Scottie Scheffler will participate in the American Express Championship at the end of January, marking his debut in 2026.
Scottie Scheffler will be competing 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 prize purse of $9.2 million. Last year, Austrian Sepp Straka won the tournament.
Scheffler Faces Tough Challenge in California
The American Express Championship is one of the few tournaments missing from Scheffler’s victory record. After finishing third in 2020 and achieving top-25 placements in the following years, he missed the 2025 event due to hand surgery. This year, competition will be stiff with players like last year’s winner Sepp Straka, Ben Griffen, and Robert MacIntyre challenging the world number one.
The tournament is the second PGA Tour event of the year following the Sony Open in Hawaii next week. The usual season opener, The Sentry, was canceled in October due to course conditions at the water-scarce Kapalua.
Will Scottie Scheffler Continue His Outstanding Season?
Scheffler aims to start the new season strong at the American Express Championship, building on his successful previous year. In 20 events, he secured six wins, including the PGA Championship and the Open Championship. He finished in the top 10 in 17 of those 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 won in 2025, Scheffler has a clear goal for 2026: after his Masters victories in 2022 and 2024, the US Open remains the only major missing to complete his Career Grand Slam. He will compete for the title there from June 18 to 21.