Hudson Swafford shot 64 to finish –23, two strokes ahead of Tom Hoge, and take home $1.368 million of the $7.6 million prize pool.
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Hudson Swafford won the American Express Championship on Sunday with an eagle on the par-5 16th hole, a birdie on the 17th, and a clutch par putt on the 18th.
Swafford shot 64 to finish 23, two strokes ahead of Tom Hoge, and take home $1.368 million from the $7.6 million prize pool. He has now won the American Express Award for the second time.
The controversial LIV golf tour, which is financed by Saudi Arabia and might result in PGA Tour players being sanctioned if they compete, passed through the Coachella Valley on Tuesday.
The LIV has published 42 names for its debut event in London, including Hudson Swafford, a two-time American Express winner who claimed the title in January.
The LIV is an eight-event tour that will be funded by the Saudi Arabian government.