World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from this week’s tournament in the California desert for an undisclosed reason.

Xander Schauffele has decided to skip the third event of the 2025 PGA Tour season in Southern California. World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from The American Express, according to the official PGA Tour Communications social channels.

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.

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

Xander Schauffele is withdrawing from The American Express this week in the California desert. That makes two of the top players in the world ranking to have withdrawn in the last two weeks.

Xander Schauffele tops the 2025 American Express odds as the betting favorite heading into the PGA Tour's event at PGA West.

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.

After it was confirmed a few days ago that Xander Schauffele will miss The American Express, as well as the Farmers Insurance Open, there were immediately rumors about the nature of his injury. His team confirmed that it was a matter of 'medical issues', but they did not want to reveal specifically what it was about.

Xander Schauffele will be out more than just one tournament. Schauffele withdrew from this week’s American Express in La Quinta, California, with his manager citing a “medical reason.” Now, Schauffele will miss his first Farmers Insurance Open since making his debut at Torrey Pines in 2016 as a Korn Ferry Tour member.

For the first time since 2015, Xander Schauffele will not be playing in his hometown event, the 2025 Farmers Insurance Open. The San Diego native's name was not among those listed in the field as announced by the PGA Tour on Friday evening.

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.

Jason Day is in action at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines and has given his thoughts on the current state of the PGA Tour schedule on the back of their LIV Golf rivalry