Blog# 304 American Express Championship January 26, 2026 Par 72

Blog# 304 American Express Championship January 26, 2026 Par 72

ROUND 1

1 Min Woo Lee-10 62 Bogie free with 10 birdies, 1st lead in a tournament. Finish 38-16

1 Pierceson Coody-10 62 Bogie free, finishes with 7 straight birdies. Finish 18-19

3 Scottie Scheffler-9 63 Starts with 2 birdies then 7 more, 0 bogies. Finish W-27

3 SW Kim-9 63 Bogie free with 6 birdies on 1st 11 holes then 7 pars. Finish 6-22

3 Vince Whaley-9 63 Bogie free with 1 eagle 7 birdies. Finish -7 Cut

3 SH Kim-9 63 Bogie free 9 birdies. Finish 18-19

3 Robert MacIntyre-9 63 after 10 birdies 1st 14 holes bogies 16. Finish 38-16

3 Matt McCarty-9 One bogie, 1 eagle, 8 birdies. Finish 2-23

3 Jason Day-9 One bogie 10 birdies, RD4 bogie free 7 birdies. Finish 2-23

3 Ben Griffin-9 Bogied #17 with 10 birdies. Finish 24-18

3 Patrick Cantlay-9 Bogies #3 with 10 birdies. Finish 13-20

ROUND 2

1 S. Scheffler-17 64 Birdies 2 of 1st 3 holes then 5,6&7 on front 9, then 3 more back, 0 bogies.

1 Blades Brown-17 60 One eagle 10 birdies 1st 15 holes, falls short on 18 birdie for 17th pro to

shoot 59 in a PGA event. Now 18 years old, skipped college to join Korn-Ferry Tour last year.

3 SW Kim-16 65 Another bogie free RD, 1 eagle 5 birdies.

4 Matt McCarty-15 Only player in top 4 with a bogie on each RD.

6 Rickie Fowler-14 63 Bogie free 9 birdies, #51 at 50/1 odds after RD1.

6 W. Clark-14 64 Bogie free 8 birdies, 1 of my long shots. Finish 13-20

12 Ben Griffin-13 68 Bogie on #5 with 5 birdies.

26 Min Woo Lee-11 71 to drop 26 spots instead of 48.

35 Pierceson Coody-10 Bogies #4 &#12 but birdies 18 to drop 34 spots.

35 Jason Day-10 71 Drops 32 spots with 3 bogies on holes 13,14&16.

40 Min Woo Lee Bogies 1st& 9th holes, but birdies 16&17 to drop

45 Robert MacIntyre-9 72 Falls 45 spots by shooting par 3 bogies, 3 birdies.

ROUND 3

1 SW Kim-22 66 First bogie of tournament on par3 #3, will he hold up playing with Scheffler?

2 S Scheffler-21 68 First 2 bogies with 6 birdies, he thrives on these situations and should win.

2 B Brown-21 68 DB in RD1 then 1 bogie in this RD. Finish 18-19

4 W Clark-20 66 Climbing up leaderboard after being tied for 30th after RD1.

6 M McCarty-19 68 After #3 after RD 1 dropped to 4th then 6th.

15 B Griffin-16 69 DB on 2 bogie on 15 puts him out of it.

FINAL RD Scheffler should win given his history on final RD, Kim playing well, Brown?

1 S Scheffler-27 66 Pulls away from Kim+2 & Brown+2 with -4 front 9. Then finishes

everyone else with-2 on back despite DB on 17. Could be start of Tiger like year. $1.7M

2 Jason Day-23 64 Bogie free low RD of the day to move up 18 spots. $616K

2 Ryan Gerard-23 65 Nine birdies 2 bogies up 13 spots, after 2nd place last week. $616K

2 Andrew Putnam quietly shot 60 RD2 to go from#18 to #6, then RD4-5 front 9 to get

within 1 stroke of Scheffler but-1 on back 9 with only 1 birdie & 2 bogies to tie for 2nd. $616K

2 Matt McCarty-23 68 In top 6 for all 4 RDs, only 5 bogies for tournament. $616K

PLAYERS WHO PLAYED BETTER THAN EXPECTED & DISAPPOINTMENTS

6 Tom Hoge-21 70 Finishes 6th despite DB on #13 RD4.

6 Sahith Theegala RD 4 bogie free 65 up 18 spots, best finish in a long time. $332K

18 Rickie Fowler-19 68 Four Rds-par, 3 bogies RD1 then 3 bogie free Rds. $118K

Min Woo LeeFinishes 38th after 1st RD lead, drops to 26th with a 71 RD2, never in it.

Ludvig Aberg FedX#9 Withdraws due to illness prior to RD3. He was -7 with 1 DB on 17 in RD1 & bogie free RD2. Last year he withdrew from the Farmers and was never the same.

Luke Clanton FedX#182 & Nick Dunlap FedX#177 also withdrew.