The American Express 2026: final leaderboard
Scottie Scheffler won the 2026 The American Express at La Quinta Country Club (La Quinta, California), January 22, 2026 to January 25, 2026, finishing -27, 4 strokes ahead of Andrew Putnam, Jason Day, Matt McCarty, Ryan Gerard. 156 players; 79 missed the cut.
What statistics matter most at The American Express?
La Quinta Country Club has too little strokes-gained history to rank the categories (0 editions with strokes gained). Tour-wide, approach accounts for the largest share of the spread in total strokes gained (35%, 30,105 golfer-weeks, Jan 22, 2018 to Jan 21, 2026).
Strokes gained has not been published for this course (6 stored editions without it), so the course-specific order is uncertain. The weights shown are tour-wide: Approach explains 35% of the spread in total strokes gained across 30,105 golfer-weeks.
Par 3s (4 on the card) played 0.04 under par per hole here vs 0.08 over tour-wide (3 editions).
Par 4s (10 on the card) played 0.12 under par per hole here vs even tour-wide (3 editions).
Par 5s (4 on the card) played 0.64 under par per hole here vs 0.45 under tour-wide (3 editions).
Share of the spread: how much of the difference between golfers in total strokes gained each category accounted for in earlier editions on this course, against the tour as a whole; the four categories add to 100%. Stored PGA Tour strokes gained through January 21, 2026. Wind and weather data are not available for golf courses.
What mattered here describes past editions; it is not a validated predictor.
Course
| Course | Par | Yardage | Greens | Fairways | Rough | Architect | Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pete Dye Stadium Course | 72 | 7,210 | Tifdwarf Bermudagrass | Overseeded Bermudagrass | Overseeded Bermudagrass | Lawrence Hughes | 1959 |
| Nicklaus Tournament Course | 72 | 7,147 | Tifdwarf Bermudagrass | Overseeded Bermudagrass | Overseeded Bermudagrass | Lawrence Hughes | 1959 |
| La Quinta Country Club | 72 | 7,060 | Tifdwarf Bermudagrass | Overseeded Bermudagrass | Overseeded Bermudagrass | Lawrence Hughes | 1959 |
The listed card: 4 par 3s (average 194 yards), 10 par 4s (average 415 yards), 4 par 5s (average 571 yards).
| Hardest holes | Par | Yards | Field average | Over par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hole 13 | 3 | 214 | 3.229 | +0.229 |
| Hole 17 | 3 | 165 | 3.159 | +0.159 |
| Hole 6 | 3 | 227 | 3.115 | +0.115 |
What it took to finish top 10 on this course
| Strokes gained per round | Top 10s on this course | Top 10s at every tournament | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Off the tee | +0.28 | +0.45 | -0.17 |
| Approach | +0.84 | +0.82 | +0.02 |
| Around the green | +0.47 | +0.34 | +0.13 |
| Putting | +0.46 | +0.82 | -0.36 |
Rounds by top-10 finishers on this course in earlier editions (60 rounds, 2 editions, September 2022 on, finishes from the stored leaderboards) against top-10 finishers at every tournament in the same period (6547 rounds). A category with a positive difference separated contenders here more than usual.
