Xander Schauffele has officially debunked persistent rumors surrounding the Ryder Cup 2023 controversy, including claims of fractured team dynamics and demands for payment. Speaki

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.

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.

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

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.

Reigning PGA Championship winner and Champion Golfer of the Year Xander Schauffele ... Without Schauffele and Scheffler, Wyndham Clark, Patrick Cantlay, Justin Thomas, Tony Finau, Sam Burns ...

The field for this week's 66th annual The American Express golf tournament in La Quinta boasts eight of the top 25 players in the world and 10 of the top 30. The pro-am begins Thursday, with 156 ...

Xander Schauffele, the No. 2 player in the world ... Schauffele and players like Justin Thomas, Patrick Cantlay and others have also come to The American Express in recent years, giving the ...

When Si Woo Kim won the tournament in 2021, he did so by a single shot over Cantlay, who set a tournament scoring record for the Pete Dye Stadium Course with a final-round 61. Cantlay was ninth ...

The PGA Tour reached its third event of the season, the first back on the mainland and in California for the American Express. The three-course rotation over the first three rounds included stops at the Pete Dye Stadium Course,

Sepp Straka enters Sunday with the lead at the American Express, but the final round will be full of intrigue if anyone from the pack behind him can make a move.

Golf fans in the desert might be envious that Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm are playing in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic on the DP World Tour this week, while Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele withdrew from playing in The American Express in La Quinta. The La Quinta field went from a great field to a good field, fans might be tempted to say.