The American Express tee times 2025: Field, purse, format, TV schedule, and more
By Luke Norris
After two weeks in Hawaii, the PGA Tour hits the mainland for the first time this season with the 2025 edition of The American Express, which takes place just outside Palm Springs in La Quinta, California. This is the first of three straight events in The Golden State, with the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am on deck.
Last year's American Express, of course, saw Nick Dunlap make history by becoming the first amateur to win a PGA Tour event since Phil Mickelson won the Northern Telecom Open in 1991.
Dunlap, who turned pro just a few days after his historic victory, is back to defend his title and is one of 19 players in the top 50 of the Official World Golf Ranking in the 156-man field.
This tourney is a bit different than others, as players will tee it up across three different courses at PGA West — La Quinta Country Club, the Nicklaus Tournament Course, and the Pete Dye Stadium Course — before a cut is made at the 54-hole mark.
The American Express tee times, field for 2025
Here are the tee times for the first three rounds of The American Express, which will take place on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. All times Eastern.
Those listed in bold will tee off on No. 10 of their respective course. (LQ=La Quinta Country Club, NT=Nicklaus Tournament Course, SC=Pete Dye Stadium Course)
Group | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 |
|---|---|---|---|
Lanto Griffin, Bud Cauley | 11:30 a.m. (SC) | 1:20 p.m. (LQ) | 12:47 p.m. (NT) |
Jacob Bridgeman, Joe Highsmith | 11:30 a.m. (SC) | 1:20 p.m. (LQ) | 12:47 p.m. (NT) |
Ryo Hisatsune, Matti Schmid | 11:30 a.m. (NT) | 1:20 p.m. (SC) | 12:47 p.m. (LQ) |
Joel Dahmen, Ben Griffin | 11:30 a.m. (NT) | 1:20 p.m. (SC) | 12:47 p.m. (LQ) |
Max Greyserman, Kevin Streelman | 11:30 a.m. (LQ) | 1:20 p.m. (NT) | 12:47 p.m. (SC) |
Patrick Fishburn, Andrew Novak | 11:30 a.m. (LQ) | 1:20 p.m. (NT) | 12:47 p.m. (SC) |
Luke List, Kevin Yu | 11:41 a.m. (SC) | 1:31 p.m. (LQ) | 12:58 p.m. (NT) |
Emiliano Grillo, Adam Schenk |
| 1:31 p.m. (LQ) | 12:58 p.m. (NT) |
Chris Gotterup, Adam Svensson | 11:41 a.m. (NT) | 1:31 p.m. (SC) | 12:58 p.m. (LQ) |
Brian Harman, Sepp Straka | 11:41 a.m. (NT) | 1:31 p.m. (SC) | 12:58 p.m. (LQ) |
Nick Dunlap, Sam Burns | 11:41 a.m. (LQ) | 1:31 p.m. (NT) | 12:58 p.m. (SC) |
Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris | 11:41 a.m. (LQ) | 1:31 p.m. (NT) | 12:58 p.m. (SC) |
Kevin Roy, Ricky Castillo | 11:52 a.m. (SC) | 1:42 p.m. (LQ) | 1:09 p.m. (NT) |
Thomas Rosenmueller, Mason Andersen | 11:52 a.m. (SC) | 1:42 p.m. (LQ) | 1:09 p.m. (NT) |
Max McGreevy, Hayden Buckley | 11:52 a.m. (NT) | 1:42 p.m. (SC) | 1:09 p.m. (LQ) |
William Mouw, Ryan Gerard | 11:52 a.m. (NT) | 1:42 p.m. (SC) | 1:09 p.m. (LQ) |
John Pak, Tim Widing | 11:52 a.m. (LQ) | 1:42 p.m. (NT) | 1:09 p.m. (SC) |
Aldrich Potgeiter, Braden Thornberry | 11:52 a.m. (LQ) | 1:42 p.m. (NT) | 1:09 p.m. (SC) |
Taylor Montgomery, Bronson Burgoon | 12:03 p.m. (SC) | 11:30 a.m. (LQ) | 1:20 p.m. (NT) |
Bill Haas, Andrew Putnam | 12:03 p.m. (SC) | 11:30 a.m. (LQ) | 1:20 p.m. (NT) |
Ben Martin, Chandler Phillips | 12:03 p.m. (NT) | 11:30 a.m. (SC) | 1:20 p.m. (LQ) |
Jason Dufner, David Lipsky | 12:03 p.m. (NT) | 11:30 a.m. (SC) | 1:20 p.m. (LQ) |
Adam Hadwin, Ryan Palmer | 12:03 p.m. (LQ) | 11:30 a.m. (NT) | 1:20 p.m. (SC) |
