday chasing Berger, the latter of whom built a huge lead for himself after opening the tournament with a nine-under 63 first round. Bhatia struggled to a two-over front nine in the final round and sat five strokes back heading into the back nine, but he turned things around and put the pressure on Berger with four consecutive birdies from holes 10 to 14, and the former rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 15th with an eagle on the par-5 16th. The duo were tied at the end of 72 holes, but Bhatia closed things out on the first playoff hole on the 18th with a par after Berger posted a three-putt bogey for the first time all tournament. It was the third PGA Tour victory of Bhatia's career and his first since the Valero Texas Open in April of 2024. Thanks to three top-6 finishes over his last four Tour events, the 24-year-old lefty sits second in the FedExCup Standings behind Collin Morikawa heading into THE PLAYERS Championship next week. Bhatia finished T3 at THE PLAYERS in 2025 after missing the cut the year prior.
Bhatia spent most of Sunday chasing Berger, the latter of whom built a huge lead for himself after opening the tournament with a nine-under 63 first round. Bhatia struggled to a two-over front nine in the final round and sat five strokes back heading into the back nine, but he turned things around and put the pressure on Berger with four consecutive birdies from holes 10 to 14, and the former rebounded from a bogey on the par-4 15th with an eagle on the par-5 16th. The duo were tied at the end of 72 holes, but Bhatia closed things out on the first playoff hole on the 18th with a par after Berger posted a three-putt bogey for the first time all tournament. It was the third PGA Tour victory of Bhatia's career and his first since the Valero Texas Open in April of 2024. Thanks to three top-6 finishes over his last four Tour events, the 24-year-old lefty sits second in the FedExCup Standings behind Collin Morikawa heading into THE PLAYERS Championship next week. Bhatia finished T3 at THE PLAYERS in 2025 after missing the cut the year prior.
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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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T16 at The Genesis Invitational
Bhatia closed with a three-under 68 on Sunday at The Genesis Invitational to finish 10-under and tied for 16th.
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Runs out of gas on Sunday
Bhatia failed to convert the 54-hole lead and had to settle for a share of sixth place at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am following an even-par 72 in the final round.
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Share of third at WM Open
Bhatia carded a four-under 67 in the final round of the WM Phoenix Open to finish in a five-way tie for third.
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MC in season debut
Bhatia recorded a 54-hole score of one-under-par to miss the cut at The American Express by 10 shots.
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Misses cut in Mississippi
Bhatia carded a two-day total of one-over at the Sanderson Farms Championship to miss the cut by five strokes.
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