Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from the 2025 American Express, the PGA Tour announced Monday. The world No. 2 joins world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler in removing his name from the field list, though unlike with Scheffler, no reason was given for Schauffele's departure from the event held annually in Palm Springs, California.

The major championship slate is wiped clean as the calendar flips to the new year and players eye four opportunities to claim golf immortality in 2025. The 2024 major championship results were rather predictable with Scottie Scheffler securing his second green jacket in the last three years and Bryson DeChambeau raising another U.

Keegan Bradley, who last won a major at the 2011 PGA Championship, has issued a telling warning to his fellow Americans who sit atop the PGA Tour rankings.

World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from this week’s tournament in the California desert for an undisclosed reason.

The American Express field took another major hit on Monday evening. Following the withdrawal of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who is still recovering from a right-hand injury, No. 2 Xander Schauffele was among the latest WDs from the pro-am tournament in La Quinta,

The American Express event in La Quinta, Calif., this week was due to welcome the top two players in the Official World Golf Ranking. Now neither will be there. No. 2 Xander Schauffele withdrew on Monday because of an undisclosed health issue.

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For the second time in two weeks, the PGA Tour's stop in the California desert has lost one of the top players in the world.

Matsuyama, the 2021 Masters champion and current World No. 5, is now the highest-ranked player in the Farmers Open, followed by No. 6 Ludvig Aberg. Others in the top 25 entered are Keegan Bradley (11), Sahith Theegala (13), Sungjae Im (19), Aaron Rai (22) and Tony Finau (25).

Collin Morikawa joins Xander Schauffele in withdrawing from the Farmers Insurance Open on the PGA Tour. Collin Morikawa has become the latest big-name PGA Tour pro to withdraw from the Farmers Insurance Open at famed Torrey Pines from 22-25 January.

The PGA Tour announced three golfers in all were withdrawing from the event at Torrey Pines: Nicolai Hojgaard is out and Hayden Springer is in, and Tyler McCumber is out, giving a spot to S.H. Kim. In Morikawa's lone start in 2025 at The Sentry, he finished solo second.