The PGA Tour from Hawaii moves to California where, from January 19 to 22, The American Express is played. The event, scheduled in La Quinta, offers 8,000,000 dollars (1,440,000 the first coin) and is played over a distance of 72 holes, with a cut after 54 which will leave the best 65 classified in the competition.
Three courses are preparing to welcome the competition: the La Quinta Country Club, the Nicklaus Tournament Course and the Stadium Course, with the latter being the only venue for the fourth round.
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Many big names in the race.
Among the 156 competitors also five of the best ten in the world: from Scottie Scheffler (second) to Jon Rahm (fourth), from Patrick Cantlay (fifth) to Xander Schauffele (sixth) passing through Will Zalatoris (seventh). As for the Top 15, there’s space for Tony Finau (twelfth), Sam Burns (thirteenth) and Tom Kim (fourteenth).
The Spaniard Rahm is among the big favorites of the eve. In the last five races played between the PGA Tour and DP World Tour, the 28-year-old from Barrika has achieved three victories, a second and a fourth place. Not only that: the Basque made him The American Express in 2018.
Scheffler will try to counter him, aiming to return to the world throne. Instead, Cantlay and Schauffele, both from California, play at home. After his comeback at the Sony Open, Si Woo Kim pursues another exploit. Among the South Koreans who aspire to show off, with Tom Kim and Si Woo Kim here is also Sungjae Im.
And with them the American Tom Hoge, second in 2022 when Hudson Swafford repeated his feat in 2017. And speaking of Swafford, the 35-year-old American will not be able to defend his title because he has now moved to LIV Golf, the Arab Superleague of the green in strong contrast with the PGA Tour.
The PGA Tour is an organization that curates major professional golf tours in the United States. It is based in Ponte Vedra Beach, a suburb of Jacksonville, Florida. The PGA Tour became its own organization in 1968 when it split from the PGA of America, which is now primarily an association of golf professionals, such as instructors and club managers.
Tournament players first formed their own organization, the Association of Professional Golfers (APG). Later, in 1968, the players abolished the APG and agreed to operate as the PGA “Tournament Players Division”, a fully autonomous division of the PGA, overseen by a new 10-member Tournament Policy Board. The name then officially changed to “PGA Tour” in 1975.
