Sungjae Im placed 25th in The American Express in 2024, shooting a 19-under on the par-72 course. His sights are set higher Jan. 16-19 in La Quinta, California, USA, at La Quinta Country Club .

The American Express tournament and course info

• Date: Jan. 16-19, 2025
• Location: La Quinta, California, USA
• Course: La Quinta Country Club
• Par: 72 / 7,060 yards
• Purse: $8.8M
• Previous winner: Nick Dunlap

At The American Express

• Over his last six trips to The American Express, Im has an average score of 17-under, with an average finish of 15th.
• In 2024, Im finished 25th (with a score of 19-under) in his most recent appearance at The American Express.
• Nick Dunlap won this tournament in 2024 with a final score of 29-under.

Im's recent history at The American Express

Im's recent performances

• Over his last five appearances, Im has one top-five finish and three top-10 finishes.
• Im has finished with a score lower than the tournament average in four of his last five events.
• He has finished with an average score of -14 those five times he's made the cut.
• Sungjae Im has averaged 303.5 yards off the tee in his past five tournaments.
• Im has an average of 1.102 Strokes Gained: Putting in his past five tournaments.
• Looking at Strokes Gained: Total, Im has an average of 6.623 in his past five tournaments.

Im's advanced stats and rankings

• Im's Strokes Gained: Off the Tee average of 0.344 last season ranked 29th on TOUR, and his 65.1% driving accuracy average ranked 51st.
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Approach last season, Im ranked 99th on TOUR with a mark of 0.054.
• On the greens, Im registered a 0.138 Strokes Gained: Putting mark last season, which placed him 65th on TOUR. In addition, he ranked 16th with a putts-per-round average of 28.22, and he ranked 34th by breaking par 26.18% of the time.

Im's best finishes

• Im teed off in 27 tournaments last season, securing four finishes in the top five and collecting nine top-10 finishes.
• In those 27 events, he made the cut 21 times, a success rate of 77.8%.
• Last season Im's best performance came at The Sentry, where he shot 29-under and finished third.
• Im's 1896 points last season placed him ninth in the FedExCup standings.

Im's best Strokes Gained performances

• Last season Im's best Strokes Gained: Off-the-Tee mark came at THE PLAYERS Championship in March 2024, as he ranked third in the field with a mark of 4.367.
• Im's best Strokes Gained: Approach effort last season came at the Travelers Championship, where he ranked fifth in the field with a mark of 5.081 (he finished third in that event).
• In terms of Strokes Gained: Around-the-Green, Im's best performance last season was at the TOUR Championship in August 2024, as he put up a 4.161 mark, which ranked him second in the field. He finished seventh in that event.
• At the Wells Fargo Championship in May 2024, Im recorded a Strokes Gained: Putting mark of 6.058, his best mark last season. That ranked him fourth in the field (he finished fourth in that tournament).
• Im posted his best Strokes Gained: Total mark last season (10.694) in July 2024 at the John Deere Classic. That ranked 12th in the field.

Im's Strokes Gained rankings

Im's past results

All stats in this article are accurate for Im as of the start of The American Express.

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