Scottie Scheffler will participate in the American Express Championship at the end of January, marking his debut in 2026.
Scottie Scheffler will tee off for the first time in 2026 at the PGA Tour’s American Express Championship, tournament organizers confirmed Wednesday. The event will take place from January 22 to 25 in La Quinta, California, with a total purse of $9.2 million. Last year, Austrian Sepp Straka claimed the title.
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The American Express Championship is one of the few tournaments missing from Scheffler’s win record. After finishing third in 2020, he secured top 25 finishes in recent years but missed the 2025 event due to hand surgery. The competition will be fierce this year, featuring players like last year’s winner Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, and Robert MacIntyre, who could challenge the world number one.
This tournament is the second PGA Tour event of the year following next week’s Sony Open in Hawaii. The usual season opener, The Sentry, was canceled in October due to course conditions at the drought-affected Kapalua.
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Scheffler aims to start the new season strong at the American Express Championship to build on last year’s successes. In 20 tournaments, he won six times, including the PGA Championship and the Open Championship. Additionally, he finished in the top 10 in 17 of those events and never placed outside the top 25. These achievements earned him the PGA Tour Player of the Year title for the fourth consecutive time.
With his two major wins in 2025 now secured, Scheffler has a clear goal for 2026: to complete the Career Grand Slam by winning the US Open. He will compete for the title there from June 18 to 21.