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,

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 American Express field features eight of the world’s top 25-ranked golfers but will miss out on Nos. 1 and 2 after each withdrew.

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.

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

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

Justin Thomas is the pre-tournament favorite in the $8.8 million The American Express PGA tournament that begins Thursday at three courses in La Quinta following the injury-related withdrawals of Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele,

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.

World No. 2 Xander Schauffele has withdrawn from The American ...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.

Justin Thomas is set to make his TGL debut next week as his Atlanta Drive Golf Club takes on the New York Golf Club.