Justin Lower, Ben Kohles | 12:03 p.m. (LQ) | 11:30 a.m. (NT) | 1:20 p.m. (SC) |
Matt Kuchar, Cam Davis | 12:14 p.m. (SC) | 11:41 a.m. (LQ) | 1:31 p.m. (NT) |
Brendon Todd, Patton Kizzire | 12:14 p.m. (SC) | 11:41 a.m. (LQ) | 1:31 p.m. (NT) |
Brice Garnett, Harry Hall | 12:14 p.m. (NT) | 11:41 a.m. (SC) | 1:31 p.m. (LQ) |
Mark Hubbard, Daniel Berger | 12:14 p.m. (NT) | 11:41 a.m. (SC) | 1:31 p.m. (LQ) |
Patrick Cantlay, Billy Horschel | 12:14 p.m. (LQ) | 11:41 a.m. (NT) | 1:31 p.m. (SC) |
Chris Kirk, Davis Thompson | 12:14 p.m. (LQ) | 11:41 a.m. (NT) | 1:31 p.m. (SC) |
Paul Peterson, Takumi Kanaya | 12:25 p.m. (SC) | 11:52 a.m. (LQ) | 1:42 p.m. (NT) |
Anders Albertson, Philip Knowles | 12:25 p.m. (SC) | 11:52 a.m. (LQ) | 1:42 p.m. (NT) |
Danny Walker, Matthew Riedel | 12:25 p.m. (NT) | 11:52 a.m. (SC) | 1:42 p.m. (LQ) |
Steven Fisk, Trevor Cone | 12:25 p.m. (NT) | 11:52 a.m. (SC) | 1:42 p.m. (LQ) |
Matteo Manassero, Michael Thorbjornsen | 12:25 p.m. (LQ) | 11:52 a.m. (NT) | 1:42 p.m. (SC) |
Rikuya Hoshino, Taylor Dickson | 12:25 p.m. (LQ) | 11:52 a.m. (NT) | 1:42 p.m. (SC) |
Chez Reavie, Aaron Baddeley | 12:36 p.m. (SC) | 12:03 p.m. (LQ) | 11:30 a.m. (NT) |
Trey Mullinax, Carson Young | 12:36 p.m. (SC) | 12:03 p.m. (LQ) | 11:30 a.m. (NT) |
Nate Lashley, David Skinns | 12:36 p.m. (NT) | 12:03 p.m. (SC) | 11:30 a.m. (LQ) |
Sami Valimaki, Henrik Norlander | 12:36 p.m. (NT) | 12:03 p.m. (SC) | 11:30 a.m. (LQ) |
Charley Hoffman, Eric Cole | 12:36 p.m. (LQ) | 12:03 p.m. (NT) | 11:30 a.m. (SC) |
Doug Ghim, Sam Ryder | 12:36 p.m. (LQ) | 12:03 p.m. (NT) | 11:30 a.m. (SC) |
Nick Taylor, Tom Kim | 12:47 p.m. (SC) | 12:14 p.m. (LQ) | 11:41 a.m. (NT) |
Chan Kim, Sam Stevens | 12:47 p.m. (SC) | 12:14 p.m. (LQ) | 11:41 a.m. (NT) |
Frankie Capan III, Antoine Rozner | 12:47 p.m. (NT) | 12:14 p.m. (SC) | 11:41 a.m. (LQ) |
Danny Willett, Victor Perez | 12:47 p.m. (NT) | 12:14 p.m. (SC) | 11:41 a.m. (LQ) |
Keith Mitchell, Brandt Snedeker | 12:47 p.m. (LQ) | 12:14 p.m. (NT) | 11:41 a.m. (SC) |
Zach Johnson, Kevin Kisner | 12:47 p.m. (LQ) | 12:14 p.m. (NT) | 11:41 a.m. (SC) |
Sungjae Im, Mackenzie Hughes | 12:58 p.m. (SC) | 12:25 p.m. (LQ) | 11:52 a.m. (NT) |
Davis Riley, Nick Hardy | 12:58 p.m. (SC) | 12:25 p.m. (LQ) | 11:52 a.m. (NT) |
Chad Ramey, K.H. Lee | 12:58 p.m. (NT) | 12:25 p.m. (SC) | 11:52 a.m. (LQ) |
Jake Knapp, J.T. Poston | 12:58 p.m. (NT) | 12:25 p.m. (SC) | 11:52 a.m. (LQ) |
Justin Thomas, Jason Day | 12:58 p.m. (LQ) | 12:25 p.m. (NT) | 11:52 a.m. (SC) |
Si Woo Kim, Kurt Kitayama | 12:58 p.m. (LQ) | 12:25 p.m. (NT) | 11:52 a.m. (SC) |
Alex Smalley, Patrick Rodgers | 1:09 p.m. (SC) | 12:36 p.m. (LQ) | 12:03 p.m. (NT) |
Kris Ventura, Jesper Svensson | 1:09 p.m. (SC) | 12:36 p.m. (LQ) | 12:03 p.m. (NT) |
Chesson Hadley, Harry Higgs | 1:09 p.m. (NT) | 12:36 p.m. (SC) | 12:03 p.m. (LQ) |
Beau Hossler, Will Gordon | 1:09 p.m. (NT) | 12:36 p.m. (SC) | 12:03 p.m. (LQ) |
Greyson Sigg, Vince Whaley | 1:09 p.m. (LQ) | 12:36 p.m. (NT) | 12:03 p.m. (SC) |
Quade Cummins, Noah Goodwin | 1:09 p.m. (LQ) | 12:36 p.m. (NT) | 12:03 p.m. (SC) |
Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Harris English | 1:20 p.m. (SC) | 12:47 p.m. (LQ) | 12:14 p.m. (NT) |
Ben Silverman, Wesley Bryan | 1:20 p.m. (SC) | 12:47 p.m. (LQ) | 12:14 p.m. (NT) |
Michael Kim, Mac Meissner | 1:20 p.m. (NT) | 12:47 p.m. (SC) | 12:14 p.m. (LQ) |
Tom Hoge, Cameron Young | 1:20 p.m. (NT) | 12:47 p.m. (SC) | 12:14 p.m. (LQ) |
