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.
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.
Schauffele’s absence has stirred speculation that something has been amiss since he appeared in the inaugural match of the indoor simulator league TGL on January 8.
The move, which has been expected for several days, was finalised today, although the PGA Tour nor tournament officials publicly announced a new tournament site.
After winning two major titles last year, world No.2 Xander Schauffele is looking forward to another strong season in 2025. The nine-time PGA Tour winner shares his thoughts in this Player Blog series.
As Hideki Matsuyama raced to an apparent victory at The Sentry, the season-opening PGA Tour event, another story was emerging: he was making a run at Cam Smith’s 72-hole PGA Tour scoring record of 34-under.
Never highly regarded for his putting, Matsuyama changed that narrative – at least for this week – as he made seven putts longer than 20 feet for the week, including a trio surpassing 30 feet.
Opting out of the Australian summer for only the third time in his long career did not appear to have any effect on Adam Scott, who carried his 2024 form into the new year with a top-15 result at The Sentry on the Hawaiian island of Maui.
Taylor Pendrith made a remarkable albatross (2) on the 520-yard par-5 fifth at Kapalua Plantation. The bad news was NBC’s film crew wasn’t fully set up when he came to No. 5. Watch the poor quality footage of a great golf shot here.
[PHOTO: Tracy Wilcox] Let’s get the caveats and asterisks out of the way first. When the trade winds don’t pick up on the island of Maui in early January, the Kapalua Plantation course is as ripe for deep red numbers as any setup on the PGA Tour. To wit, nine of the past 10 editions Read more…