Tournaments / 2026
The American Express
2026-01-22 · Pete Dye Stadium Course
- Winner
- Scottie Scheffler
- Winning score
- -27
- Field
- 155
- Field strength
- +0.023 SG
The 2026 The American Express was played at Pete Dye Stadium Course, starting 22 January 2026. Scottie Scheffler won at 27 under par (261), 4 strokes ahead of Andrew Putnam. The winning card was 63, 64, 68 and 66, and the win paid $1,656,000. Andrew Putnam, Jason Day, Matt McCarty and Ryan Gerard tied for second. 155 players started the event. The field averaged +0.023 strokes gained per round against the tour baseline, with strokes-gained data covering 86% of the players. The full leaderboard below lists every player's finish position, round scores and total to par. Every figure on this page comes from the PGA Tour's published final leaderboard for the event — nothing here is estimated or modelled.
Final leaderboard
Top 20 of 155. Search finds any player in the field, including those who missed the cut.
- Scottie Scheffler
- Pos
- 1
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 66
- Total
- 261
- Andrew Putnam
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 72
- R2
- 60
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 265
- Jason Day
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 71
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 64
- Total
- 265
- Matt McCarty
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 265
- Ryan Gerard
- Pos
- T2
- R1
- 70
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 265
- Sam Stevens
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 266
- Si Woo Kim
- Pos
- T6
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 266
- Austin Smotherman
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 267
- Haotong Li
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 68
- R2
- 67
- R3
- 64
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 267
- Russell Henley
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 267
- Sahith Theegala
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 71
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 267
- Tom Hoge
- Pos
- T8
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 70
- Total
- 267
- David Ford
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 65
- Total
- 268
- Jacob Bridgeman
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 64
- R2
- 66
- R3
- 69
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 268
- Patrick Cantlay
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 63
- R2
- 68
- R3
- 68
- R4
- 69
- Total
- 268
- Wyndham Clark
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 66
- R2
- 64
- R3
- 66
- R4
- 72
- Total
- 268
- Zach Bauchou
- Pos
- T13
- R1
- 65
- R2
- 70
- R3
- 65
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 268
- Karl Vilips
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 65
- R3
- 70
- R4
- 67
- Total
- 269
- Pierceson Coody
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 62
- R2
- 72
- R3
- 67
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 269
- Rickie Fowler
- Pos
- T18
- R1
- 67
- R2
- 63
- R3
- 71
- R4
- 68
- Total
- 269
Model score
Backtest · reconstructedOur course-fit model re-run as it would have seen this week — using only data that existed before the first tee shot — then compared with how the 72 players actually finished. It was not published in advance, so this measures the model, not a call we made.
- Rank correlation
- +0.270
- Top-20 hit rate
- 40%
- Top-10 avg model rank
- 21.8
Grade is this event’s percentile (46th) against every other event we have scored — not an absolute pass mark. Rank correlation runs −1 to +1, where 0 is a coin flip and a full-field golf model landing near +0.35 is a genuine read.
Who the model liked
Its top 10, and where they finished.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Scottie Scheffler | 1st | 1st |
| Russell Henley | 2nd | 8th |
| Patrick Cantlay | 3rd | 13th |
| Ben Griffin | 4th | 24th |
| Si Woo Kim | 5th | 6th |
| Sam Burns | 6th | 27th |
| Harry Hall | 7th | 24th |
| Robert MacIntyre | 8th | 38th |
| Christiaan Bezuidenhout | 9th | 38th |
| J.T. Poston | 10th | 38th |
Where it was most wrong
Largest gaps between rank and result, either direction.
| Player | Model | Finish |
|---|---|---|
| Zach Bauchou | 66th | 13th(−53) |
| Haotong Li | 60th | 8th(−52) |
| David Ford | 64th | 13th(−51) |
| Karl Vilips | 69th | 18th(−51) |
| Matt Fitzpatrick | 13th | 63rd(+50) |
| Sahith Theegala | 57th | 8th(−49) |
| Daniel Berger | 11th | 56th(+45) |
| Tom Hoge | 52nd | 8th(−44) |
| Matthieu Pavon | 70th | 27th(−43) |
| Austin Smotherman | 48th | 8th(−40) |
One known caveat. Player stats, form and course history are all restricted to what existed before this event. The course archetype is not — it is derived from the venue’s full history, including this edition. That flatters the model slightly and equally at every venue. How the model works.
The venue
This event was played at Pete Dye Stadium Course in La Quinta, California, USA. The venue page carries its scorecard, hosting history and every other tour event played there.
Common questions
Who won the The American Express in 2026?
- Scottie Scheffler won the 2026 The American Express at Pete Dye Stadium Course, finishing 27 under par.
Where was the 2026 The American Express played?
- The 2026 The American Express was played at Pete Dye Stadium Course, starting 22 January 2026.
What was the winning score at the 2026 The American Express?
- The winning score was 27 under par (261 strokes), posted by Scottie Scheffler.
How many players were in the The American Express field?
- 155 players started the 2026 The American Express. Every one of them appears on the leaderboard below.
Where these numbers come from
Finishes, round scores and to-par figures are the PGA Tour's own published final leaderboard for this event. Nothing is estimated or interpolated — where the tour published no value, this page shows a gap rather than a guess. Full sourcing notes are on the methodology page, and every stat name is defined in the glossary.