The 2026 American Express is set up for a final round filled with storylines.
Si Woo Kim, who rejected an offer to join LIV Golf this offseason, enters the final round at PGA West leading by one shot. But World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and 18-year-old phenom Blades Brown are one shot back.
Brown, who started the week playing the Bahamas Great Abaco Classic on the Korn Ferry Tour, has a chance to become the youngest PGA Tour winner in history should he be able to best Kim and Scheffler on Sunday.
“I’m having fun out there,” Brown said on Saturday after his round. “I’m 18 years old playing on the PGA TOUR. How awesome is that? I finished high school about two weeks ago, so it’s nice to have that burden off my back, but I’m really looking forward to tomorrow.”
As for Scheffler, the World No. 1 will arrive on Sunday as the betting favorite and within 18 holes of joining Tiger Woods and Jack Nicklaus as the only players to win four majors and 20 PGA Tour events before turning 30.
He’s 18, and he’s staring down Scottie Scheffler for a PGA Tour win
All three will be vying for the $1.656 million winner’s check, but they’ll also have to contend with several others, including 2023 U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark. Clark sits just two shots back of Kim, alongside Eric Cole. Patrick Cantlay sits five shots back at 17 under while Rickie Fowler’s slow Saturday saw him drop into a tie for 20th, seven shots behind Kim.
You can view a full purse breakdown for the 2026 American Express below.
2026 American Express payout breakdown
1st: $1.656 million
2nd: $1.0028 million
3rd: $634,800
4th: $450,800
5th: $377,200
6th: $333,500
7th: $310,500
8th: $287,500
9th: $269,100
10th: $250,700
11th: $232,300
12th: $213,900
13th: $195,500
14th: $177,100
15th: $167,900
16th: $158,700
17th: $149,500
18th: $140,300
19th: $131,100
20th: $121,900
21st: $112,700
22nd: $103,500
23rd: $96,140
24th: $88,780
25th: $81,420
26th: $74,060
27th: $71,300
28th: $68,540
29th: $65,780
30th: $63,020
31st: $60,260
32nd: $57,500
33rd: $54,740
34th: $52,440
35th: $50,140
36th: $47,840
37th: $45,540
38th: $43,700
39th: $41,860
40th: $40,020
41st: $38,180
42nd: $36,340
43rd: $34,500
44th: $32,660
45th: $30,820
46th: $28,980
47th: $27,140
48th: $25,660
49th: $24,380
50th: $23,644
51st: $23,092
52nd: $22,540
53rd: $22,172
54th: $21,804
55th: $21,620
56th: $21,436
57th: $21,252
58th: $21,068
59th: $20,884
60th: $20,700
61st: $20,516
62nd: $20,332
63rd: $20,148
64th: $19,964
65th: $19,780
66th: $19,596
67th: $19,412
68th: $19,228
69th: $19,044
70th: $18,860
71st: $18,676
72nd: $18,492
73rd: $18,308
74th: $18,124
75th: $17,940
76th: $17,756
77th: $17,572
78th: $17,388
79th: $17,204
80th: $17,020