Scoring by round
| Round | Players | Field average | Average to par | Low round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 156 | 68.29 | -3.71 | 62 |
| 2 | 154 | 68.55 | -3.45 | 60 |
| 3 | 152 | 69.53 | -2.47 | 63 |
| 4 | 73 | 69.37 | -2.63 | 64 |
Strokes-gained leaders (week totals)
| Category | Leader | Strokes gained |
|---|---|---|
| Off the tee | Alex Smalley | 3.93 |
| Approach | Austin Smotherman | 5.61 |
| Around the green | Jason Day | 3.86 |
| Putting | Jason Day | 5.83 |
Final leaderboard
| Pos | Player | To par | Rounds | Total | Earnings | SG total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -27 | 63-64-68-66 | 261 | $1,656,000 | 6.77 |
| T2 | Andrew Putnam | -23 | 72-60-65-68 | 265 | $616,400 | 0.06 |
| T2 | Jason Day | -23 | 63-71-67-64 | 265 | $616,400 | 13.06 |
| T2 | Matt McCarty | -23 | 63-66-68-68 | 265 | $616,400 | 4.77 |
| T2 | Ryan Gerard | -23 | 70-66-64-65 | 265 | $616,400 | 5.06 |
| T6 | Sam Stevens | -22 | 64-67-68-67 | 266 | $322,000 | 5.77 |
| T6 | Si Woo Kim | -22 | 63-65-66-72 | 266 | $322,000 | 2.58 |
| T8 | Austin Smotherman | -21 | 66-65-68-68 | 267 | $250,700 | 6.06 |
| T8 | Haotong Li | -21 | 68-67-64-68 | 267 | $250,700 | 8.77 |
| T8 | Russell Henley | -21 | 65-66-69-67 | 267 | $250,700 | 4.77 |
| T8 | Sahith Theegala | -21 | 71-64-67-65 | 267 | $250,700 | 4.06 |
| T8 | Tom Hoge | -21 | 64-68-65-70 | 267 | $250,700 | 1.58 |
| T13 | David Ford | -20 | 67-66-70-65 | 268 | $169,740 | 5.77 |
| T13 | Jacob Bridgeman | -20 | 64-66-69-69 | 268 | $169,740 | 4.58 |
| T13 | Patrick Cantlay | -20 | 63-68-68-69 | 268 | $169,740 | 2.58 |
| T13 | Wyndham Clark | -20 | 66-64-66-72 | 268 | $169,740 | 3.58 |
| T13 | Zach Bauchou | -20 | 65-70-65-68 | 268 | $169,740 | 1.58 |
| T18 | Blades Brown | -19 | 67-60-68-74 | 269 | $117,607 | -1.23 |
| T18 | Karl Vilips | -19 | 67-65-70-67 | 269 | $117,607 | 3.77 |
| T18 | Pierceson Coody | -19 | 62-72-67-68 | 269 | $117,607 | -0.42 |
| T18 | Rickie Fowler | -19 | 67-63-71-68 | 269 | $117,607 | 1.77 |
| T18 | S.H. Kim | -19 | 63-66-74-66 | 269 | $117,607 | 0.77 |
| T18 | Will Zalatoris | -19 | 65-70-70-64 | 269 | $117,607 | 6.77 |
| T24 | Adam Scott | -18 | 65-69-68-68 | 270 | $81,420 | 2.58 |
| T24 | Ben Griffin | -18 | 63-68-69-70 | 270 | $81,420 | 1.58 |
| T24 | Harry Hall | -18 | 72-66-67-65 | 270 | $81,420 | 3.06 |
| T27 | Billy Horschel | -17 | 64-69-72-66 | 271 | $57,918 | 4.58 |
| T27 | Eric Cole | -17 | 64-66-66-75 | 271 | $57,918 | -1.42 |
| T27 | Harris English | -17 | 65-67-70-69 | 271 | $57,918 | 1.77 |
| T27 | Johnny Keefer | -17 | 68-65-69-69 | 271 | $57,918 | 2.77 |
