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World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from this week’s tournament in the California desert for an undisclosed reason.

Three weeks into the season and the Masters can’t get here soon enough. Scheffler and Schauffele surely will be back by then.

Joining Schauffele and Scheffler in withdrawing from AmEx were Maverick McNealy and Seamus Power on Saturday and Denny McCarthy on Monday. McNealy’s WD got in Matthew Riedel the last of the Q-School grads on the priority list.

Defending champion Nick Dunlap, who won the 2024 American Express as a PGA Tour rookie, will try to become the first back-to-back winner of the event since Johnny Miller in 1975-76.

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has been out since Christmas after slicing his hand open while preparing food, but he is closing in on a return to action on the PGA Tour

The American Express event in La Quinta, Calif., this week was due to welcome the top two players in the Official World Golf Ranking.

American Express from January 16 to 19 at the PGA West DYE Stadium Course in La Quinta, California. It will be the second full field event and the third overall in the 2025 PGA Tour calendar.

Scottie Scheffler revealed the ravioli-related origin of the hand injury that forced him to undergo surgery in December ahead of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

A new season in any sport is ripe with optimism and enthusiasm, and that’s how PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan sounded when he delivered a year-end video message that promised innovation and excitement.

Sellers Shy, the lead golf producer for CBS, applauded Thomas for reaching out to players about more access. Jim Nantz, the lead announcer who is starting his 40th year with CBS, suggested the walk-and-talk could be expanded.