The Front 9 - The American Express

The Front 9 - The American Express

We're back on the mainland this week at PGA West  in in La Quinta, California.  Three courses will be played the first three rounds with the Stadium Course designed by Pete Dye on Sunday.  The purse is $8m with the winner taking home $1.44m.  Full field event with 156 players.  Five of the top ten players and ten of the top twenty players in the OWGR will be playing.  The event is a full event pro-am, which is only one of two events on the Tour like this (the other is the AT&T Pro-Am at Pebble Beach). Also, the cut happens after 54 holes.  Let's tee off!

Weather

Temperatures will range from high 30s at night and mid-60s during the day with sun all day.  Should be beautiful but definitely cooler than Hawaii last week.  Check here for any weather updates. 

The full field is available here.  156 players is a large event with the players spread out over the three courses.  Hudson Swafford is last year's champ and will not be playing this year.  Jon Rahm is the pre-tournament favorite at +650.  A good bit of high level players are playing, like Scottie, Tony Finau, Patrick Cantlay, Tom Kim, last week's winner and 2021 winner Si Woo Kim, and Xander. 

• Previous Winners in this week's field:

  • Si Woo Kim - 2021

  • Andrew Landry - 2020

  • Adam Long - 2019

  • Jon Rahm - 2018

  • Jason Dufner - 2016

• Notable previous winners absent (cough cough LIV for some):

  • Hudson Swafford - 2022, 2017 (LIV related)

The tournament socials can be found here for Twitter, Instagram, and their own website. Feel free to give them a follow!

ESPN Plus Thursday through Sunday from 11:30am - 7pm EST Golf Channel Thursday 3 - 7pm EST

• Five of the courses are available to resort guests with prices ranging from $135 through $350.

• The PGA West facility has two different memberships - The Citrus Club and The Club at PGA West.

  • Membership costs for initiation cost ranges from $7,500 to $40,000 (according to a brochure from 2020). Monthly dues range from $400 to $1,600.

• There are nine courses at PGA West, 4 private courses and 5 resort courses.

• The three courses played in the event are:

  • PGA West Stadium Course

  • Nicklaus Tournament Course

  • La Quinta Country Club

Betting Odds provided by Bovada.lv at this link (not sponsored)Some notable players to consider:

• Justin Thomas +650 - previous winner

• Si Woo Kim +3500

• Justin Rose +8000

Enjoy the golf!

May your rounds be filled with #oneputts.