JT Poston took the 18-hole lead at The American Express, joining the likes of Justin Thomas and Xander Schauffele in recent history.

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.

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.

Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from the 2025 American Express, the PGA Tour announced Monday.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,

World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from this week’s tournament in the California desert for an undisclosed reason.

Xander Schauffele, the world's number two ranked player, surprisingly withdrew from The American Express on Monday.

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.

Xander Schauffele hasn't forgotten nor given up on one of his biggest career goals, though he knows how difficult the climb will be. Schauffele has said in the past that he wants to earn the No.

PGA and British Open champion Xander Schauffele withdrew from The American Express on Monday for medical reasons, the second highly-ranked player who had to pull out of the third PGA Tour event of the season.