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- What: 2025 American Express
- Date: January 16 – January 19, 2025
- Location: PGA West – La Quinta Country Club, La Quinta, California
- Time: 11:30 a.m. ET to 7:00 p.m. ET
- How to Watch: ESPN+, NBC Sports App, Golf Channel
The third event of the 2025 PGA Tour, the 2025 American Express, kicked off on Thursday, January 16. The event, which takes place at La Quinta Country Club in La Quinta, California runs through Sunday, January 19. The first PGA Tour event of the West Coast Swing sports an $8.8 million prize purse with the winner getting $1.58 million. The victor also picks up 500 FedEx Cup points. Of the 17 regular-season PGA events, the American Express tournament ranks 12th in terms of prize money.
Last year, Nick Dunlap won the American Express as an amateur. With his victory, Dunlap became the first amateur to win a PGA Tour tournament since Phil Mickelson accomplished that feat in 1991 when he won the Northern Telecom Open in Tucson, Arizona. Dunlap finished in the top 10 in last week’s Sony Open.
Hideki Matsuyama (The Sentry) and Nick Taylor (Sony Open in Hawaii) won the first two events of the 2025 PGA Tour.
Before we look at the betting odds, picks, and predictions for the 2025 American Express, look at our 2025 PGA Championship betting tips and check out the top Golf betting sites in 2025.
2025 American Express PGA Tour betting picks
| To Win 2025 American Express |  |  |  |
| J.T. Poston | +750 | +750 | +675 |
| Nick Taylor | +900 | +1200 | +850 |
| Jackson Suber | +1200 | +2000 | +1900 |
| Carson Young | +1600 | +1600 | +1425 |
| JJ Spaun | +1800 | +1800 | +1425 |
| Jason Day | +1800 | +1600 | +1900 |
| Justin Thomas | +1800 | +2000 | +1900 |
| Justin Lower | +2000 | +2100 | +3100 |
| Chris Kirk | +2800 | +2800 | +2600 |
| Sepp Straka | +3000 | +2500 | +3200 |
| Will Zalatoris | +3000 | +2400 | +3200 |
| Alex Smalley | +3500 | +6000 | +11400 |
| Michael Thorbjornsen | +3500 | +4500 | +3200 |
| Harry Hall | +4000 | +4000 | +3200 |
| Jesper Svensson | +4000 | +5500 | +3700 |
| Matti Schmid | +4000 | +5000 | +3200 |
| Patrick Cantlay | +4000 | +2800 | +3700 |
| Rico Hoey | +4000 | +4000 | +2700 |
| Sam Burns | +4000 | +3300 | +3200 |
| Ben Griffin | +4500 | +4500 | +3200 |
| Mark Hubbard | +4500 | +4000 | +3200 |
JJ Spaun betting breakdown
JJ Spaun, the No. 77 ranked player on the PGA Tour, has played in one event this year, the Sony Open. The 34-year-old played well in Hawaii, finishing tied for third place and earning $513,300. Spaun finished the 2024 PGA season in 98th place with winnings of $1,645,746. He had four top-10 finishes in 28 events played, making the cut 16 times. His best finish was a third place at the Wyndham Championship in August. He has one career PGA victory, placing first at the Valero Texas Open in April 2022.
Spaun ranks fourth in strokes gained (2.425), second in strokes gained: approach to green (2.025), and 50th in strokes gained: putting (0.374).
Spaun a 64 in the first round of the 2025 American Express.
Nick Taylor betting breakdown
Nick Taylor opened the 2025 American Express with a first round of 65. The 36-year-old is the 29th-ranked player on the PGA Tour in 2025. Taylor is coming off a win at the Sony Open, which marked his fifth career PGA Tour victory. He won the WM Phoenix Open in 2024, the RBC Canadian Open in 2022-23, the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in 2019-2020, and the Sanderson Farms Championship in 2014. Taylor entered 27 events in 2024 and placed in the top 10 three times while making the cut 18 times and earning $3,249,358 in prize money.
Taylor ranks 59th in strokes gained (0.585), 23rd in strokes gained: approach to green (0.157), and 109th in strokes gained: putting (-0.340).
Justin Thomas betting breakdown
Justin Thomas has to be considered when it comes to a betting pick for the American Express. He tied for third in this event in 2024 after not playing the tournament since 2015, when he tied for seventh. The 31-year-old shot a 67 in the opening round of the 2025 American Express.
Thomas has played in 241 events and picked up 15 career wins while earning 81 finishes in the top 10. He has not won an event since he claimed the 2022 PGA Championship. His best year, as far as victories go, was 2016-17 when he had five wins.
Thomas ranks 61st in strokes gained (0.495), 13th in strokes gained: approach to green (1.061), and 53rd in strokes gained: putting (0.323).
Justin Lower betting breakdown
Opening the 2025 American Express with nine under par 63, Justin Lower is a player to watch at this year’s event. The 35-year-old has been a pro since 2011, but he has never picked up a tour victory. Lower’s best finish came in November 2024 when he finished as the runner-up to Austin Eckroat at the World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico. Lower has played in 97 events and has 10 top-10 finishes in his career.
Lower ranks 50th in strokes gained (0.675), 25th in strokes gained: approach to green (0.844), and 26th in strokes gained: putting (0.717).
Best bet to win the 2025 American Express
With his play on this course in 2024, and the number of PGA wins under his belt, the betting pick is for Justin Thomas to win the 2025 American Express.
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