Scottie Scheffler wins his 20th PGA Tour event before turning 30 with a dominant performance at The American Express.
Scottie Scheffler starts 2026 as expected: 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 in second place, becoming the second-fastest player to reach 20 PGA Tour wins. Scheffler shot a 66 to take the lead while his competitors faltered.
PGA Tour: Scottie Scheffler Dominates The American Express
Scheffler made birdies on half of the holes in the final round and could have won by a greater margin if he hadn’t hit his ball into the water on the island green 17 and suffered a double bogey. Nevertheless, no one could match his 66. Si Woo Kim, the leader after three rounds, couldn’t keep pace on Sunday and fell back with a 72. Also, 18-year-old Blades Brown, who had played the Korn Ferry Tour final in the Bahamas just days before and was tied with Scheffler after three rounds, slipped to a T18 finish with a 74.
This begins Scheffler’s year as dominantly as ever. It is his 16th consecutive top-ten finish, but he doesn’t take the wins for granted. “There’s a reason we have to finish the tournament. You don’t get the trophy at the 16th hole. You have to finish the tournament. Today I played in the final group against two really, 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 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 many challenges today, but I’m proud of how we played and put together a nice round.”