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January 21st, 2025

Bridgestone re-signs Tiger Woods, bolsters tour staff with key additions

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January 21st, 2025

Scottie Scheffler gives first update after announcing hand injury

During a media outing promoting the Arnold Palmer Invitational, Scheffler, the defending champion, joined remotely and said his recovery is going well.

January 20th, 2025

Justin Thomas just passed this impressive career money milestone

Thomas earned $US959,200 for his 23-under-par performance in Palm Springs, California, which pushed him past the $US60-million mark in career earnings.

January 20th, 2025

Aussie wrap: Jason Day’s hot PGA Tour finish in the California desert, David Micheluzzi bags top-10 in Dubai

Australian Jason Day kickstarted his 2025 PGA Tour season with a podium finish at the American Express event in California today and will head to his beloved Torrey Pines course for the Famers Insurance Open this week with a spring in his step.

January 20th, 2025

Sepp Straka outlasts field, slow pace of play to collect third PGA Tour victory at the American Express

The Austrian’s play was further proof that Straka has quietly become one of the better European players on the PGA Tour during the past few seasons.

January 20th, 2025

The clubs Sepp Straka used to win the 2025 American Express

January 20th, 2025

Collin Morikawa is latest star to WD on West Coast, pulling out of Torrey Pines

The early California events on the PGA Tour’s West Coast Swing are having a tough go of it with the withdrawal or absence of some of the game’s top players. The American Express, played last week in La Quinta, lost World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (hand injury) and No. 2 Xander Schauffele (reported medical issue). Read more…

January 20th, 2025

A day after smashing a tee marker, Tyrrell Hatton holds it together in Dubai to collect his eighth DP World Tour victory

The ever-volatile Englishman saved his composure for when it counted most.

January 19th, 2025

San Diego State star Justin Hastings does Cayman Islands proud by winning LAAC to reach Masters

In a race against darkness, the weather, and the rest of the field, Justin Hastings beat the lot of them, tapping in after sunset to capture the Latin America Amateur Championship at Pilar Golf Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina. MORE: Mark Hubbard contending in AmEx while hosting loved ones affected by L.A. wildfires The 21-year-old Read more…

January 19th, 2025

Mark Hubbard is contending at AmEx while hosting friends, family impacted by L.A. wildfires

Mark Hubbard is trying to give those close to him a distraction this week. Hubbard has close to 20 people staying with him at The American Express after the Southern California wildfires destroyed the homes of friends and family. “We’ve had a rough go,” Hubbard said on Friday after a second-round 64. “I think it’s Read more…

AmEx co-leader is only a few years removed from golf break and working in course pro shop

Self-proclaimed teen putting ‘artist’ Blades Brown produces birdie heater in AmEx

PGA Tour rookie’s nightmare trip to PGA West’s infamous 16th-hole bunker results in a 13(!)

Farmers Insurance Open fans won’t get chance to cheer for hometown majors hero

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January 18th, 2025

Golfer gets all-time bounce off grandstand to grab the lead at DP World Tour event

Ewen Ferguson has the lead through two rounds at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and that shouldn’t be much of a surprise to many. How the three-time DP World Tour winner grabbed that lead on Day 2, however, was quite a shock. Particularly to the announcers in the booth. Trailing by one shot on Friday Read more…

January 18th, 2025

Michael Thorbjornsen reveals painful reason he was a last-minute WD from last week’s PGA Tour event

Michael Thorbjornsen was a last-minute WD from last week’s Sony Open. One week later, he’s one of the early leaders at the American Express. As noted in Golf Digest’s expert betting picks column for this week’s event in Palm Springs, Thorbjornsen’s late scratch gave us pause—especially since he didn’t give a reason and the young Read more…

January 18th, 2025

There are three planes of motion in a good golf swing, but this is the one you should be focusing on

There are a lot of pretty swings in professional golf, but the guy in the photo (above) has one of the best. If you don’t recognize him, it’s 2010 British Open champion Louis Oosthuizen. The South African, now on the LIV Golf tour, has been acknowledged for years for his smooth and stylish swing. We Read more…

January 18th, 2025

Why we see hope with affordable public golf

Future generations will look back from 2015 to 2025, a period that is likely to extend longer still, as one of the most fertile, creative and lucrative eras in the history of golf course development and renovation. Far-flung sites throughout the United States that would have never been considered for development are now home to Read more…

