This seems to be more serious than expected for Xander Schauffele…

According to Golf Channel2024 two-time Major winner Xander Schauffele is currently unable to complete a full golf swing. Absent since his 30th place at the Sentry, the world No. 2 has so far not announced a date for his return to competition…

Besides Scottie Scheffleron his side since that Christmas day when he cut open his right hand with a broken glass, his runner-up, the world No. 2 Xander Schauffeleis also “out” for an as yet undetermined period.

Present on January 2 in Hawaii to compete The Sentrythe first tournament of the 2025 season of PGA Tourthen for the official opening of the DATE on January 7, the American has since been conspicuous by his absence. He thus forfeited the Farmers Insurance Open which begins this Wednesday at Torrey Pinesa few days after withdrawing from theAmerican Express where the Austrian Sepp Straka won.

According to our colleague from Golf Channel, Todd LewisSchauffele has been suffering from rib problems since the end of last season. However, the damage would not be of bone origin but rather muscular. In any case, this seems much more boring than expected since his planned return forAT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am (January 30-February 2) is also in question.

We recall that Xander Schauffele, 31 years old, was, with Scottie Scheffler, one of the most prominent golfers of the year 2024, winning the PGA Championship Then The Open au Royal Troonand finishing three times in 2nd place, notably in Players Championshipconsidered the “5th Major” of the season.

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