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The American Express Par Scores

Thursday

La Quinta, Calif.

a-La Quinta Country Club (Host Course)

7,060 yards; Par 72

b-PGA WEST Nicklaus Tournament Course

7,147 yards; Par 72

c-Pete Dye Stadium Course

7,210 yards; Par 72

Purse: $9.2 million

First Round

Note: Tournament is played on three courses.

Pierceson Coody 33b-29b—62 -10
Min Woo Lee 31b-31b—62 -10
Patrick Cantlay 31b-32b—63 -9
Jason Day 31c-32c—63 -9
Ben Griffin 30b-33b—63 -9
Si Woo Kim 32b-31b—63 -9
Seonghyeon Kim 32a-31a—63 -9
Robert MacIntyre 31b-32b—63 -9
Matthew McCarty 33a-30a—63 -9
Scottie Scheffler 30a-33a—63 -9
Vince Whaley 31b-32b—63 -9
Jacob Bridgeman 34b-30b—64 -8
Eric Cole 30b-34b—64 -8
Tom Hoge 34b-30b—64 -8
Billy Horschel 31b-33b—64 -8
Andrew Novak 33a-31a—64 -8
Matthieu Pavon 33b-31b—64 -8
Jordan L. Smith 34b-30b—64 -8
Sam Stevens 32a-32a—64 -8
Zachary Bauchou 30b-35b—65 -7
Sam Burns 33a-32a—65 -7
Davis Chatfield 33b-32b—65 -7
Harris English 33a-32a—65 -7
Russell Henley 31a-34a—65 -7
Beau Hossler 32c-33c—65 -7
Keita Nakajima 32a-33a—65 -7
Adam Scott 31b-34b—65 -7
Nick Taylor 32a-33a—65 -7
Will Zalatoris 31a-34a—65 -7
Rafael Campos 33b-33b—66 -6
Wyndham Clark 31b-35b—66 -6
Zecheng Dou 33c-33c—66 -6
Austin Eckroat 33b-33b—66 -6
Harry Higgs 34b-32b—66 -6
Max Homa 32c-34c—66 -6
Mark Hubbard 31b-35b—66 -6
Matt Kuchar 34a-32a—66 -6
Peter Malnati 32a-34a—66 -6
Max McGreevy 33a-33a—66 -6
William Mouw 33a-33a—66 -6
Chandler Phillips 35b-31b—66 -6
J.T. Poston 33c-33c—66 -6
Davis Riley 34b-32b—66 -6
Austin Smotherman 32c-34c—66 -6
Jackson Suber 31a-35a—66 -6
Michael Thorbjornsen 33a-33a—66 -6
Matt Wallace 34b-32b—66 -6
Gary Woodland 32c-34c—66 -6
Dylan Wu 34b-32b—66 -6
Kevin Yu 33a-33a—66 -6
Blades Brown 33a-34a—67 -5
Daniel Brown 35b-32b—67 -5
Bud Cauley 34a-33a—67 -5
Nicolas Echavarria 32a-35a—67 -5
David Ford 33a-34a—67 -5
Rickie Fowler 31a-36a—67 -5
Max Greyserman 35a-32a—67 -5
Emiliano Grillo 34b-33b—67 -5
Zach Johnson 34a-33a—67 -5
Takumi Kanaya 32b-35b—67 -5
Denny McCarthy 31c-36c—67 -5
John Parry 36b-31b—67 -5
Taylor Pendrith 32a-35a—67 -5
Seamus Power 34c-33c—67 -5
Chad Ramey 33b-34b—67 -5
Matti Schmid 33b-34b—67 -5
Alex Smalley 33a-34a—67 -5
Kevin Streelman 32a-35a—67 -5
Erik Van Rooyen 33a-34a—67 -5
Karl Vilips 32a-35a—67 -5
Ludvig Aberg 33a-35a—68 -4
Daniel Berger 35a-33a—68 -4
