Defending champion Nick Dunlap, who won the 2024 American Express as a PGA Tour rookie, will try to become the first back-to-back winner of the event since Johnny Miller in 1975-76.

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.

The American Express field took another major hit on Monday evening. Following the withdrawal of world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler, who is still recovering from a right-hand injury, No. 2 Xander Schauffele was among the latest WDs from the pro-am tournament in La Quinta,

World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from this week’s tournament in the California desert for an undisclosed reason.