Who is playing in The American Express 2025? Full field and qualification explored

Following the back-to-back outings in Hawaii, the PGA Tour will head to California for the American Express 2025 next weekend. The event is set to tee up on Thursday, January 16 at three golf courses - Pete Dye Stadium Course, La Quinta Country Club and the Nicklaus Tournament Course in La Quinta.

The American Express 2025 will have a stacked field featuring dozens of Tour stars. Players like Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, Justin Thomas, Sam Burns, Patrick Cantlay, Jason Day, Tony Finau, Rickie Fowler, Sungjae Im, and Cameron Young, are among the big names set to tee it up next weekend.

It is pertinent to note that World No. 2 Schauffele will be the highest-ranked player at the competition as Scottie Scheffler continues to recover from the domestic injury he sustained on Christmas Day. The No. 1 golfer was initially expected to return for The American Express. However, he is not on the field field, as per the circuit.

Meanwhile, The American Express reigning champion Nick Dunlap will return to defend his title. The then-amateur golfer returns as a pro and two-time winner on Tour next weekend. The golfers will take on each other for the $1.53 million winner’s paycheck from the $8.5 million purse along with the 500 FedEx Cup points on offer.

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The American Express 2025 field

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Listed below is the complete list of committed players for The American Express 2025 at PGA WEST Pete Dye Stadium Course:

Winner of THE PLAYERS Championship (five-year exemption)

• Justin Thomas

Winner of U.S. Open (five-year exemption)

• Wyndham Clark

Winner of PGA Championship (five-year exemption)

• Xander Schauffele

Winner of The Open Championship (five-year exemption)

• Brian Harman

Winner of FedExCup (five-year exemption)

• Patrick Cantlay

Winner of Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard, the Memorial Tournament and The Genesis Invitational (three-year exemption)

• Kurt Kitayama
• Billy Horschel

Winner of World Golf Championship event (three-year exemption)

• Sam Burns

Member of latest U.S. Ryder Cup team

• Rickie Fowler

Member of latest European Ryder Cup team

• Sepp Straka

Member of latest U.S. Presidents Cup team

• Tony Finau

Member of latest International Presidents Cup team

• Christiaan Bezuidenhout
• Jason Day
• Mackenzie Hughes
• Sungjae Im
• Si Woo Kim
• Tom Kim

PGA TOUR tournament winner (two-year exemption)

• Rafael Campos
• Cam Davis
• Nico Echavarria
• Brice Garnett
• Lucas Glover
• Chris Gotterup
• Emiliano Grillo
• Harry Hall
• Nick Hardy
• Lee Hodges
• Chris Kirk
• Patton Kizzire
• Jake Knapp
• Luke List
• Peter Malnati
• Matt McCarty
• Maverick McNealy
• Francesco Molinari
• Taylor Moore
• Vincent Norrman
• J.T. Poston
• Seamus Power
• Davis Riley
• Adam Svensson
• Nick Taylor
• Davis Thompson
• Erik van Rooyen
• Jhonattan Vegas
• Camilo Villegas
• Kevin Yu

Career money exemption

• Kevin Kisner
• Ryan Palmer
• Brandt Snedeker

Past champion of The American Express

• Jason Dufner
• Nick Dunlap
• Bill Haas

PGA Section champion

• Kyle Mendoza

Sponsor exemption (PGA TOUR members not otherwise exempt)

• Zach Johnson
• Chez Reavie

Sponsor exemption (unrestricted)

• Blades Brown
• Wesley Bryan
• Chesson Hadley
• Kevin Streelman

Top 70 on prior season's FedExCup points list

• Harris English
• Tom Hoge
• Denny McCarthy
• Will Zalatoris
• Cameron Young
• Adam Hadwin
• Eric Cole
• Max Greyserman
• Patrick Rodgers
• Ben Griffin
• Brendon Todd
• Mark Hubbard
• Victor Perez

Top 125 from prior season's FedExCup Fall points list

• Beau Hossler
• Andrew Novak
• Justin Lower
• Doug Ghim
• Keith Mitchell
• Patrick Fishburn
• Andrew Putnam
• Rico Hoey
• Carson Young
• Sam Stevens
• Charley Hoffman
• Ryo Hisatsune
• Chandler Phillips
• Matti Schmid
• J.J. Spaun
• David Lipsky
• Adam Schenk
• Ben Kohles
• Vince Whaley
• Michael Kim
• K.H. Lee
• Mac Meissner
• Greyson Sigg
• Matt Kuchar
• Joe Highsmith
• Chan Kim
• Jacob Bridgeman
• Ben Silverman
• Chad Ramey
• Nate Lashley
• Henrik Norlander
• Alex Smalley
• David Skinns
• Sami Valimaki
• Joel Dahmen
• Daniel Berger
• Sam Ryder

Major medical extension

• Taylor Montgomery
• Bud Cauley
• Trey Mullinax
• Danny Willett
• Will Gordon
• Ben Martin

PGA TOUR University No. 1 from prior season

• Michael Thorbjornsen

Top 10 (not otherwise exempt) from prior year's DP World Tour

• Jesper Svensson
• Matteo Manassero
• Antoine Rozner
• Rikuya Hoshino

Players 2-30 from prior season's Korn Ferry Tour Points List

• Max McGreevy
• Frankie Capan III
• Steven Fisk
• Tim Widing
• Taylor Dickson
• Brian Campbell
• Harry Higgs
• Thomas Rosenmueller
• William Mouw
• Quade Cummins
• Ryan Gerard
• Kevin Roy
• Cristobal Del Solar
• Kevin Velo
• Braden Thornberry
• Paul Peterson
• Isaiah Salinda
• Jackson Suber
• Jeremy Paul
• Mason Andersen
• John Pak
• Kris Ventura
• Kaito Onishi
• Ricky Castillo
• Trevor Cone
• Danny Walker
• Aldrich Potgieter
• Noah Goodwin

Top five and ties from Final Stage of PGA TOUR Q-School presented by Korn Ferry

• Lanto Griffin
• Hayden Buckley
• Takumi Kanaya
• Alejandro Tosti
• Will Chandler
• Matthew Riedel

Top finishers from Korn Ferry Tour medical extension

• Bronson Burgoon

Beyond 150th on Prior Season's FEC Points List

• Ben Crane

More details on PGA Tour's The American Express 2025, including tee times and prize money breakdown, will be updated soon.