Scottie Scheffler wins his 20th PGA Tour event before turning 30.
Scottie Scheffler starts 2026 as usual: with a victory. He won The American Express on the PGA Tour by four strokes ahead of Jason Day, Ryan Gerard, Matt McCarty, and Andrew Putnam, finishing second. He reached 20 PGA Tour wins faster than all but one other player. Scheffler took the lead with a 66 in the final round as his competitors struggled.
PGA Tour: Scottie Scheffler Dominates The American Express
Scheffler birdied half of the holes in the final round and might have won by an even wider margin if he had not hit his ball into the water on the island green at 17, incurring a double bogey. Despite that, no one could match his 66. Si Woo Kim, the 54-hole leader, fell back with a 72 on Sunday. Also, 18-year-old Blades Brown, who had just played the Korn Ferry Tour final on the Bahamas on Wednesday and was tied with Scheffler after three rounds, dropped to a tie for 18th after a 74 in the final.
Thus, Scheffler starts the new year as dominantly as ever. This was his 16th consecutive top-ten finish, but he does not take his victories for granted. “There’s a reason why we have to finish the tournament. You don’t get the trophy on the 16th hole. You have to finish the tournament. Today I played in the last group against two very, very talented players. Si Woo has so much talent. He is very good at golf. I saw Blades for the first time, but any 18-year-old who makes the final flight of a PGA Tour event is doing something right. It’s a course where you have to go out and make birdies. So there were a lot of challenges today, but I’m proud of how we played and the nice round we put together,” Scheffler said.