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.

Rickie Fowler is in the mix at PGA West after a second-round 62. PGA Coach Brendon Elliott shares a few keys golfers can take from Rickie's new-and-improved backswing for more solid strikes throughout the bag.

Golfweek has learned that Rickie Fowler has signed a deal with Ernst & Young to wear its logo on the front right of his chest. Fowler wore the EY patch during the debut of TGL on ESPN last Tuesday and will be sporting it this week at his PGA Tour season debut on Tour at the American Express.

They were a shot ahead of Justin Lower, Mark Hubbard and Sepp Straka. Jason Day and J.J. Spaun were 14 under. Rickie Fowler charged into contention with 10 birdies and a second-round 62 on the ...

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.

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):

Golf balls may be frozen solid in Stark County, but local rooting interest Justin Lower is on the hottest streak of his PGA Tour life.

Golf balls may be frozen solid in Northeast Ohio, but this emerging star is on the hottest streak of his PGA Tour life.

Blades Brown is playing one of his first PGA Tour events of his career this weekend, but you wouldn't know that going off of the round he just had at the age of 17. Brown is playing at The American Exoress and competing against household names like Charlie Hoffman,

Golf fans in the desert might be envious that Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm are playing in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic on the DP World Tour this week, while Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele withdrew from playing in The American Express in La Quinta. The La Quinta field went from a great field to a good field, fans might be tempted to say.

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PGA Tour veteran Charley Hoffman and the Philippines' Rico Hoey each shot 9-under-par 63 at the Nicklaus Tournament Course on Friday to split the 36-hole lead at The American Express in La Quinta, Calif.