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Sunday 19 January 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Straka wins the American Express
PGA West Stadium Course, La Quinta, California · Thursday 16 to Sunday 19 January 2025 · Sepp Straka’s win no. 3 on the PGA Tour · purse $8,800,000 USD · American Express
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 05 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 36° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R122°/6°C · wind 8 km/h NNW, gusts 24 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R220°/8°C · wind 11 km/h W, gusts 33 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R323°/6°C · wind 6 km/h NNW, gusts 21 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R421°/5°C · wind 6 km/h E, gusts 26 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Justin Thomas USA · 265closed with a 66 but could not catch Straka, who held on with a final-round 70 ESPN leaderboard
156 started · cut -9, 71 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The American Express
PGA West (Pete Dye Stadium Course; also Nicklaus Tournament Course and La Quinta Country Club in rounds 1-3), PGA West Stadium Course, La Quinta, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Sepp Straka
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 January 2025
Nerves, just complete nerves. Stomach in a knot, the whole nine.
ASAP Sports (interview transcript)
19 January 2025
this golf course, you can't really let up, you still got to make really aggressive swings because you're one swing away from a double bogey.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sepp Straka | 65 · 64 · 64 · 70 | 263 | −25 |
| 2 | Justin Thomas | 67 · 64 · 68 · 66 | 265 | −23 |
| T3 | Jason Day | 64 · 66 · 67 · 69 | 266 | −22 |
| T3 | Justin Lower | 63 · 66 · 68 · 69 | 266 | −22 |
| T5 | Patrick Cantlay | 68 · 64 · 66 · 70 | 268 | −20 |
| T5 | Charley Hoffman | 65 · 63 · 69 · 71 | 268 | −20 |
| T7 | Camilo Villegas | 72 · 62 · 69 · 66 | 269 | −19 |
| T7 | Ben Griffin | 66 · 69 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T7 | Taylor Moore | 67 · 68 · 66 · 68 | 269 | −19 |
| T7 | Max Greyserman | 69 · 66 · 65 · 69 | 269 | −19 |
The golfer
born 1993-05-01, Vienna, Austria; AUT; turned pro 2016; age 31 that week; tour wins to date: 3; majors to date: 0; world No. 36 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/sepp-straka-17511)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet