The withdrawals of Scheffler and Schauffele still leave The American Express with eight of the top 25 players in the Official World Golf Ranking. Wyndham Clark, the 2023 U.S. Open winner, is now the highest-ranked player in the field at seventh. The 156-player tournament begins Thursday at three courses in La Quinta.

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.

Justin Thomas isn't settling for top-10 finishes on this year's PGA Tour. After tallying six of those last year, the world's No. 21 golfer wants more success in 2025. "The next step is definitely winning,

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

The field for this week's 66th annual The American Express golf tournament in La Quinta boasts nine of the top 25 players in the world and 11 of the top 30. The pro-am begins Thursday, with 156 pros playing with 156 amateur on three desert courses -- the Pete Dye Stadium Course and Jack Nicklaus Tournament Course at PGA West and La Quinta Country Club.

Justin Thomas is third on the list after the withdrawal of Xander Schauffele from the event on Monday. Thomas tied for third at the tournament last year. He had also tied for seventh in 2015.

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

World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from The American ... a distinction that now falls to Sungjae Im and Justin Thomas. The tour gave no reason for Schauffele’s late withdrawal.

Xander Schauffele (+700 ... Two-time PGA Championship winner Justin Thomas (+1200), who returned to the Coachella Valley in 2024 for the first time since T7 in 2015, matched the Pete Dye Stadium ...

Thomas hadn't played in The American Express for years when he teed up in the 2024 event in La Quinta. The result was a tie for third in La Quinta including a tournament record-tying 61 in the ...

When Xander Schauffele withdrew on Monday ... and his firepower remains as reliable as anyone’s. Justin Thomas … No. 3 in the Power Rankings. The next obvious choice who isn’t even in ...