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. That will no longer be the case.
Scheffler announced Monday that he had withdrawn from the PGA Tour’s annual stop in Palm Springs, setting a new timetable for return.
“After consulting with my medical team, I have made the decision to withdraw from next week’s American Express tournament to give my injury more time to heal,” Scheffler wrote on social media. “I am still hopeful to begin my 2025 season at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.”
Scheffler suffered a puncture wound to his right hand on Christmas Day ultimately undergoing surgery to remove small fragments of glass from the impacted area. The original timetable for his return was slated at …