| T27 | Jordan Smith | -17 | 64-70-68-69 | 271 | $57,918 | 0.58 |
| T27 | Matthieu Pavon | -17 | 64-70-68-69 | 271 | $57,918 | 0.58 |
| T27 | Max Homa | -17 | 66-69-68-68 | 271 | $57,918 | 6.06 |
| T27 | Max McGreevy | -17 | 66-68-70-67 | 271 | $57,918 | 3.77 |
| T27 | Nick Taylor | -17 | 65-65-72-69 | 271 | $57,918 | -0.23 |
| T27 | Sam Burns | -17 | 65-67-68-71 | 271 | $57,918 | 1.77 |
| T27 | Sam Ryder | -17 | 68-66-68-69 | 271 | $57,918 | 4.58 |
| T38 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout | -16 | 68-67-69-68 | 272 | $39,100 | 4.58 |
| T38 | J.T. Poston | -16 | 66-67-65-74 | 272 | $39,100 | 0.06 |
| T38 | Joel Dahmen | -16 | 69-66-67-70 | 272 | $39,100 | 1.06 |
| T38 | Min Woo Lee | -16 | 62-71-69-70 | 272 | $39,100 | -1.42 |
| T38 | Robert MacIntyre | -16 | 63-72-67-70 | 272 | $39,100 | -2.42 |
| T38 | Tom Kim | -16 | 72-66-66-68 | 272 | $39,100 | 0.06 |
| T44 | A.J. Ewart | -15 | 71-65-67-70 | 273 | $25,377 | -0.94 |
| T44 | Alex Smalley | -15 | 67-70-67-69 | 273 | $25,377 | 4.77 |
| T44 | Carson Young | -15 | 69-69-67-68 | 273 | $25,377 | 3.06 |
| T44 | David Lipsky | -15 | 68-65-70-70 | 273 | $25,377 | 4.58 |
| T44 | Dylan Wu | -15 | 66-73-64-70 | 273 | $25,377 | -3.42 |
| T44 | Keith Mitchell | -15 | 68-64-72-69 | 273 | $25,377 | -0.23 |
| T44 | Matt Kuchar | -15 | 66-68-71-68 | 273 | $25,377 | 1.77 |
| T44 | Patrick Rodgers | -15 | 70-67-68-68 | 273 | $25,377 | 2.06 |
| T44 | Rafael Campos | -15 | 66-70-69-68 | 273 | $25,377 | 1.58 |
| T44 | Rasmus Højgaard | -15 | 68-65-70-70 | 273 | $25,377 | 4.58 |
| T44 | Ricky Castillo | -15 | 68-73-64-68 | 273 | $25,377 | -1.42 |
| T44 | Ryo Hisatsune | -15 | 68-65-69-71 | 273 | $25,377 | 1.06 |
| T56 | Daniel Berger | -14 | 68-66-70-70 | 274 | $20,884 | 0.77 |
| T56 | Davis Riley | -14 | 66-71-66-71 | 274 | $20,884 | -2.42 |
| T56 | Denny McCarthy | -14 | 67-70-68-69 | 274 | $20,884 | 4.06 |
| T56 | John Parry | -14 | 67-70-67-70 | 274 | $20,884 | -0.42 |
| T56 | Max Greyserman | -14 | 67-65-71-71 | 274 | $20,884 | -1.23 |
| T56 | Michael Brennan | -14 | 71-66-68-69 | 274 | $20,884 | 0.06 |
| T56 | Taylor Moore | -14 | 70-68-66-70 | 274 | $20,884 | 0.06 |
| T63 | Chad Ramey | -13 | 67-73-63-72 | 275 | $19,688 | -5.42 |
| T63 | Chandler Phillips | -13 | 66-68-70-71 | 275 | $19,688 | 0.58 |
| T63 | Davis Chatfield | -13 | 65-70-69-71 | 275 | $19,688 | -1.42 |
| T63 | Mac Meissner | -13 | 70-64-71-70 | 275 | $19,688 | 0.06 |
| T63 | Matt Fitzpatrick | -13 | 69-67-65-74 | 275 | $19,688 | -1.42 |
| T63 | Seamus Power | -13 | 67-68-68-72 | 275 | $19,688 | 1.06 |
