Jon Rahm held off rookie Davis Thompson to win his second PGA Tour title this year at The American Express in California.
The Spaniard will move up one spot in the world rankings to number three after he closed with a 4-under 68 to win by one stroke on Sunday at La Quinta.
Rahm and 23-year-old Thompson were tied with three holes to play when Thompson, who led through 36 holes and shared the lead with Rahm going into Sunday, pulled his drive into a deep fairway bunker on the par-five 16th and wound up with par. Rahm made birdie to take the lead.
On the par-3 17th, the American chose to leave the pin in for his 50-foot birdie putt on the island green, and the ball squarely hit the pin and rolled away.
The Georgia native showed visible frustration as he walked to the 18th tee after tapping in for par.
Rahm finished 27-under 261 and won for the ninth time on the PGA Tour.
The Spaniard has also now has won four of his last six starts — he won twice on the European tour at end of last year.
Scottie Scheffler closed with a 67 and tied for 11th. He narrowly missed a birdie putt on the final hole that would have allowed him to return to number one by a fraction of a point over Northern Irishman Rory McIlroy.
The Briton and current world number one will make his 2023 debut in Dubai on the European tour next week.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jon Rahm (SC) | -27 | 64 | 64 | 65 | 68 | 261 |
| 2 | Davis Thompson (SC) | -26 | 62 | 64 | 67 | 69 | 262 |
| T3 | Xander Schauffele (SC) | -25 | 65 | 68 | 68 | 62 | 263 |
| T3 | Chris Kirk (SC) | -25 | 69 | 67 | 63 | 64 | 263 |
| 5 | Taylor Montgomery (SC) | -24 | 64 | 69 | 65 | 66 | 264 |
| T6 | Erik van Rooyen (SC) | -23 | 65 | 72 | 66 | 62 | 265 |
| T6 | Matti Schmid (SC) | -23 | 64 | 72 | 65 | 64 | 265 |
| T6 | Robby Shelton (SC) | -23 | 66 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 265 |
| T6 | Tom Kim (SC) | -23 | 69 | 62 | 67 | 67 | 265 |
| T6 | J.T. Poston (SC) | -23 | 65 | 66 | 66 | 68 | 265 |
| T11 | Garrick Higgo (SC) | -22 | 67 | 68 | 68 | 63 | 266 |
| T11 | Scottie Scheffler (SC) | -22 | 68 | 65 | 66 | 67 | 266 |
| T11 | Patton Kizzire (SC) | -22 | 69 | 63 | 67 | 67 | 266 |
| T11 | Sam Burns (SC) | -22 | 64 | 70 | 64 | 68 | 266 |
| T11 | Christiaan Bezuidenhout (SC) | -22 | 68 | 67 | 62 | 69 | 266 |
| T16 | Danny Lee (SC) | -21 | 67 | 68 | 67 | 65 | 267 |
| T16 | Tony Finau (SC) | -21 | 69 | 67 | 65 | 66 | 267 |
| T18 | Adam Hadwin (SC) | -20 | 68 | 69 | 64 | 67 | 268 |
| T18 | Jason Day (SC) | -20 | 67 | 64 | 70 | 67 | 268 |
| T18 | Sungjae Im (SC) | -20 | 65 | 66 | 68 | 69 | 268 |
| T18 | Harry Higgs (SC) | -20 | 70 | 66 | 62 | 70 | 268 |
| T22 | Harrison Endycott (SC) | -19 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 66 | 269 |
| T22 | Si Woo Kim (SC) | -19 | 70 | 64 | 69 | 66 | 269 |
| T22 | Keith Mitchell (SC) | -19 | 66 | 70 | 66 | 67 | 269 |
| T22 | Alex Smalley (SC) | -19 | 67 | 68 | 71 | 63 | 269 |
| T26 | Cameron Young (SC) | -18 | 68 | 70 | 65 | 67 | 270 |
| T26 | Thomas Detry (SC) | -18 | 69 | 66 | 67 | 68 | 270 |
| T26 | Justin Rose (SC) | -18 | 66 | 67 | 72 | 65 | 270 |
| T26 | Matthias Schwab (SC) | -18 | 66 | 71 | 68 | 65 | 270 |
| T26 | Patrick Cantlay (SC) | -18 | 68 | 66 | 71 | 65 | 270 |
| T26 | Tano Goya (SC) | -18 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 64 | 270 |
| T32 | Ben Griffin (SC) | -17 | 73 | 67 | 64 | 67 | 271 |
| T32 | Tom Hoge (SC) | -17 | 71 | 66 | 68 | 66 | 271 |
| T32 | Brendan Steele (SC) | -17 | 68 | 73 | 64 | 66 | 271 |
| T32 | Dylan Wu (SC) | -17 | 69 | 69 | 61 | 72 | 271 |
| T36 | Austin Cook (SC) | -16 | 68 | 70 | 66 | 68 | 272 |
| T36 | Andrew Putnam (SC) | -16 | 69 | 69 | 65 | 69 | 272 |
| T36 | Eric Cole (SC) | -16 | 65 | 70 | 69 | 68 | 272 |
| T36 | Stephan Jaeger (SC) | -16 | 68 | 69 | 65 | 70 | 272 |
| T36 | Will Zalatoris (SC) | -16 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 67 | 272 |
| T41 | Byeong Hun An (SC) | -15 | 67 | 74 | 63 | 69 | 273 |
| T41 | Trevor Werbylo (SC) | -15 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 69 | 273 |
