Even though The American Express is the dominating event in the Coachella Valley golf scene, it is hardly the end of the golf season in the desert. In fact, The American Express is just the beginning of a 2025 golf season that will stretch all the way to October.

A recent column on the decline in television viewership for professional golf, including The American Express in La Quinta, seemed to strike a nerve with many readers. Or perhaps it just opened an old wound.

Sepp Straka’s news conference after winning The American Express It was Straka’s third PGA TOUR victory. “It was very intimidating, obviously, because every hole you know you got a chance to ...

(AP) — Sepp Straka had never entered a final round with a lead on the PGA TOUR until Sunday ... stomach from the first tee onward at The American Express. To handle the pressure, Straka kept ...

Jason Day reaches green in two and nearly eagles the toughest hole at The American Express Thomas was in the picture to potentially nab his 16th PGA TOUR victory after going 6-under par for his ...

That mental struggle came to the forefront at The RSM Classic last fall, where Dahmen needed a final-round 65 at minimum to keep his PGA TOUR ... Dahmen opened The American Express in 8-under ...

Sepp Straka was in control of that faucet on Sunday at The American Express ... Straka’s third PGA TOUR victory yields 500 FedExCup points and $1,584,000. While solidifying his position inside ...

But this is an inflection point for the PGA Tour and slow play, thanks to a convergence of mounting fan outrage, broadcast pressures and the ongoing schism between the tour and LIV Golf. The question isn't whether the tour needs to act,

Factors contributing to the decline include competition from NFL playoffs and a lack of star power in the tournament. The author suggests potential solutions such as resolving the PGA Tour-LIV Golf divide and increasing player involvement in broadcasts.

Straka, one of more than a dozen active PGA Tour players from the University ... the Stadium Course and at 25-under-par 263 won The American Express by two shots over Justin Thomas (66).

Slow play dogged the PGA Tour for a second consecutive weekend, as the last group again took five and a half hours to complete their final rounds during the Farmers Insurance Open won by Harris English.

A combination of Sepp Straka's unchallenged march to victory and an NFL play-off game taking place saw PGA Tour TV ratings take a huge hit on