Final Leaderboard
Pos. |
Player |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
Total |
1 |
Sepp Straka |
65 NT |
64 SC |
64 LQ |
70 SC |
263 (-25) |
2 |
Justin Thomas |
67 LQ |
64 NT |
68 SC |
66 SC |
265 (-23) |
T3 |
Justin Lower |
63 LQ |
66 NT |
68 SC |
69 SC |
266 (-22) |
T3 |
Jason Day |
64 LQ |
66 NT |
67 SC |
69 SC |
266 (-22) |
T5 |
Patrick Cantlay |
68 LQ |
64 NT |
66 SC |
70 SC |
268 (-20) |
T5 |
Charley Hoffman |
65 LQ |
63 NT |
69 SC |
71 SC |
268 (-20) |
Leading Asian Scores
T43 Ryo Hisatsune 67 70 69 70 276 (-12) NT SC LQ SC
T43 Rikuya Hoshino 67 67 72 70 276 (-12) LQ NT SC SC
Sepp Straka (Winner/-25)
- Earns third PGA TOUR win in his 169th start at the age of 31 years, 8 months, 18 days
- PGA TOUR wins (3): 2022 Cognizant Classic in The Palm Beaches, 2023 John Deere Classic, 2025 American Express
- Austrian becomes the seventh different international winner of the event and first since Jon Rahm (2023/Spain)
- Converts first career 54-hole lead/co-lead on TOUR into a two-stroke victory over Justin Thomas
- 263 ties career-low 72-hole total (2023 John Deere Classic/Won)
- 27 birdies for week ties Cam Davis for most in the field
- Second 54-hole leader to go on to win this season (Hideki Matsuyama/The Sentry)
- Wins in his third start of the season (T15/The Sentry, T30/Sony Open in Hawaii)
- Second top-10 finish in five appearances at The American Express (other: T4/2020)
- Earns 500 FedExCup points and moves to No. 2 in the FedExCup standings; projected to jump from No. 36 to No. 19 in the Official World Golf Ranking
- Finished T27 in the 2024 FedExCup after qualifying for his third consecutive TOUR Championship
- Fully exempt on TOUR through the 2027 season
Additional player notes
- Justin Thomas (2nd/-23) closes in 6-under 66 for his eighth career runner-up on TOUR, including his second in his last three starts (T2/2024 Baycurrent Classic); earns his third consecutive top-10 finish at The American Express in his fourth appearance at the event (T3/2024, T7/2015)
- Jason Day (T3/-22) earns his first top-three finish since his runner-up at the 2023 Open Championship; post his best result in four appearances at The American Express (previous: T18/2023)
- Seeking his first PGA TOUR win, Justin Lower (T3/-22) posts his third top-five finish in his last five starts on TOUR (T5/2024 Butterfield Bermuda Championship, T2/2024 World Wide Technology Championship)
- Camilo Villegas (T7/-19) records his first top-10 on TOUR since his victory at the 2023 Butterfield Bermuda Championship
- Taylor Moore (T7/-19) finishes the tournament bogey-free to become the first player since Joaquin Niemann (2021 Rocket Mortgage Classic) to play 72 holes without a bogey (or worse) and not win
- Kris Ventura (T58/-10) aces the par-3 13th hole (6-iron), his second hole-in-one in 53 starts on TOUR (2021 Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard/R4/No. 14); becomes the third player to record an ace on No. 13 at the Pete Dye Stadium Course (Carlos Ortiz/2020/R4, Joe Highsmith/2024/R2)
Aon Swing 5 Standings
Rank |
Player |
Finish |
Points |
1. |
J.J. Spaun |
T29 |
189 |
2. |
Justin Lower |
T3 |
178 |
3. |
Alex Smalley |
11 |
119 |
4. |
Charley Hoffman |
T5 |
109.7 |
5. |
Harry Hall |
T21 |
100.292 |
- The American Express, the third event of the 2025 PGA TOUR Season and second Full-Field Event, marked the second opportunity for players to earn FedExCup points towards the Aon Swing 5 with entry into each of the next two Signature Events (AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, The Genesis Invitational)
- The top five players, not otherwise exempt, who earn the most FedExCup points during the Sony Open in Hawaii, The American Express and Farmers Insurance Open will qualify for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, while the top five players not otherwise exempt who earn the most FedExCup points during those three events and the WM Phoenix Open, will qualify for The Genesis Invitational.
- The Aon Next 10 and Aon Swing 5 are eligibility pathways for players, not already qualified, to play their way into Signature Events via the FedExCup standings.
- The Aon Next 10 for the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am and The Genesis Invitational was determined through the 2024 FedExCup Fall standings.