Sepp Straka was brilliant en route to a win at the American Express, but a loose shot and unlucky lie cost him a shot at PGA Tour history.

The PGA Tour returned to the mainland U.S. this week, and once again three southern California courses were the scene for the American Express. The event offered an $8.8 million purse, with $1.584 million to the winner.

Sepp Straka notched his third PGA Tour title with a rock-solid performance, which included just two bogeys all week.

Sepp Straka shot an 8-under 64 on while his top competitors failed to match his sizzling pace at The American Express.

Straka, one of more than a dozen active PGA Tour players from the University of Georgia, followed up his third-round 64 with a 70 on Sunday at the Stadium Course and at 25-under-par 263 won The American Express by two shots over Justin Thomas (66).

Sepp Straka won $1,584,000 million for capturing his third PGA Tour title on Jan. 19 at The American Express. It was enough to jump 18 spots on the money list. It wasn't enough to catch Hideki Matsuyama or Collin Morikawa.

Sepp Straka got the job done this week at the American Express using a bag full of Cleveland/Srixon and Callaway clubs.

Sepp Straka was celebrating Monday after securing his third career victory this weekend at the American Express PGA tournament in La Quinta. The Austrian golfer secured a two-stroke victory over runner-up Justin Thomas,

The numbers show that the Stadium Course was significantly tougher this year than last, with a 71.313 scoring average in 2025 compared to 69.148 just 12 months ago. By PGA Tour standards, that’s a huge difference. And the winning score for Sepp Straka this year was 25 under for 72 holes, four shots higher than Nick Dunlap’s 29 under in 2024.

The one overriding story of the week at the 66th American Express was just how tough the Stadium Course was, particularly the greens and greenside bunkers that were renovated last summer. The idea was to return those greens complexes to what Dye wanted nearly 40 years ago.

Sepp Straka has won The American Express 2025, the third stop on the PGA Tour’s calendar for the year. Details here