Christiaan Bezuidenhout 33b-35b—68 -4
Akshay Bhatia 35a-33a—68 -4
Ricky Castillo 38b-30b—68 -4
Tony Finau 35a-33a—68 -4
Patrick Fishburn 34a-34a—68 -4
Steven Fisk 35b-33b—68 -4
Doug Ghim 33b-35b—68 -4
Emilio Gonzalez 35b-33b—68 -4
Ryo Hisatsune 35c-33c—68 -4
Rasmus Hojgaard 34b-34b—68 -4
John Keefer 35a-33a—68 -4
Hank Lebioda 35b-33b—68 -4
Seung-taek Lee 35a-33a—68 -4
Hao-Tong Li 34a-34a—68 -4
David Lipsky 33b-35b—68 -4
Keith Mitchell 33a-35a—68 -4
Alex Noren 33c-35c—68 -4
Sam Ryder 35b-33b—68 -4
Adrien Saddier 35a-33a—68 -4
Isaiah Salinda 33b-35b—68 -4
Chandler Blanchet 35a-34a—69 -3
Joel Dahmen 33c-36c—69 -3
Jason Dufner 34c-35c—69 -3
Matt Fitzpatrick 34b-35b—69 -3
Kensei Hirata 35b-34b—69 -3
Chan Kim 34c-35c—69 -3
Chris Kirk 36b-33b—69 -3
Patton Kizzire 34c-35c—69 -3
Gordon Sargent 35a-34a—69 -3
Davis Thompson 36c-33c—69 -3
Sami Valimaki 35b-34b—69 -3
Camilo Villegas 34a-35a—69 -3
Carson Young 35c-34c—69 -3
Luke Clanton 37a-33a—70 -2
Cameron Davis 34a-36a—70 -2
Brice Garnett 34a-36a—70 -2
Ryan Gerard 36c-34c—70 -2
Joe Highsmith 34c-36c—70 -2
Lee Hodges 35c-35c—70 -2
Mac Meissner 33c-37c—70 -2
Taylor Moore 34c-36c—70 -2
Patrick Rodgers 36c-34c—70 -2
Jhonattan Vegas 36b-34b—70 -2
Kris Ventura 35c-35c—70 -2
Sudarshan Yellamaraju 35b-35b—70 -2
Michael Brennan 37c-34c—71 -1
Frankie Capan 37a-34a—71 -1
Adrien Dumont De Chassart 38c-33c—71 -1
A.J. Ewart 35c-36c—71 -1
Lanto Griffin 33a-38a—71 -1
Stephan Jaeger 34c-37c—71 -1
Michael Kim 35c-36c—71 -1
Kurt Kitayama 36c-35c—71 -1
Andrew Landry 35b-36b—71 -1
Justin Lower 36b-35b—71 -1
Marcelo Rozo 33c-38c—71 -1
Brandt Snedeker 35c-36c—71 -1
Sahith Theegala 34c-37c—71 -1
Harry Hall 34c-38c—72 E
Charley Hoffman 35c-37c—72 E
Mackenzie Hughes 37b-35b—72 E
Tom Kim 35c-37c—72 E
Andrew Putnam 35c-37c—72 E
Justin Rose 37a-35a—72 E
Kevin Roy 32c-40c—72 E
Neal Shipley 35c-37c—72 E
Sepp Straka 36a-36a—72 E
Jesper Svensson 37b-35b—72 E
Danny Walker 34c-38c—72 E
Michael Block 36c-37c—73 +1
Brian Harman 34c-39c—73 +1
Jeffrey Kang 35c-38c—73 +1
Adam Long 36a-37a—73 +1
Aldrich Potgieter 34c-39c—73 +1
Brian Campbell 35c-39c—74 +2
Adam Svensson 35c-39c—74 +2
John VanDerLaan 37c-37c—74 +2
Adam Schenk 39b-36b—75 +3
Nick Dunlap 41c-36c—77 +5
Rico Hoey 38c-39c—77 +5
Christo Lamprecht 36a-41a—77 +5
Jimmy Stanger 35c-42c—77 +5
Pontus Nyholm 42c-36c—78 +6
Alejandro Tosti 35c-43c—78 +6