January 18th, 2025

Does swinging all out come at too great a cost? What our test reveals

Welcome to MythBusters, a Golf Digest+ series where we explore answers to some of golf’s most common questions through a series of tests with real golfers. While our findings might fall short of definitive, they still aim to shed new light on topics that have consumed golfers for years. On a typical drive, how hard Read more…

January 17th, 2025

Leaderboard

The American Express - 2025

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Sepp Straka	-25	F	4
2	Justin Thomas	-23	F	4
T3	Justin Lower	-22	F	4
T3	Jason Day	-22	F	4
T5	Patrick Cantlay	-20	F	4
T5	Charley Hoffman	-20	F	4
T7	Camilo Villegas	-19	F	4
T7	Taylor Moore	-19	F	4
T7	Ben Griffin	-19	F	4
T7	Max Greyserman	-19	F	4
11	Alex Smalley	-18	F	4
T12	Nick Taylor	-17	F	4
T12	J.T. Poston	-17	F	4
T12	Will Zalatoris	-17	F	4
T12	Frankie Capan III	-17	F	4
T12	Beau Hossler	-17	F	4
T12	Mark Hubbard	-17	F	4
T18	Trey Mullinax	-16	F	4
T18	Kevin Roy	-16	F	4
T18	Cam Davis	-16	F	4
T21	Harry Hall	-15	F	4
T21	Jacob Bridgeman	-15	F	4
T21	Doug Ghim	-15	F	4
T21	Rickie Fowler	-15	F	4
T21	Billy Horschel	-15	F	4
T21	Keith Mitchell	-15	F	4
T21	Daniel Berger	-15	F	4
T21	Ben Kohles	-15	F	4
T29	Vincent Norrman	-14	F	4
T29	Car Young	-14	F	4
T29	Tom Hoge	-14	F	4
T29	J.J. Spaun	-14	F	4
T29	Sam Burns	-14	F	4
T34	Lanto Griffin	-13	F	4
T34	Quade Cummins	-13	F	4
T34	Lee Hodges	-13	F	4
T34	Victor Perez	-13	F	4
T34	Ryan Palmer	-13	F	4
T34	Harry Higgs	-13	F	4
T34	Nick Dunlap	-13	F	4
T34	Chris Kirk	-13	F	4
T34	Brice Garnett	-13	F	4
T43	Ricky Castillo	-12	F	4
T43	Matt Kuchar	-12	F	4
T43	Sam Ryder	-12	F	4
T43	Michael Kim	-12	F	4
T43	Ryo Hisatsune	-12	F	4
T43	Matteo Manassero	-12	F	4
T43	Rikuya Hoshino	-12	F	4
T43	Harris English	-12	F	4
T51	Matthew Riedel	-11	F	4
T51	Sam Stevens	-11	F	4
T51	Brandt Snedeker	-11	F	4
T51	S.W. Kim	-11	F	4
T51	Brian Campbell	-11	F	4
T51	Ryan Gerard	-11	F	4
T51	Davis Thompson	-11	F	4
T58	Mackenzie Hughes	-10	F	4
T58	Kurt Kitayama	-10	F	4
T58	Rico Hoey	-10	F	4
T58	Taylor Montgomery	-10	F	4
T58	Kris Ventura	-10	F	4
T58	Alejandro Tosti	-10	F	4
T64	Jeremy Paul	-9	F	4
T64	Vince Whaley	-9	F	4
T66	Joe Highsmith	-8	F	4
T66	Will Gordon	-8	F	4
T68	Eric Cole	-7	F	4
T68	Mac Meissner	-7	F	4
70	Patrick Rodgers	-6	F	4
71	Chez Reavie	-5	F	4
CUT	Nate Lashley	-8	F	3
CUT	Chad Ramey	-8	F	3
CUT	Norman Xiong	-8	F	3
CUT	Joel Dahmen	-8	F	3
