2021 American Express complete player field announced
The final player field has been released for the upcoming American Express golf tournament right here in the desert. There are many changes this year because of the coronavirus pandemic, but on a positive note... the field is stacked!
The tournament will be played at the Stadium and Nicklaus Tournament Courses at PGA West in La Quinta from January 21-24.
The American Express final field (156 players):
An, Byeong Hun
Ancer, Abraham
Anderson, Mark
Armour, Ryan
Augenstein, John +
Baddeley, Aaron +
Bhatia, Akshay +
Block, Michael #
Bradley, Keegan
Bramlett, Joseph
Brehm, Ryan
Brown, Scott
Burgoon, Bronson
Burns, Sam
Cantlay, Patrick
Cappelen, Sebastian
Casey, Paul
Champ, Cameron
Choi, K.J.
Clark, Wyndham
Cook, Austin
Dahmen, Joel
Davis, Cameron
Donald, Luke
Dufner, Jason
Duncan, Tyler
Finau, Tony
Fowler, Rickie
Garnett, Brice
Gay, Brian
Ghim, Doug
Gibson, Rhein
Gligic, Michael
Glover, Lucas
Gómez, Fabián
Gooch, Talor
Gordon, Will
Grace, Branden
Griffin, Lanto
Grillo, Emiliano
Haas, Bill
Hadley, Chesson
Hadwin, Adam
Hahn, James
Hall, Harry +
Harman, Brian
Harrington, Scott
Hearn, David
Henley, Russell
Herman, Jim
Hickok, Kramer
Hoag, Bo
Hoffman, Charley
Hoge, Tom
Homa, Max
Hossler, Beau
Howell III, Charles
Hubbard, Mark
Huh, John
Im, Sungjae
Johnson, Zach
Jones, Matt
Jones, Steve
Kang, Sung
Kim, Joohyung +
Kim, Michael
Kim, Si Woo
Kirk, Chris
Kizzire, Patton
Knox, Russell
Kodaira, Satoshi
Koepka, Brooks
Kraft, Kelly
Lahiri, Anirban
Laird, Martin
Landry, Andrew
Lashley, Nate
Lebioda, Hank
Ledesma, Nelson
Lee, Danny
Lee, Kyoung-Hoon
List, Luke
Long, Adam
Lovemark, Jamie
Mahan, Hunter
Malnati, Peter
McCarthy, Denny
McCumber, Tyler
McNealy, Maverick
Merritt, Troy
Mickelson, Phil
Molinari, Francesco
Moore, Ryan
Muñoz, Sebastián
Murray, Grayson
Na, Kevin
NeSmith, Matthew
Noh, Seung-Yul
Noren, Alex
Norlander, Henrik
O'Hair, Sean
Oppenheim, Rob
Pan, C.T.
Percy, Cameron
Perez, Pat
Piercy, Scott
Poston, J.T.
Potter, Jr., Ted
Putnam, Andrew
Rahm, Jon (withdrew Monday, January 18)
Reavie, Chez
Redman, Doc
Reed, Patrick
Rodgers, Patrick
Ryder, Sam
Sabbatini, Rory
Scheffler, Scottie
Schenk, Adam
Schwartzel, Charl
Seiffert, Chase
Shelton, Robby
Sloan, Roger
Snedeker, Brandt
Spaun, J.J.
Stadler, Kevin
Stallings, Scott
Stanley, Kyle
Steele, Brendan
Straka, Sepp
Streelman, Kevin
Stricker, Steve
Stuard, Brian
Swafford, Hudson
Taylor, Nick
Taylor, Vaughn
Teater, Josh +
Thompson, Michael
Trahan, D.J.
Trainer, Martin
Tringale, Cameron
Tway, Kevin
Van Pelt, Bo
van Rooyen, Erik
Varner III, Harold
Ventura, Kristoffer
Villegas, Camilo
Walker, Jimmy
Watney, Nick +
Werenski, Richy
Whaley, Vincent
Wilson, Mark
Wise, Aaron
Wolff, Matthew
Woodland, Gary
Zhang, Xinjun
1 Sponsor-Members (TBD)
+ - Sponsor Exemption
# - Section Champion
Notable facts regarding The American Express’ 2021 player field:
The field features 12 major champions, led by five-time major champion, World Golf Hall of Famer and tournament host Phil Mickelson and also including American Express debutante Brooks Koepka (a four-time major winner between 2017-19), 2019 U.S. Open champion Gary Woodland, 2018 Masters champion Patrick Reed, 2018 Open Championship winner Francesco Molinari, Charl Schwartzel, Zach Johnson, Keegan Bradley, Jason Dufner, Jimmy Walker, Lucas Glover and Steve Jones.
The field includes nine players in the top 26 of the Official World Golf Ranking – Jon Rahm (No. 2), Patrick Cantlay (No. 9), Patrick Reed (No. 11), Brooks Koepka (No. 12), Matthew Wolff (No. 15), Sungjae Im (No. 18), Tony Finau (No. 20), Abraham Ancer (No. 24), Paul Casey (No. 26) – and 12 of the world’s top 39 golfers.
The field includes 14 past champions of The American Express: Andrew Landry (2020), Adam Long (2019), Jon Rahm (2018), Hudson Swafford (2017), Jason Dufner (2016), Bill Haas (2010, 2015), Patrick Reed (2014), Brian Gay (2013), Mark Wilson (2012), Pat Perez (2009), D.J. Trahan (2008), Charley Hoffman (2007), Phil Mickelson (2002, 2004), Steve Jones (1989).
The field includes 14 players in the top 30 of the 2020-21 PGA TOUR FedExCup standings, and 10 players who competed in the 30-player field at the 2020 TOUR Championship.
Youngest player in the field – Akshay Bhatia (18 years old). Oldest player in the field – Steve Jones (62 years old).
News Channel 3 will have coverage all tournament long!
