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 on Wednesday. The event will take place from January 22 to 25 in La Quinta, California, with a total purse of $9,200,000. Last year, Austrian Sepp Straka clinched the title.
Scheffler Faces a Tough Challenge in California
The American Express Championship is one of the few tournaments missing from Scheffler’s list of victories. After finishing third in 2020 and placing in the top 25 in subsequent years, he missed the 2025 event due to hand surgery. However, the competition is fierce this year, with players like defending champion Sepp Straka, Ben Griffin, and Robert MacIntyre all posing possible challenges to the world number one.
This tournament is the second PGA Tour event of the year after next week’s Sony Open in Hawaii, following the cancellation of the usual season opener, The Sentry, in October due to course conditions at the drought-affected Kapalua.
Will Scottie Scheffler Continue His Outstanding Form?
Scheffler aims to start the new season strong at the American Express Championship to build on his successes from last year. He won six times in 20 events, including two major wins at the PGA Championship and The Open. Additionally, he finished in the top 10 in 17 of those 20 tournaments and never placed outside the top 25, earning him the PGA Tour Player of the Year title for the fourth consecutive time.
With two major titles in 2025, Scheffler now has a clear goal for 2026: after winning the Masters in 2022 and 2024, the American star is aiming to complete the Career Grand Slam by capturing the U.S. Open, scheduled for June 18 to 21, where he will compete for the title.