Ryan Fox wins first career major at 2026 Open Championship

(CNN) — Ryan Fox took home the Claret Jug after draining a birdie putt on the 18th hole to win the 2026 Open Championship at Royal Birkdale on Sunday.The 39-year-old Fox beat out American Cameron Young to win his first career major title, becoming only the third New Zealander to win a men’s major golf championship.Fox came into the final hole tied with Young, after the 29-year-old finished the round at 6-under 64 a few hours before.The Kiwi powered his drive into the middle of the fairway and then set up the biggest putt of his golf career so far with an approach shot that landed about 12 feet from the pin.As the putt fell into the hole, the crowd in Southport, England, gave Fox a rousing ovation as he raised both arms in the air to celebrate the achievement.The putt capped off four birdies in the last six holes for Fox.Fox was at a loss for words while speaking to the NBC Sports broadcast after the win.“I don’t really know what to think at the moment. I’ve got a lot of people to thank. First of all, my family. My wife and kids are in Florida at the moment. I spoke to my kids last night and they said, bring back a trophy. I think that’s a pretty cool one to bring back for them,” Fox said. “My family back in New Zealand and all my supporters back there. I know it’s been a long night for them, but I’m glad it was worthwhile.”Fox finished with a 2-under 68 after trailing Sam Burns, who held a two-stroke lead coming into Sunday’s final round.Fox also becomes the third-oldest major winner in the last 10 years, trailing only Phil Mickelson at the 2021 PGA Championship and Tiger Woods at the 2019 Masters.“Just an unbelievable week. The golf course was fantastic. The English weather was fantastic. You guys out there were fantastic. The support was amazing. This is pretty cool. I’m sorry if I’ve forgotten anyone, but thank you very much,” Fox added.It is another disappointment for Young, who is still looking for his first career major title despite winning The Players earlier this year. Young finished one shot back of the win at the 2022 Open Championship at St. Andrews and held the lead heading into the final round at the Masters back in April.It is also another let down for Burns, another golfer looking for his maiden major win.The Louisiana State University alum came into the round ahead by two strokes but quickly lost it and went birdie-free for the final 12 holes.“(Fox) is a well-earned champion and hats off to him,” Burns said. “He did what he needed to do down the stretch and ultimately just came up a couple short today.”Defending champion Scottie Scheffler stayed within striking range throughout the round, but wound up with a 3-under 67 on Sunday to finish tied for fourth with Tommy Fleetwood.After a drama-filled tournament, Bryson DeChambeau finished tied for 14th while Rory McIlroy, who has been critical of the LIV Golfer all tournament long, ended tied for 40th.Fox’s journey to first major winFox’s road to his first career major title wasn’t the easiest. It came with many bumps and U-turns.While speaking to CNN’s Don Riddell ahead of the Desert Classic in Dubai in early 2025, Fox opened up about his mental health issues, including being an older rookie after spending years on the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour of Australia.“I think being a rookie at 37 years old on the PGA Tour was, I probably wasn’t quite prepared for what that was again,” Fox told CNN.“I knew all the golf courses, knew how to travel work, knew where to stay, and everything was new on the PGA Tour, and that was probably a shock to the system more than anything.”Fox comes from a lineage of athletes within his family tree, including his father, Grant Fox, who was a main kicker for the New Zealand national rugby team and his grandfather, Merv Wallace, a former New Zealand cricketer who later coached the national team.Fox spoke out on the “pressure” a golfer faces, mentioning the 2024 death of former PGA Tour golfer Grayson Murray, whose parents later confirmed it was death by suicide.“It can be a stressful life. It’s all performance-based. There’s a lot of pressure on – Looking after your mental health is really, really important, and having people to talk to and all of that is part of that,” Fox said.“It’s a shame it got to that point with Grayson that, you know, we’ve had to have those, those pretty tough conversations now, but it will help – hopefully it helps someone else in a similar situation going forward because we certainly don’t want to see it again.”CNN’s Kyle Tatelbaum and Don Riddell contributed to this reporting This write has been updated with additional reporting The-CNN-Wire™ & © 2026 Cable News Network, Inc., a Warner Bros. Discovery Company. All rights reserved.
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