Ted Potter salvaged a tie for 37th place in The American Express at La Quinta yesterday by birdieing three of the last four holes over the Stadium Course.

    Ted had squandered a potential good round by making bogeys at No. 13 and 18 after birdies at 10 and 12 had gotten him off to a quick 2-under start. 

    On the front nine, he made par on the first five holes, but missed a good chance on No. 5 when he couldn't hole a birdie putt of 9 feet, 1 inch. Then he birdied the par-3 sixth, pitched it up to two feet for a birdie on seven, and closed it out with a birdie on nine for a 33 after hitting a 181-yard iron five feet from the hole.

    He wound up with a 3-under 69 - 13 under for the 72 holes - and picked up a check for $29,815. Added to his haul at the Sony the week before, he's earned $244,315, moving up three spots on the money list to 117th. Ted also collected 17 FedEx points and now has 105, good for 115th on that list. 

    Andrew Landry won the event with a 26-under-par 262, two strokes better than Abraham Ancer, who closed with a 9-under 63. Scottie Scheffler was another stroke back at 23 under. 

    Gator Matt Every bombed out on Sunday with an 82 and finished 74th and last at 1 under. Seminole Hank Lebioda enjoyed a good week, tieing for 17th at 16 under, while Daniel Berger tied for 29th at 14 under.   

    The Tour heads south this week to Torrey Pines in San Diego for the $7.3 million Farmers Insurance Open, and Ted will be there looking to make it three cuts in a row after missing his previous five. Among those on the entry list are Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, Rory McIlroy, Jordan Spieth, Jason Day, Gary Woodland, Xander Schauffele, Jon Rahm, Bubba Watson, Rickie Fowler, who tied for 10th yesterday at 18 under, and defending champ Justin Rose, who celebrated with a $1,278,000 payday last year. 

       

   

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