Camilo Villegas, Nico Echavarria | 1:20 p.m. (LQ) | 12:47 p.m. (NT) | 12:14 p.m. (SC) |
J.J. Spaun, Rico Hoey | 1:20 p.m. (LQ) | 12:47 p.m. (NT) | 12:14 p.m. (SC) |
Lucas Glover, Erik van Rooyen | 1:31 p.m. (SC) | 12:58 p.m. (LQ) | 12:25 p.m. (NT) |
Matt McCarty, Vincent Norrman | 1:31 p.m. (SC) | 12:58 p.m. (LQ) | 12:25 p.m. (NT) |
Taylor Moore, Lee Hodges | 1:31 p.m. (NT) | 12:58 p.m. (SC) | 12:25 p.m. (LQ) |
Francesco Molinari, Jhonattan Vegas | 1:31 p.m. (NT) | 12:58 p.m. (SC) | 12:25 p.m. (LQ) |
Wyndham Clark, Rickie Fowler | 1:31 p.m. (LQ) | 12:58 p.m. (NT) | 12:25 p.m. (SC) |
Rafael Campos, Peter Malnati | 1:31 p.m. (LQ) | 12:58 p.m. (NT) | 12:25 p.m. (SC) |
Kevin Velo, Jackson Suber | 1:42 p.m. (SC) | 1:09 p.m. (LQ) | 12:36 p.m. (NT) |
Will Chandler, Kyle Mendoza | 1:42 p.m. (SC) | 1:09 p.m. (LQ) | 12:36 p.m. (NT) |
Norman Xiong, Brian Campbell | 1:42 p.m. (NT) | 1:09 p.m. (SC) | 12:36 p.m. (LQ) |
Alejandro Tosti, Cristobal Del Solar | 1:42 p.m. (NT) | 1:09 p.m. (SC) | 12:36 p.m. (LQ) |
Blades Brown, Isaiah Salinda | 1:42 p.m. (LQ) | 1:09 p.m. (NT) | 12:36 p.m. (SC) |
Kaito Onishi, Jeremy Paul | 1:42 p.m. (LQ) | 1:09 p.m. (NT) | 12:36 p.m. (SC) |
While Wyndham Clark is the highest-ranked player in the field at No. 7 in the world, Justin Thomas is the current betting favorite at DraftKings at +1200, followed by Sungjae Im (+1400), Sam Burns (+1600), Patrick Cantlay (+1800), and Tony Finau (+2200).
Clark enters the week tied with Kurt Kitayama and Max Greyserman with the seventh-shortest odds at +3000.
The American Express purse for 2025: Prize money, winner's share
The 2025 edition of The American Express features a total purse of $8.8 million, up $100,000 from last week's Sony Open in Hawaii and $400,000 more than last year's tournament.
The winner of this week's event will pocket $1.584 million, which is $72,000 more than last year's top prize, which Dunlap had to forfeit due to his amateur status. Runner-up Christiaan Bezuidenhout was awarded the $1.512 million winner's share instead. The victor will also earn 500 FedEx Cup points.
The American Express format: Cut rules and more
The American Express is a 72-hole stroke-play event.
As mentioned, all 156 players will compete across three courses over the first three days, with the top 70 and ties after 54 holes moving on to Sunday's final round, which will be contested at the Pete Dye Stadium Course at PGA West.
Watch The American Express 2025: TV schedule and live stream info
Golf Channel will provide exclusive television coverage of the 2025 edition of The American Express, with PGA Tour Live on ESPN+, NBCSports.com, and the NBC Sports app offering streaming coverage.
TV coverage
- Thursday, Jan. 16: 4:00-7:00 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
- Friday, Jan. 17: 4:00-7:00 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
- Saturday, Jan. 18: 4:00-7:00 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
- Sunday, Jan. 19: 4:00-7:00 p.m. ET (Golf Channel)
Streaming coverage
- PGA Tour Live on ESPN+ will feature four concurrent streams — Main Feed, Marquee Group, Featured Group, and Featured Holes — beginning at 11:30 a.m. Eastern on Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Sunday's schedule will be determined once tee times and pairings for the final round are announced after Round 3.
- NBCSports.com and the NBC Sports app will provide live simulcasts of Golf Channel's coverage.
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