Hoffman won his first PGA Tour title at this event back in 2007, holding held off John Rollins in a playoff on a windy weekend with sub-freezing temperatures. It was a celebrity pro-am known as the Bob Hope Chrysler Classic back then, a West Coast landmark frequently played by Hollywood stars and U.S. presidents.

Charley Hoffman won The American Express golf tournament, then the Bob Hope Classic, in January of 2007. That was four months before Blades Brown was born. On Friday, with the 17-year-old Brown playing his second round as a pro, Hoffman found himself outplaying the youngster, though just barely, to take the lead in the desert’s PGA Tour event.

T hursday was a ho-hum-type day for Justin Thomas and Rickie Fowler, with Thomas posting a bogey-free 5-under 67 and Fowler signing for a 3-under 69. Both those scores would norma

Charley Hoffman, seeking a fifth US PGA Tour title at the age of 48, had 10 birdies in a nine-under-par 63 on Friday to share the halfway lead in the

Tee times for the third round of the 2025 American Express in California, featuring Charley Hoffman, Tony Finau, Will Zalatoris and more.

US golfer Charley Hoffman and Filipino player Rico Hoey shot a pair of 63s to take the halfway lead at The American Express tournament in California.

Charley Hoffman took a share of the lead Friday at the American Express, which the Poway High alum won 18 years ago.

Jon Rahm missed the cut and Rory McIlroy was forced to battle to make the weekend as the headline acts struggled at the Dubai Desert Classic.

PGA Tour veteran Charley Hoffman and the Philippines Rico Hoey share the lead at The American Express at halfway; former major winner Jason Day remains in the mix; watch the third round from 7pm on Saturday,

Leading scores after the second round of the PGA Tour's American Express tournament in La Quinta, California on Friday (USA unless stated; par-72):

Hoffman finds himself in the hunt for his first victory since 2016 in the same tournament in which he bagged his first, back in 2007. Read more at straitstimes.com.

American Express featured the pro debut of 17-year-old Blades Brown, a 13 on a hole by a tour rookie and a worthy champion in Sepp Straka