| T41 | Tyler Duncan (SC) | -15 | 64 | 67 | 71 | 71 | 273 |
| T41 | Scott Piercy (SC) | -15 | 66 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 273 |
| T41 | Zach Johnson (SC) | -15 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 273 |
| T41 | Sebastián Muñoz (SC) | -15 | 71 | 67 | 62 | 73 | 273 |
| T41 | Stewart Cink (SC) | -15 | 67 | 68 | 70 | 68 | 273 |
| T41 | Justin Lower (SC) | -15 | 71 | 68 | 67 | 67 | 273 |
| T41 | Harry Hall (SC) | -15 | 72 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 273 |
| T50 | Denny McCarthy (SC) | -14 | 65 | 71 | 68 | 70 | 274 |
| T50 | Aaron Baddeley (SC) | -14 | 71 | 68 | 65 | 70 | 274 |
| T50 | Beau Hossler (SC) | -14 | 68 | 66 | 71 | 69 | 274 |
| T50 | Wyndham Clark (SC) | -14 | 70 | 71 | 64 | 69 | 274 |
| T54 | Kevin Tway (SC) | -13 | 67 | 67 | 69 | 72 | 275 |
| T54 | Sahith Theegala (SC) | -13 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 275 |
| T54 | Dean Burmester (SC) | -13 | 65 | 71 | 67 | 72 | 275 |
| T54 | Rickie Fowler (SC) | -13 | 68 | 68 | 68 | 71 | 275 |
| T54 | Justin Suh (SC) | -13 | 72 | 65 | 66 | 72 | 275 |
| T54 | Russell Knox (SC) | -13 | 66 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 275 |
| T54 | Joseph Bramlett (SC) | -13 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 71 | 275 |
| T54 | Vincent Norrman (SC) | -13 | 70 | 69 | 66 | 70 | 275 |
| T62 | Martin Laird (SC) | -12 | 71 | 69 | 65 | 71 | 276 |
| T62 | Zecheng Dou (SC) | -12 | 70 | 68 | 68 | 70 | 276 |
| T62 | Anders Albertson (SC) | -12 | 68 | 72 | 66 | 70 | 276 |
| T65 | Ryan Armour (SC) | -11 | 69 | 68 | 68 | 72 | 277 |
| T65 | Davis Riley (SC) | -11 | 70 | 67 | 69 | 71 | 277 |
| 67 | Sam Stevens (SC) | -10 | 70 | 68 | 66 | 74 | 278 |
| 68 | Andrew Landry (SC) | -5 | 68 | 66 | 70 | 79 | 283 |
| 69 | Paul Haley II (SC) | -3 | 72 | 67 | 67 | 79 | 285 |
| CUT | K.H. Lee | -9 | 72 | 68 | 67 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Doug Ghim | -9 | 69 | 72 | 66 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Harris English | -9 | 68 | 71 | 68 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Kevin Roy | -9 | 70 | 68 | 69 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Adam Long | -9 | 71 | 71 | 65 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Emiliano Grillo | -9 | 69 | 73 | 65 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Nico Echavarria | -9 | 70 | 71 | 66 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Brandon Wu | -9 | 75 | 68 | 64 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Mark Hubbard | -9 | 67 | 71 | 69 | - | 207 |
| CUT | Taylor Moore | -8 | 68 | 69 | 71 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Callum Tarren | -8 | 71 | 67 | 70 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Ryan Brehm | -8 | 67 | 68 | 73 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Matthew NeSmith | -8 | 75 | 68 | 65 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Luke List | -8 | 73 | 67 | 68 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Brian Harman | -8 | 71 | 70 | 67 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Greyson Sigg | -8 | 66 | 69 | 73 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Jhonattan Vegas | -8 | 73 | 66 | 69 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Erik Barnes | -8 | 73 | 69 | 66 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Chesson Hadley | -8 | 73 | 70 | 65 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Kramer Hickok | -8 | 71 | 70 | 67 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Taylor Pendrith | -8 | 71 | 67 | 70 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Aaron Wise | -8 | 70 | 70 | 68 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Brendon Todd | -8 | 68 | 70 | 70 | - | 208 |
| CUT | Will Gordon | -8 | 68 | 70 | 70 | - | 208 |
| CUT | David Lingmerth | -7 | 71 | 68 | 70 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Michael Block | -7 | 65 | 71 | 73 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Carson Young | -7 | 67 | 68 | 74 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Caleb Surratt (a) | -7 | 71 | 69 | 69 | - | 209 |
