The next American Express is Thursday, January 21, to Sunday, January 24, 2027, in La Quinta, California, and Scottie Scheffler defends the title he won at 27 under par. No 2027 odds are posted yet, so this page quotes no price.
The 2027 American Express at a glance
- Dates: January 21 to 24, 2027
- Courses: Pete Dye Stadium Course (host), PGA West Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta Country Club, all par 72
- Cut: after the third round
- Defending champion: Scottie Scheffler
The event is played across three courses in La Quinta, and the cut comes after 54 holes; at the Cognizant Classic it comes after 36. The cut in 2026 fell at 11 under, and every winner of the last four editions finished at 25 under or better.
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How the 2026 American Express finished
Scheffler shot 63, 64, 68 and 66 for a total of 261 and won by four shots. He took $1,656,000 from a $9.2 million purse.
| Finish | Player | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scottie Scheffler | -27 |
| T2 | Jason Day | -23 |
| T2 | Ryan Gerard | -23 |
| T2 | Andrew Putnam | -23 |
| T2 | Matt McCarty | -23 |
| T6 | Sam Stevens | -22 |
| T6 | Si Woo Kim | -22 |
| T8 | Sahith Theegala | -21 |
| T8 | Russell Henley | -21 |
| T8 | Haotong Li | -21 |
Putnam’s second-round 60 was the best round among the top 10, and it still left him four shots short. Gerard, one of the four in second, finished second again at the Memorial in June, where he lost a playoff to J.T. Poston.
Recent American Express winners
| Year | Winner | Score | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Scottie Scheffler | -27 | 4 |
| 2025 | Sepp Straka | -25 | 2 |
| 2024 | Nick Dunlap | -29 | 1 |
| 2023 | Jon Rahm | -27 | 1 |
Scheffler’s four-shot margin was the widest of the four. Dunlap’s 29 under in 2024 is the lowest winning score in the table, a single shot clear of Christiaan Bezuidenhout.
Betting the 2027 American Express
Scoring is low enough that four rounds of 67, 20 under, would have finished outside the 2026 top 10, where the last places went at 21 under. Sam Stevens averaged 66.5 and tied for sixth. An outright price is a chance written as a payout, so +1000 implies 9.1% and +3000 implies 3.2%, and a futures bet is worth making only when you rate a golfer’s chance higher than the price does.
Five weeks later the Tour is in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, and our Cognizant Classic odds cover that event. For every week in between, see golf picks this week, and our golf betting guide explains the placement markets. If you follow a paid capper, check the top handicappers before the season starts.