Can Scottie Scheffler win The American Express 2024? Golfer’s odds explored

Scottie Scheffler, the 2023 PGA Tour Player of the Year, will compete at this week's The American Express. The former Masters winner has been in incredible form and has not missed the cut in any tournament since the beginning of the 2022–23 season of the PGA Tour. He is the expert favourite to win The American Express with odds of +550, as per CBS.

Scottie Scheffler started the new year with The Sentry tournament in Hawaii in the first week of January. He finished in T5 position at the tournament and experts believe he will continue to dominate the golf course this week.

Scheffler played at The American Express in 2023 and finished in the T11 position. He shot four rounds of 68-65-66-67 to finish with a score of 22-under-271.

Here are the odds for The American Express 2024 as per CBS:

Scottie Scheffler +550
Patrick Cantlay +900
Xander Schauffele +900
Justin Thomas +2000
Sungjae Im +2200
Min Woo Lee +2500
Tom Kim +2800
Eric Cole +3500
J.T. Poston +3500
Sam Burns +3500
Jason Day +3500
Rickie Fowler +4000
Tony Finau +4000
Wyndham Clark +4000
Chris Kirk +4500
Cam Davis +5000
Daniel Berger +5000
Si Woo Kim +5000
Shane Lowry +5000
Stephan Jaeger +6500
Akshay Bhatia +6500
Taylor Montgomery +6500
Andrew Putnam +8000
Adam Hadwin +8000
Beau Hossler +8000
Alex Noren +8000
Davis Thompson +9000
Tom Hoge +9000
Billy Horschel +9000
Thomas Detry +9000
Adam Schenk +10000
Keith Mitchell +10000
Will Zalatoris +10000
Taylor Pendrith +10000
Matt Wallace +11000
Alex Smalley +11000
Ryo Hisatsune +11000
Erik van Rooyen +11000
Aaron Rai +11000
Ben Griffin +12000
Matt Kuchar +12000
Justin Suh +12000
Nicholas Lindheim +15000
Sam Stevens +15000
Ryan Palmer +15000
Lee Hodges +15000
Christiaan Bezuidenhout +15000
K.H. Lee +15000
Chesson Hadley +17000
Garrick Higgo +17000
Nick Taylor +17000
Austin Eckroat +17000
Matti Schmid +17000
Grayson Murray +17000
Mark Hubbard +17000
Matthieu Pavon +20000

Scottie Scheffler's performance at The Sentry 2024

Scheffler last played at The Sentry 2024 in the first week of January. He displayed an amazing performance at the tournament and shot four rounds of 66-64-71-66 to finish in a tie for fifth place with Brian Harman, Sungjae Im, J. T. Poston, and Collin Morikawa.

Scheffler started his game with a bogey-free round and shot 66 in the first round of The Sentry. He carded seven birdies to score 7-under-66. He shot eight birdies, one bogey, and an eagle in the second round to score 9-under-64.

In the third round of the tournament, Scheffler made four birdies and two bogeys to score 71 and he carded eight birdies and one bogey in the final round to score 66. He finished with a score of 25-under-267 to settle for a tie for fifth place.

Scottie Scheffler will tee off for the first round of The American Express on Thursday, Jan. 18, at La Quinta Country Club. He will take the shot on the first tee hole at 12:14 p.m. ET with Patrick Cantlay.