The 2026 PGA Tour schedule shifts to California with The American Express 2026 tournament set to begin on Thursday. It's the first mainland

The American Express has been a happy hunting ground for long shots in recent history, with Nick Dunlap, Hudson Swafford (twice), Andrew Landry, Jason Dufner and Adam Long — who was 600/1 when he outlasted Phil Mickelson and Adam Hadwin in 2019 — all capturing wins in the last 10 years.

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The 2025 The American Express final leaderboard is headed by winner Sepp Straka, who earned his third-career PGA Tour win at PGA West in La Quinta, California. Straka earned a huge win in the three-course event, finishing up on Sunday at the PGA West Stadium Course with 2-under 70 to win by three shots on 25-under 263.

Five players are 8-under, four at 7-under and nine are 6-under. None of the 27 players within five shots of the lead are out of it by any stretch and will return to the TPC Sawgrass Dye’s Valley Course for the final round on Dec. 14 where affairs will presumably get chaotic as they battle for the PGA Tour cards that will be awarded to the top five.

Mike McClure's golf model has simulated the 2026 American Express golf tournament 10,000 times and revealed its best prop bets

The 2026 season was supposed to roar to life at Kapalua. Instead, The Sentry’s cancellation left a depleted Sony Open — a field the internet has already flushed.

The 2026 PGA Tour season tees off a week later than originally scheduled with the 2026 Sony Open in Hawaii on Thursday, Jan. 15. This year's