Sepp Straka boatraced his closest competitors for most of the back nine at the Pete Dye Stadium Course at PGA West Sunday afternoon in the closing round of T. With a relatively comfortable lead, he could even afford two bogeys on the final three holes – his first of the 72-hole tournament – before closing it out with a two-putt for his third career PGA Tour victory.
With a round to go Sepp Straka looks all but certain to cruise ... Those closest to the European Ryder Cupper at 19-under are former world No. 1 Jason Day, former champion at The American Express ...
The final round is in the books, and Sepp Straka played nearly flawless golf en route to his third PGA Tour victory.
Straka made a bogey on the par-5 16th hole Sunday, his first of the week in the desert, and then added a bogey on the par-4 18th. All that kept him from reaching the tournament scoring record set by Nick Dunlap last year.
Because of a screwy part of the European rankings, Austrian did not earn any points toward making the team for the 2025 event at Bethpage.
The Austrian completed a virtually blemish-free week with a two-under 70 to claim his first PGA Tour title since the 2023 John Deere Classic
The 31-year-old Austrian won the American Express at PGA West without carding a bogey until the 70th hole of the tournament.
Sepp Straka notched his third PGA Tour title with a rock-solid performance, which included just two bogeys all week.
Sepp Straka had never entered a final round with ... one shot ahead of Justin Lower (69) and Australia's Jason Day (69) in third. Day got his first top-three finish since the 2023 British Open ...
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. Straka, the first Austrian to win on the tour three years ago,
PGA Tour member Michael Kim has offered his thoughts on slow play amid a flurry of criticism that rounds are still taking too long.