Kickoff of the 2025 season for Scottie Scheffler will need to wait. After withdrawing from the 2025 Sentry due to a Christmas Day injury, the world's No. 1 golfer expected to return at The American Express next.

Scottie Scheffler withdrew from The American Express on Monday, saying his right hand has not fully recovered from minor surgery to repair a glass puncture over Christmas. Scheffler, the world's No. 1 player,

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler has officially withdrawn from the second PGA Tour event of the 2025 season amid his recent injury.

The American Express is played Jan. 16-19 in La Quinta, Calif. Scheffler won eight times on the PGA Tour last year, claimed the gold medal in the 2024 Paris Olympics and won the PGA Tour Player of the Year award a third consecutive year. He finished T6 at the 2024 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.

Scheffler, the world’s No. 1 player, injured his hand preparing Christmas dinner, forcing him to miss the start of the PGA Tour season.

Still recovering from minor hand surgery after a Christmas cooking accident, Scottie Scheffler, the No. 1 ranked player in men’s professional golf, has announced on social media that he will not play in The American Express PGA Tour event in La Quinta next week.

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