| 69 | Adrien Dumont de Chassart | -12 | 71-65-67-73 | 276 | $19,044 | -3.94 |
| T70 | Adrien Saddier | -10 | 68-69-66-75 | 278 | $18,768 | -0.23 |
| T70 | Zach Johnson | -10 | 67-71-67-73 | 278 | $18,768 | 0.77 |
| 72 | Gary Woodland | -9 | 66-69-69-75 | 279 | $18,492 | -0.94 |
| 73 | Zecheng Dou | -6 | 66-70-69-77 | 282 | $18,308 | -2.94 |
| CUT | Adam Long | E | 73-69-74 | 216 | -2.60 | |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | +2 | 75-70-73 | 218 | 0.21 | |
| CUT | Adam Svensson | -9 | 74-70-63 | 207 | -3.31 | |
| CUT | Akshay Bhatia | -1 | 68-69-78 | 215 | -6.60 | |
| CUT | Aldrich Potgieter | -6 | 73-69-68 | 210 | -2.31 | |
| CUT | Alejandro Tosti | +5 | 78-68-75 | 221 | -7.31 | |
| CUT | Alex Noren | -7 | 68-69-72 | 209 | 2.69 | |
| CUT | Andrew Landry | +6 | 71-77-74 | 222 | -6.79 | |
| CUT | Andrew Novak | -10 | 64-68-74 | 206 | -2.60 | |
| CUT | Austin Eckroat | -10 | 66-74-66 | 206 | -3.79 | |
| CUT | Beau Hossler | -8 | 65-71-72 | 208 | 5.69 | |
| CUT | Brandt Snedeker | -10 | 71-67-68 | 206 | -0.31 | |
| CUT | Brian Campbell | -1 | 74-70-71 | 215 | -3.31 | |
| CUT | Brian Harman | -7 | 73-67-69 | 209 | -2.31 | |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | -10 | 70-67-69 | 206 | 2.40 | |
| CUT | Bud Cauley | -10 | 67-66-73 | 206 | -1.60 | |
| CUT | Cam Davis | +3 | 70-74-75 | 219 | -3.60 | |
| CUT | Camilo Villegas | -10 | 69-68-69 | 206 | 2.40 | |
| CUT | Chan Kim | -6 | 69-67-74 | 210 | 1.69 | |
| CUT | Chandler Blanchet | -4 | 69-69-74 | 212 | -2.60 | |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | E | 72-74-70 | 216 | -1.31 | |
| CUT | Chris Kirk | -9 | 69-69-69 | 207 | 1.21 | |
| CUT | Christo Lamprecht | +4 | 77-67-76 | 220 | -4.60 | |
| CUT | Dan Brown | -7 | 67-71-71 | 209 | -0.79 | |
| CUT | Danny Walker | -7 | 72-69-68 | 209 | -1.31 | |
| CUT | Davis Thompson | -10 | 69-68-69 | 206 | 1.69 | |
| CUT | Doug Ghim | -10 | 68-68-70 | 206 | 2.21 | |
| CUT | Emiliano Grillo | -7 | 67-76-66 | 209 | -5.79 | |
| CUT | Emilio Gonzalez | -8 | 68-72-68 | 208 | -1.79 | |
| CUT | Erik van Rooyen | -8 | 67-67-74 | 208 | -2.60 | |
| CUT | Frankie Capan III | -7 | 71-66-72 | 209 | -0.60 | |
| CUT | Gordon Sargent | -5 | 69-69-73 | 211 | -1.60 | |
| CUT | Hank Lebioda | -9 | 68-70-69 | 207 | 0.21 | |
| CUT | Harry Higgs | -9 | 66-73-68 | 207 | -2.79 | |
| CUT | Isaiah Salinda | -4 | 68-70-74 | 212 | 0.21 | |
| CUT | Jackson Suber | -2 | 66-71-77 | 214 | -5.60 | |
| CUT | Jason Dufner | -9 | 69-65-73 | 207 | 1.69 | |
| CUT | Jeffrey Kang | -7 | 73-67-69 | 209 | -2.31 | |
