The pro-am begins Thursday, with 156 pros playing with 156 amateurs on three desert courses -- the Pete Dye Stadium Course and Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West and La Quinta Country Club. Here's our look at 10 players to watch when play begins Thursday:

Each time The American Express golf tournament is played in the Coachella Valley, new questions arise along with the arrival of some of the best players in the world. That’s no different this week when the tournament is played for the 66th time on three different desert courses.

The PGA Tour is off for a fresh start, and the best in the game will compete this week at the famous three-course tournament in La Quinta, California.

There's plenty of star power near the top of the leaderboard at the American Express through 54 holes — Jason Day (19 under), Patrick Cantlay (18 under), Justin Thomas (17 under), just to name a few — but there are also nearly a dozen notable names who are packing their bags early after missing the cut on Saturday afternoon.

The American Express field features eight of the world’s top 25-ranked golfers but will miss out on Nos. 1 and 2 after each withdrew.

Defending champion Nick Dunlap, who won the 2024 American Express as a PGA Tour rookie, will try to become the first back-to-back winner of the event since Johnny Miller in 1975-76.

Sepp Straka has a four-stroke lead after the third round of the American Express. Straka shot a 64 at the La Quinta Country Club to put him over Charley Hoffman, Jason Day, and Justin Lower, who are all tied in second at 19-under.

American Express tee times, schedule and weather forecast for all four rounds at PGA West in La Quinta, California.

The PGA Tour heads back to the continental United States for the third event of the year, the 2025 American Express. The tour will be teeing off at three different courses, including the PGA West Stadium Course,

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After reaching 11-under par with birdies on three of his first five holes Saturday and sitting well inside the cut line, Brown stumbled with three bogeys and a double bogey in his final 13 holes. The double bogey came when he put his tee shot in the water on the infamous par-3 17th with its island green.

How to watch the 2025 American Express on Saturday, including full Saturday TV coverage and streaming info for Round 3.