By TERRY LYONS
LA QUINTA - Five of the Top-10 players in the Official World Golf Ranking are in the field, the most at The American Express on record with records available 2000-present. No. 2 Scottie Scheffler, No. 4 Jon Rahm, No. 5 Patrick Cantlay, No. 6 Xander Schauffele and No. 7 Will Zalatoris are all in the field. Scheffler and Cantlay can move to World No. 1 this weekend.
Scottie Scheffler, who is making his fourth start at The American Express, held a share of the lead after the second and third rounds in 2020 before finishing third. In his last three outings, Scheffler has three consecutive Top-10s on Tour (T-3/World Wide Technology Championship, T-9/Cadence Bank Houston Open, T-7/Sentry Tournament of Champions).
The American Express | Tournament Facts
COURSES: PGA WEST (Pete Dye SC, Nicklaus TC, La Quinta CC)
YARDS/PAR: 7,060 yards/Par 72
ARCHITECT: Lawrence Hughes
PRIZE Money - Purse: $8,000,000/$1,440,000
DEFENDING CHAMPION: Hudson Swafford
PAST RESULTS: (link)
PAST CHAMPIONS: (link)
FEDEx CUP Points to Winner: 500
SOCIAL MEDIA: #PGATour #FedExCup @theamexgolf
TV COVERAGE: All four rounds (Jan 19 to 22) of The American Express are scheduled for TV coverage from 3:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) on Golf Channel.
PGA TOUR LIVE STREAMING: ESPN+ will be streaming live coverage from 11:30 to 7:000pm (ET) all weekend, Thursday through Sunday.
PGA TOUR RADIO COVERAGE: SiriusXM Radio will have live coverage of The AMEX beginning at 1:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) on Thursday and Friday. On Saturday and Sunday, coverage will air 2:00pm to 7:00pm (ET) (or completion of event). PGA Tour Radio is available on Sirius 208/XM 92 or online via PGATourCom
How to Watch: In case of changes, visit: (PGATourCom)
The American Express | The Basics
The Tee Times at The AMEX run from 11:00pm (ET) to 1:42pm (ET).
Weather: Nearly identical day-by-day forecasts for the four-day tournament - Temperature to be 54-degrees with sunny skies. Zero-percent chance of rain. Low humidity and 8 mph winds, max.
Tournament Web Site: (link)
FedEx Cup Info: (link)
PGA Tour Brunch will post at 11:00am (ET) Thursday
AMEX Field and Tee Times:
The Field: (link)
Tee Times: (link)
The AMEX | Tournament Odds
Source: Bet365
Jon Rahm +650
Scottie Scheffler +1000
Patrick Cantlay +1100
Tony Finau +1400
Sungjae Im +2000
Xander Schauffele +2000
Will Zalatoris +2000
Tom Kim +2000
Cameron Young +2500
Sam Burns +2800
Si Woo Kim +3300
Brian Harman +3300
Tom Hoge +4000
Taylor Montgomery +4500
Aaron Wise +4500
Cameron Davis +5000
Andrew Putnam +5000
J.T. Poston +5500
Kyoung-Hoon Lee +5500
Sahith Theegala +5500
Adam Hadwin +6000
Rickie Fowler +6600
Jason Day +7000
Joel Dahmen +7000
Wyndham Clark +7000
Denny McCarthy +7500
Justin Rose +7500
Davis Riley +8000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +8000
Thomas Detry +8000
Patrick Rodgers +8000
Taylor Pendrith +8000
Harris English +9000
Alex Smalley +9000
Keith Mitchell +9000
Chris Kirk +10000
David Lipsky +10000
Emiliano Grillo +10000
Will Gordon +11000
Sebastian Munoz +11000
Dean Burmester +12500
Brendon Todd +12500
Luke List +12500
Matthew Nesmith +12500
Taylor Moore +12500
Stephan Jaeger +12500
Brendan Steele +12500
Lee Hodges +14000
Aaron Rai +15000
Martin Laird +15000
Patton Kizzire +15000
Greyson Sigg +15000
Ben Griffin +15000
Russell Knox +15000
S.H. Kim +15000
Robby Shelton +17500
Michael Thompson +20000
Ben Taylor +20000
Stewart Cink +20000
Nick Taylor +20000
Danny Willett +20000
Justin Suh +20000
Jhonattan Vegas +20000
Callum Tarren +20000
Adam Long +22500
Nate Lashley +22500
Kevin Yu +22500
Byeong-Hun An +22500
Troy Merritt +22500
Mark Hubbard +22500
Dylan Frittelli +25000
Erik van Rooyen +25000
Lucas Glover +25000
Satoshi Kodaira +25000
Doug Ghim +25000
Davis Thompson +25000
Justin Lower +25000
Brandon Wu +25000
MJ Daffue +25000
Beau Hossler +25000
Sam Ryder +25000
Carl Yuan +25000
John Huh +27500
Ryan Armour +27500
Scott Piercy +27500
David Lingmerth +27500
Joseph Bramlett +27500
James Hahn +27500
Aaron Baddeley +27500
Ben Martin +30000
Zac Blair +30000
Chez Reavie +30000
Charley Hoffman +30000
Adam Schenk +35000
Austin Cook +35000
Ryan Moore +35000
Taiga Semikawa +35000
Harry Higgs +35000
Zach Johnson +35000
Austin Eckroat +35000
Chesson Hadley +35000
Harry Hall +35000
Garrick Higgo +35000
Andrew Landry +35000
Brian Stuard +40000
Matti Schmid +40000
Andrew Novak +40000
Zecheng Dou +40000
Tyson Alexander +40000
Kramer Hickok +40000
Rory Sabbatini +40000
Erik Barnes +40000
Danny Lee +40000
Michael Kim +40000
Peter Malnati +40000
Brice Garnett +40000
Matthias Schwab +40000
Tyler Duncan +50000
Robert Streb +50000
Nick Watney +50000
Eric Cole +50000
Vincent Norrman +50000
Nicolas Echavarria +50000
Paul Haley II +50000
Kevin Chappell +50000
Jason Dufner +60000
Brian Gay +60000
Ryan Brehm +60000
Kevin Tway +60000
Sam Stevens +60000
Michael Gligic +60000
Kevin Roy +75000
Gunner Wiebe +75000
Caleb Surratt +75000
Harrison Endycott +75000
Kyle Stanley +75000
Sung Kang +75000
Augusto Nunez +75000
Scott Harrington +100000
Philip Knowles +100000
Brent Grant +100000
Bill Haas +100000
Trevor Cone +100000
Brandon Matthews +100000
Max McGreevy +100000
Jimmy Walker +100000
Wesley Bryan +100000
Kyle Westmoreland +125000
Richy Werenski +125000
Tano Goya +150000
Trevor Werbylo +150000
Carson Young +150000
John Pak +150000
Anders Albertson +150000
Michael Block +200000
TL’s Wedge for an Edge: Misfired with Taylor Montgomery last week. This week, chalk suggestions with Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Patrick Cantlay, then I refuse to give up on Cam Davis and For the Tour One and Done? Tony Finau.
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On This Day in Golf History
January 18, 1998 - Fred Couples won his 13th beating Bruce Lietzke in a playoff at the Bob Hope Desert Classic. Couple birdied No. 18 to tie Lietzke and force the OT with both players at 28-under. Couple birdied it again 20-minutes later for the title.
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