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
T64. Jeremy Paul $19,008
Vince Whaley $19,008
T66. Joe Highsmith $18,656
Will Gordon $18,656
T68. Eric Cole $18,304
Mac Meissner $18,304
70. Patrick Rodgers $18,040
71. Chez Reavie $17,864