| CUT | Jesper Svensson | -8 | 72-70-66 | 208 | 0.21 | |
| CUT | Jhonattan Vegas | -5 | 70-72-69 | 211 | -1.79 | |
| CUT | Jimmy Stanger | +3 | 77-70-72 | 219 | -6.31 | |
| CUT | Joe Highsmith | -4 | 70-71-71 | 212 | 0.69 | |
| CUT | John VanDerLaan | -6 | 74-69-67 | 210 | -3.31 | |
| CUT | Justin Lower | E | 71-75-70 | 216 | -4.79 | |
| CUT | Justin Rose | -8 | 72-63-73 | 208 | -1.60 | |
| CUT | Keita Nakajima | -10 | 65-71-70 | 206 | 1.40 | |
| CUT | Kensei Hirata | -6 | 69-72-69 | 210 | -1.79 | |
| CUT | Kevin Roy | -9 | 72-68-67 | 207 | -1.31 | |
| CUT | Kevin Streelman | -9 | 67-71-69 | 207 | 2.40 | |
| CUT | Kevin Yu | -7 | 66-71-72 | 209 | -0.60 | |
| CUT | Kristoffer Ventura | -10 | 70-67-69 | 206 | 0.69 | |
| CUT | Kurt Kitayama | -10 | 71-69-66 | 206 | -0.31 | |
| CUT | Lanto Griffin | -8 | 71-66-71 | 208 | 0.40 | |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | -8 | 70-71-67 | 208 | 0.69 | |
| WD | Ludvig Åberg | 68-67 | 135 | |||
| WD | Luke Clanton | 70 | 70 | |||
| CUT | Mackenzie Hughes | -5 | 72-72-67 | 211 | -1.79 | |
| CUT | Marcelo Rozo | -6 | 71-70-69 | 210 | -0.31 | |
| CUT | Mark Hubbard | -3 | 66-78-69 | 213 | -7.79 | |
| CUT | Matt Wallace | -8 | 66-70-72 | 208 | 0.21 | |
| CUT | Matti Schmid | -3 | 67-69-77 | 213 | 1.21 | |
| CUT | Michael Block | -2 | 73-70-71 | 214 | -2.31 | |
| CUT | Michael Kim | -9 | 71-68-68 | 207 | -0.31 | |
| CUT | Michael Thorbjornsen | -7 | 66-65-78 | 209 | -6.60 | |
| CUT | Neal Shipley | -5 | 72-69-70 | 211 | -1.31 | |
| WD | Nick Dunlap | 77-74 | 151 | -6.31 | ||
| CUT | Nico Echavarria | -5 | 67-63-81 | 211 | -9.60 | |
| CUT | Patrick Fishburn | -3 | 68-70-75 | 213 | -3.60 | |
| CUT | Patton Kizzire | -7 | 69-67-73 | 209 | 1.69 | |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | -8 | 66-70-72 | 208 | -0.60 | |
| CUT | Pontus Nyholm | +10 | 78-70-78 | 226 | -7.31 | |
| WD | Rico Hoey | 77 | 77 | -6.31 | ||
| CUT | S.T. Lee | -6 | 68-68-74 | 210 | -2.60 | |
| CUT | Sami Valimaki | -7 | 69-70-70 | 209 | 0.21 | |
| CUT | Sepp Straka | -2 | 72-74-68 | 214 | 3.40 | |
| CUT | Stephan Jaeger | -9 | 71-66-70 | 207 | -0.31 | |
| CUT | Steven Fisk | -8 | 68-72-68 | 208 | -1.79 | |
| CUT | Sudarshan Yellamaraju | -10 | 70-68-68 | 206 | 2.21 | |
| CUT | Takumi Kanaya | -10 | 67-70-69 | 206 | 0.21 | |
| CUT | Taylor Pendrith | -10 | 67-68-71 | 206 | 0.40 | |
| CUT | Tony Finau | -9 | 68-68-71 | 207 | 0.40 | |
| CUT | Vince Whaley | -7 | 63-77-69 | 209 | -6.79 | |
| CUT | William Mouw | -6 | 66-70-74 | 210 | -2.60 |
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