Sepp Straka hits a shot on Sunday on the 5th hole at the Pete Dye Stadium Course.
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Golf, Mark Hubbard says, is pretty silly.
He’s a qualified source. This week, Hubbard’s playing the PGA Tour’s American Express tournament, and entering Sunday’s final round, he was tied for fifth. This week, though, too, Hubbard’s competing in front of a sizable gallery of family members, and loved ones have been displaced from their homes due to the fires in California.
It’s put things in perspective for him, he said.
“Yeah, it’s been super weird,” Hubbard said. “I’m actually moving right now to a new house and that should be exciting, and with everything going on, it feels weird and almost bad being excited for that, because there’s just been so much loss and heartbreak with everyone and with people close to me. It’s been tough, but like anything else, it puts stuff in perspective and it definitely makes it easier to realize that this is just a dumb game and none of this really matters at all.”
Friday, a reporter asked him if it was hard to focus on golf, or was golf a nice escape.
“Yeah, I think it’s a nice escape to be out there and not thinking about other stuff,” Hubbard said. “It feels kind of like a little oasis out there right now. Also, I mean, selfishly, it’s been horrible for them, but I’m getting to see a ton of them more than I would normally, so it’s been just great to see them and to try and be there for them.”
With that, here is the complete payout breakdown for this week’s American Express, which had its final round played at the Pete Dye Stadium Course. The total purse is $8.8 million.
How much every player made at the 2025 American Express
1. Sepp Straka $1.584 million
2. Justin Thomas $959,200
T3. Justin Lower $519,200 Jason Day $519,200
T5. Patrick Cantlay $339,900 Charley Hoffman $339,900
T7. Camilo Villegas $267,300 Taylor Moore $267,300 Ben Griffin $267,300 Max Greyserman $267,300
11. Alex Smalley $222,200
T12. Nick Taylor $169,400 J.T. Poston $169,400 Will Zalatoris $169,400 Frankie Capan III $169,400 Beau Hossler $169,400 Mark Hubbard $169,400
T18. Trey Mullinax $125,400 Kevin Roy $125,400 Cam Davis $125,400
T21. Harry Hall $83,270 Jacob Bridgeman $83,270 Doug Ghim $83,270 Rickie Fowler $83,270 Billy Horschel $83,270 Keith Mitchell $83,270 Daniel Berger $83,270 Ben Kohles $83,270
T29. Vincent Norrman $57,640 Carson Young $57,640 Tom Hoge $57,640 J.J. Spaun $57,640 Sam Burns $57,640
T34. Lanto Griffin $42,093.33 Quade Cummins $42,093.33 Lee Hodges $42,093.33 Victor Perez $42,093.33 Ryan Palmer $42,093.33 Harry Higgs $42,093.33 Nick Dunlap $42,093.33 Chris Kirk $42,093.33 Brice Garnett $42,093.33
T43. Ricky Castillo $27,236 Matt Kuchar $27,236 Sam Ryder $27,236 Michael Kim $27,236 Ryo Hisatune $27,236 Matteo Manassero $27,236 Rikuya Hoshino $27,236 Harris English $27,236
T51. Matthew Riedel $21,032 Sam Stevens $21,032 Brandt Snedeker $21,032 Si Woo Kim $21,032 Brian Campbell $21,032 Ryan Gerard $21,032 Davis Thompson $21,032
T58. Mackenzie Hughes $19,712 Kurt Kitayama $19,712 Rico Hoey $19,712 Taylor Montgomery $19,712 Kris Ventura $19,712 Alejandro Tosti $19,712
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