Desert golf is back, and The American Express is the kind of week where you don’t overthink it: soft setups, three-course rotation, and a winning score that usually lives deep into the mid-to-high 20s under par. That means you’re shopping for players who can stack birdies fast, stay clean on the tougher par 3s, and keep momentum rolling when the putter heats up.

That’s exactly how Johnny’s Winning Picks are built—two outright win swings, a “HAM Sandwich” value pair, and a couple of placement plays that make sense in a scoring contest.

Johnny’s Winning Picks 
Winners:

• Sam Burns (25-1)

• Harry Hall (40-1)

HAM Sandwich:

• JT Poston (65-1)

• Nick Taylor (90-1)

Top 10:

• Si Woo Kim (+350)

• Alex Noren (+550)

Top 20:

• Ryan Gerard (+250)

• Matt McCarty (+320)

If you’re building your own card off this, here’s the practical angle: keep the outright bets as your high-upside shots, then let the Top 10/Top 20 plays do the heavy lifting. In a pro-am week with a packed field and three different venues, placement bets can be the difference between “close, but no cigar” and a profitable weekend.

Now it’s just a matter of one thing: can your guys keep pace when the birdie train starts rolling? Johnny’s card says yes—so let’s see it on the scorecard.