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 tied for second, becoming the second-fastest player to reach 20 PGA Tour wins. Scheffler set the pace with a 66 in the final round, while his competitors struggled.
PGA Tour: Scottie Scheffler dominates The American Express
He birdied half of the holes in the final round and could have won by an even larger margin if he hadn’t hit his ball into the water on the island green at the 17th and taken a double bogey. Nevertheless, no one could match his 66. Si Woo Kim, leader after three rounds, couldn’t keep up on Sunday and dropped back with a 72, while 18-year-old Blades Brown, who had played the Korn Ferry Tour final in the Bahamas just days prior and was tied with Scheffler after three rounds, fell to T18 with a 74.
Scheffler thus starts the new year as dominant as ever. This marks his 16th consecutive top-ten finish, but he doesn’t take his wins for granted. “There’s a reason 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 final group against two very, very talented players. Si Woo has so much talent; he’s so good at golf. I saw Blades for the first time, but any 18-year-old making 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 many challenges today, but I’m proud of how we played and the nice round we put together,” Scheffler said.