CUT	Luke List	-8	F	3
CUT	Kevin Yu	-8	F	3
CUT	Chandler Phillips	-8	F	3
CUT	Michael Thorbjornsen	-8	F	3
CUT	Zach Johnson	-7	F	3
CUT	K.H. Lee	-7	F	3
CUT	Jake Knapp	-7	F	3
CUT	Francesco Molinari	-7	F	3
CUT	Isaiah Salinda	-7	F	3
CUT	Tony Finau	-7	F	3
CUT	Chris Gotterup	-7	F	3
CUT	Tim Widing	-7	F	3
CUT	Andrew Putnam	-7	F	3
CUT	Patton Kizzire	-7	F	3
CUT	Takumi Kanaya	-7	F	3
CUT	Henrik Norlander	-6	F	3
CUT	Tom Kim	-6	F	3
CUT	Chan Kim	-6	F	3
CUT	Sungjae Im	-6	F	3
CUT	Noah Goodwin	-6	F	3
CUT	Jesper Svensson	-6	F	3
CUT	Nico Echavarria	-6	F	3
CUT	Peter Malnati	-6	F	3
CUT	Matt McCarty	-6	F	3
CUT	Jhonattan Vegas	-6	F	3
CUT	Blades Brown	-6	F	3
CUT	John Pak	-6	F	3
CUT	Adam Hadwin	-6	F	3
CUT	Ben Martin	-6	F	3
CUT	Aaron Baddeley	-5	F	3
CUT	Greyson Sigg	-5	F	3
CUT	Wyndham Clark	-5	F	3
CUT	Zac Blair	-5	F	3
CUT	Nick Hardy	-4	F	3
CUT	Matti Schmid	-4	F	3
CUT	Emiliano Grillo	-4	F	3
CUT	Adam Svensson	-4	F	3
CUT	Brian Harman	-4	F	3
CUT	Aldrich Potgieter	-4	F	3
CUT	Max McGreevy	-4	F	3
CUT	Paul Peterson	-4	F	3
CUT	Danny Walker	-4	F	3
CUT	Christiaan Bezuidenhout	-3	F	3
CUT	Lucas Glover	-3	F	3
CUT	Erik van Rooyen	-3	F	3
CUT	Jackson Suber	-3	F	3
CUT	Mason Andersen	-3	F	3
CUT	David Lipsky	-3	F	3
CUT	Anders Albertson	-3	F	3
CUT	David Skinns	-2	F	3
CUT	Rafael Campos	-2	F	3
CUT	Kaito Onishi	-2	F	3
CUT	Braden Thornberry	-2	F	3
CUT	Hayden Buckley	-2	F	3
CUT	Bronson Burgoon	-2	F	3
CUT	Jason Dufner	-2	F	3
CUT	Steven Fisk	-2	F	3
CUT	Sami Valimaki	-1	F	3
CUT	Kevin Velo	-1	F	3
CUT	Will Chandler	-1	F	3
CUT	Patrick Fishburn	-1	F	3
CUT	Thomas Rosenmueller	-1	F	3
CUT	Trevor Cone	-1	F	3
CUT	Antoine Rozner	E	F	3
CUT	William Mouw	E	F	3
CUT	Taylor Dickson	E	F	3
CUT	Danny Willett	+1	F	3
CUT	Chesson Hadley	+1	F	3
CUT	Wesley Bryan	+1	F	3
CUT	Kyle Mendoza	+1	F	3
CUT	Kevin Streelman	+1	F	3
CUT	Kevin Kisner	+2	F	3
CUT	Ben Silverman	+2	F	3
CUT	Cam Young	+2	F	3
CUT	Bill Haas	+2	F	3
CUT	Davis Riley	+4	F	3
CUT	Philip Knowles	+4	F	3
CUT	Andrew Novak	+5	F	3
CUT	Cristobal Del Solar	+13	F	3
WD	Adam Schenk	-	-
WD	Brendon Todd	-	-

Team Finals 2024

Rank	Team Name	Total	Score
1	RIPPER GC	-11	277
T2	4ACES GC	-8	280
T2	IRON HEADS GC	-8	280
4	LEGION XIII	-6	282
5	STINGER GC	-15	273
6	FIREBALLS GC	-14	274
T7	CRUSHERS GC	-2	286
T7	HYFLYERS GC	-2	286
9	MAJESTICKS GC	-5	283
10	TORQUE GC	-4	284
11	CLEEKS GC	-1	287
12	RANGEGOATS GC	+4	292
13	SMASH GC	+12	300

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