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2026 American Express Final Payouts, Prize Money, Winnings: Another Scheffler Triumph

The world No. 1 picked up his 20th career win with a final-round 66 to win by four shots in the California desert.
Scottie Scheffler headlines the field this week in Palm Springs.
Scottie Scheffler headlines the field this week in Palm Springs. | Denis Poroy-Imagn Images

The PGA Tour landed in Palm Springs for the annual American Express, with a star-studded field and a $9.2 million purse, with $1.656 million to the champion.

Scottie Scheffler made his PGA Tour season debut this week and if one week is any indication, could be on the way to another monster year. He won the birdie contest in Palm Springs, firing a final-round 66 to win by four shots over four players. It’s his 20th win on the PGA Tour.

Here are the final results and payouts for the 2026 American Express.

2026 American Express Final Payouts

WIN: Scottie Scheffler, 27 under: $1,656,000

T2. Jason Day, Ryan Gerard, Matt McCarty, Andrew Putnam; 23 under: $616,400

T6. Sam Stevens, Si Woo Kim; 22 under: $322,000

T8. Sahith Theegala, Haotong Li, Russell Henley, Austin Smotherman, Tom Hoge; 21 under: $250,700

T13. David Ford, Zach Bauchou, Jacob Bridgeman, Patrick Cantlay, Wyndham Clark; 20 under: $169,740

T18. S.H. Kim, Karl Vilips, Pierceson Coody, Rickie Fowler, Will Zalatoris, Blades Brown; 19 under: $117,606

T24. Adam Scott, Ben Griffin, Harry Hall; 18 under: $81,420

T27. Max Homa, Jordan Smith, Matthieu Pavon, Harris English, Nick Taylor, Johnny Keefer, Sam Ryder, Max McGreevy, Sam Burns, Billy Horschel, Eric Cole; 17 under: $57,918

T38. Min Woo Lee, Robert MacIntyre, Joel Dahmen, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom Kim, J.T. Poston; 16 under: $39,100

T44. Dylan Wu, Rasmus Hojgaard, Ryo Hisatsune, A.J. Ewart, David Lipsky, Keith Mitchell, Alex Smalley, Matt Kuchar, Carson Young, Ricky Castillo, Patrick Rodgers, Rafael Campos; 15 under: $25,377

T56. Davis Riley, Max Greyserman, Daniel Berger, Taylor Moore, John Parry, Denny McCarthy, Michael Brennan; 14 under: $20,884

T63. Chad Ramey, Seamus Power, Chandler Phillips, Matt Fitzpatrick, Davis Chatfield, Mac Meissner; 13 under: $19,688

69. Adrien Dumont de Chassart; 12 under: $19,044

T70. Adrien Saddier, Zach Johnson; 10 under: $18,768

72. Gary Woodland, 9 under: $18,492

73. Zecheng Dou, 6 under: $18,308


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Jeff Ritter is the managing director of SI Golf. He has more than 20 years of sports media experience, and previously was the general manager at the Morning Read, where he led that business's growth and joined SI as part of an acquisition in 2022. Earlier in his career he spent more than a decade at SI and Golf Magazine, and his journalism awards include a MIN Magazine Award and an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan and a master's from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.

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