For the third time in his PGA Tour career, Sepp Straka hoisted a trophy at tournament's end. Converting a four-stroke lead at the 54-hole mark into a victory at the 2025 American Express, Straka fended off a crowded chasing pack headlined by Justin Thomas.
Sepp Straka is taking home the big check, winning by two shots shots at 25 under for his third PGA Tour win. The Austrian shot rounds of 65-64-64-70 and didn’t make his first bo
Sepp Straka shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday while his top competitors failed to match his sizzling pace, staking the Austrian to a four-shot lead.
Straka’s round at La Quinta in many ways was the reverse of what might have been expected. Playing the back nine first, Straka made six birdies on the way to a 30, the kind of score generally associated with the front nine at the course that opened in 1959.
Straka, one of more than a dozen active PGA Tour players from the University of Georgia, followed up his third-round 64 with a 70 on Sunday at the Stadium Course and at 25-under-par 263 won The American Express by two shots over Justin Thomas (66).
Straka shot 8-under-par 64 for the second day in a row to surge to the lead on Saturday at La Quinta Country Club in La Quinta, Calif. He's at 23 under and will take a four-stroke lead to Sunday's final round on Pete Day Stadium Course.
Sepp Straka won The American Express by two shots over Justin Thomas on Sunday, finishing his third career PGA Tour victory at 25-under 263 with a final-round 70.
Sepp Straka wins The American Express by two shots over Justin Thomas, finishing his third career PGA Tour victory at 25-under 263.
With a round to go Sepp Straka looks all but certain to cruise ... Mark Hubbard (18-under) plus former FedExCup winners Patrick Cantlay (18-under) and Justin Thomas (17-under) have yet to count ...
Straka shot an 8-under 64 on Saturday in his third straight bogey-free round, staking the newly bald Austrian to a four-shot lead over Charley Hoffman, Jason Day and Justin Lower in the Coachella Valley desert.
Sepp Straka won The American Express by two shots ... Lower matched the best finish of his tour career. Patrick Cantlay and Charley Hoffman were 20 under. Hitting greens regularly and putting ...