| CUT | David Lipsky | -7 | 72 | 71 | 66 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Ben Martin | -7 | 72 | 66 | 71 | - | 209 |
| CUT | Aaron Rai | -6 | 70 | 71 | 69 | - | 210 |
| CUT | Charley Hoffman | -6 | 67 | 71 | 72 | - | 210 |
| CUT | Nick Taylor | -6 | 70 | 71 | 69 | - | 210 |
| CUT | Jimmy Walker | -6 | 68 | 71 | 71 | - | 210 |
| CUT | MJ Daffue | -6 | 68 | 71 | 71 | - | 210 |
| CUT | Sam Ryder | -6 | 69 | 70 | 71 | - | 210 |
| CUT | Ben Taylor | -5 | 68 | 69 | 74 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Jason Dufner | -5 | 69 | 74 | 68 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Richy Werenski | -5 | 68 | 70 | 73 | - | 211 |
| CUT | John Pak | -5 | 70 | 68 | 73 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Kevin Yu | -5 | 71 | 67 | 73 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Peter Malnati | -5 | 68 | 72 | 71 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Kyle Westmoreland | -5 | 76 | 67 | 68 | - | 211 |
| CUT | S.H. Kim | -5 | 70 | 73 | 68 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Taiga Semikawa | -5 | 70 | 75 | 66 | - | 211 |
| CUT | Michael Kim | -4 | 67 | 70 | 75 | - | 212 |
| CUT | S.Y. Noh | -4 | 67 | 74 | 71 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Lee Hodges | -4 | 76 | 68 | 68 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Zac Blair | -4 | 69 | 71 | 72 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Philip Knowles | -4 | 72 | 72 | 68 | - | 212 |
| CUT | Jonathan Byrd | -3 | 71 | 73 | 69 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Max McGreevy | -3 | 72 | 72 | 69 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Nate Lashley | -3 | 69 | 71 | 73 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Scott Harrington | -3 | 69 | 71 | 73 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Troy Merritt | -3 | 69 | 71 | 73 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Sung Kang | -3 | 75 | 71 | 67 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Cam Davis | -3 | 72 | 71 | 70 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Trevor Cone | -3 | 69 | 72 | 72 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Augusto Núñez | -3 | 70 | 70 | 73 | - | 213 |
| CUT | Satoshi Kodaira | -2 | 75 | 68 | 71 | - | 214 |
| CUT | Ryan Moore | -2 | 72 | 70 | 72 | - | 214 |
| CUT | Austin Eckroat | -2 | 72 | 74 | 68 | - | 214 |
| CUT | Nick Watney | -2 | 70 | 75 | 69 | - | 214 |
| CUT | Lucas Glover | -2 | 69 | 72 | 73 | - | 214 |
| CUT | Patrick Rodgers | -1 | 68 | 75 | 72 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Brice Garnett | -1 | 72 | 69 | 74 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Brandon Matthews | -1 | 70 | 76 | 69 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Martin Trainer | -1 | 74 | 73 | 68 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Danny Willett | -1 | 71 | 73 | 71 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Michael Gligic | -1 | 73 | 70 | 72 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Tyson Alexander | -1 | 70 | 74 | 71 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Bill Haas | -1 | 69 | 72 | 74 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Michael Thompson | -1 | 74 | 71 | 70 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Carl Yuan | -1 | 70 | 73 | 72 | - | 215 |
| CUT | Robert Streb | E | 71 | 76 | 69 | - | 216 |
| CUT | Rory Sabbatini | 1 | 74 | 72 | 71 | - | 217 |
| CUT | Kevin Chappell | 1 | 69 | 74 | 74 | - | 217 |
| CUT | James Hahn | 1 | 73 | 71 | 73 | - | 217 |
| CUT | Chez Reavie | 1 | 71 | 74 | 72 | - | 217 |
| CUT | Dylan Frittelli | 1 | 74 | 73 | 70 | - | 217 |
| CUT | Andrew Novak | 4 | 73 | 79 | 68 | - | 220 |
| CUT | Hank Lebioda | 4 | 70 | 75 | 75 | - | 220 |
| CUT | Brian Stuard | 5 | 72 | 76 | 73 | - | 221 |
| CUT | Gunner Wiebe | 5 | 70 | 75 | 76 | - | 221 |
| CUT | Wesley Bryan | 6 | 67 | 74 | 81 | - | 222 |
| CUT | Adam Schenk | 8 | 77 | 76 | 71 | - | 224 |
| CUT | Brent Grant | 12 | 75 | 74 | 79 | - | 228 |
