Sony Open winner Nick Taylor is the leading earner in this week’s American Express, topping a list of 10 players among the top 20 on the PGA Tour money list who are at PGA West and the La Quinta Country Club in Palm Springs, Calif.

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The third event of the 2025 season, and the first of the West Coast Swing, takes place at La Quinta, California.

Hideki Matsuyama held onto his lead on the PGA Tour’s FedEx Cup points race with a tie for 16 th at the Sony Open last week giving him 49 points, adding that to the 700 points he earned the week before when he won the season-opening Sentry and the first of the Tour’s Signature Events.

Scottie Scheffler’s 2025 PGA Tour season debut will have to wait. The world No. 1 announced Monday on Instagram that he is withdrawing from next week’s American Express to continue rehabbing a freak hand injury he suffered while preparing Christmas dinner.

Matsuyama surged ahead to grab a three-shot win over Collin Morikawa at The Sentry on Sunday afternoon to officially kick off the new PGA Tour season. Matsuyama fired a 65 in the final round, where he recorded just his second bogey of the week at The Plantation Course at Kapalua in Hawaii, to get to 35-under for the tournament.

The PGA Tour returns to the mainland for the first time in 2025 with The American Express, the only tournament on the schedule that features both a pro-am format and an event taking place over three courses.

What began as a 59-man field at the start of the week has turned into a two-man race at the 2025 Sentry. Hideki Matsuyama and Collin Morikawa have separated themselves from the field and head into the final round well clear clear of a chasing pack spearheaded by Thomas Detry,

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Hideki Matsuyama got the better of Collin Morikawa at The Sentry, having set a new PGA Tour record for 72 holes after finishing with an eight-under 65. His remarkable score of 35 under for the tournament secured him a three-shot victory over Morikawa on the Plantation course in Kapalua, Hawaii.

Hideki Matsuyama held onto his lead on the PGA ... However, Nick Taylor may bring the heat this week at The American Express, in Palm Springs, Calif. Taylor moved into second place with his ...

American Express from January 16 to 19 at the PGA West DYE Stadium Course in La Quinta, California. It will be the second full field event and the third overall in the 2025 PGA Tour calendar.