World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from this week’s tournament in the California desert for an undisclosed reason.

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 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 That makes two of the top players in the world ranking to have withdrawn in the last two weeks.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, the world's number two ranked player, surprisingly withdrew from The American Express on Monday.

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 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.

Former University of North Florida standout Philip Knowles will benefit from the withdrawal of Xander Schauffele from the PGA Tour's American Express.

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

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Sepp Straka won The American Express by two strokes over Justin Thomas for his third career PGA TOUR victory on Sunday. Place Player Total to par Round 4 score 1 Sepp Straka -25 70 2 Justin Thomas -23 66 T-3 Jason Day -22 69 T-3 Justin Lower -22 69 T-5 Patrick Cantlay -20 70 T-5 Charley Hoffman -20 71 The field was missing two high-profile names,