The American Express money, payout: Sepp Straka coasts to 3rd PGA Tour win
Austrian Sepp Straka held on to his 54-hole lead to win The American Express in California. Here are the full results and payouts.
Sepp Straka entered the final round of The American Express holding a three-shot advantage. Having won two PGA Tour events before, the former Ryder Cup star has experience getting the job done — except he had never held a 54-hole lead on tour before this week.
That did not matter.
Straka coasted to victory, posting a 2-under 70 during his final round to eclipse Justin Thomas by a pair. Straka also made only two bogies all week, both of them coming over the final three holes when the tournament was all but over.
“It was a fun day, trying to manage the lead and manage my nerves,” Straka said.
“Yeah, just had a good time playing out there, and, yeah, very happy to come out with a win.”
Pete Dye’s Stadium Course at PGA West tricks even the best players in the world, as a double-bogey is always just one bad swing away. But Straka did an excellent job of keeping the ball in play and not giving into Dye’s tricks and twists.
“There’s no safe play, really, you just have to hit your numbers, you have to hit your spots, especially as firm as the greens are, you just have to execute, kind of made it easy to focus on each shot,” Straka added.
“But it was very intimidating, obviously, because every hole you know, you got a chance to make a double, a bogey, everywhere you look. So, yeah, I'm very happy with how I hit the ball today, and I’m just overall very happy with the week.”
The American Express Final Leaderboard & Payout:
1. Sepp Straka -25 — $1,584,000
2. Justin Thomas -23 — $959,200
T3. Jason Day -22 — $519,200
T3. Justin Lower -22 — $519,200
T5. Patrick Cantlay -20 — $339,900
T5. Charley Hoffman -20 — $339,900
T7. Camilo Villegas -19 — $267,300
T7. Ben Griffin -19 — $267,300
T7. Taylor Moore -19 — $267,300
T7. Max Greyserman -19 — $267,300
11. Alex Smalley -18 — $222,200
T12. Nick Taylor -17 — $169,400
T12. J.T. Poston -17 — $169,400
T12. Frankie Capan III -17 — $169,400
T12. Beau Hossler -17 — $169,400
T12. Will Zalatoris -17 — $169,400
T12. Mark Hubbard -17 — $169,400
T18. Trey Mullinax -16 — $125,400
T18. Kevin Roy -16 — $125,400
T18. Cam Davis -16 — $125,400
T21. Ben Kohles -15 — $83,270
T21. Jacob Bridgeman -15 — $83,270
T21. Harry Hall -15 — $83,270
T21. Doug Ghim -15 — $83,270
T21. Keith Mitchell -15 — $83,270
T21. Rickie Fowler -15 — $83,270
T21. Billy Horschel -15 — $83,270
T21. Daniel Berger -15 — $83,270
T29. Sam Burns -14 — $57,640
T29. Tom Hoge -14 — $57,640
T29. Vincent Norrman -14 — $57,640
T29. J.J. Spaun -14 — $57,640
T34. Brice Garnett -13 — $42,094
T34. Nick Dunlap -13 — $42,094
T34. Chris Kirk -13 — $42,094
T34. Lee Hodges -13 — $42,094
T34. Victor Perez -13 — $42,094
T34. Quade Cummins -13 — $42,094
T34. Harry Higgs -13 — $42,094
T34. Lanto Griffin -13 — $42,094
T34. Ryan Palmer -13 — $42,094
T43. Harris English -12 — $27,236
T43. Michael Kim -12 — $27,236
T43. Ryo Hisatsune -12 — $27,236
T43. Matteo Manassero -12 — $27,236
T43. Rikuya Hoshino -12 — $27,236
T43. Ricky Castillo -12 — $27,236
T43. Matt Kuchar -12 — $27,236
T43. Sam Ryder -12 — $27,236
T51. Brian Campbell -11 — $21,032
T51. Ryan Gerard -11 — $21,032
T51. Brandt Snededker -11 — $21,032
T51. Si Woo Kim -11 — $21,032
T51. Davis Thompson -11 — $21,032
T51. Sam Stevens -11 — $21,032
T51. Matthew Riedel -11 — $21,032
T58. Kris Ventura -10 — $19,712
T58. Alejandro Tosti -10 — $19,712
T58. Taylor Montgomery -10 — $19,712
T58. Kurt Kitayama -10 — $19,712
T58. Mackenzie Hughes -10 — $19,712
T58. Rico Hoey -10 — $19,712
T64. Vince Whaley -9 — $19,008
T64. Jeremy Paul -9 — $19,008
T66. Will Gordon -8 — $18,656
T66. Joe Highsmith -8 — $18,656
T68. Mac Meissner -7 — $18,304
T68. Eric Cole -7 — $18,304
70. Patrick Rodgers -6 — $18,216
71. Chez Reavie -5 — $18,040
Jack Milko is a golf staff writer for SB Nation’s Playing Through. Follow him on X @jack_milko.