Scottie Scheffler withdrew from The American Express on Monday, missing his second consecutive tournament due to injury. 

Scheffler, 28, underwent minor surgery to repair a glass puncture in his right hand suffered on Christmas. 

The world’s No. 1 player was preparing for Christmas dinner when he hurt his hand, which forced him to miss the beginning of the PGA Tour season at The Sentry in Hawaii, a signature event.

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"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 said in an Instagram post.

Scheffler is hopeful of making his 2025 PGA Tour debut at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, a signature event that starts Jan. 30. 

The star American golfer is coming off an historic season, where he won nine times worldwide. 

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Scheffler won seven PGA Tour titles, while winning The Masters for a second time in his career. He also represented the United States at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games and won a gold medal after a late surge. 

With his strong showing in 2024, he became the first player since Tiger Woods to win PGA Tour player of the year in three consecutive seasons, since Woods did in 2005-2007. 

Scheffler also became the first player since Woods in 2009 to hold the No. 1 ranking for an entire calendar year.

With Scheffler dominating the competition, he set a record for prize money won in one season. He won $25 million for winning the FedEx Cup, making his total prize money for the 2024 season over $54 million. 

The American Express tournament is in Palm Desert, California, and is scheduled for Jan. 16-19. 

Fox News’ Ryan Morik and The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

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Viktor Hovland became the latest PGA Tour star to have questions about his start to 2025.

The Norwegian golfer revealed in a post on social media that he had broken his right pinkie toe. He posted the X-ray image on his Instagram.

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"Bed frame 1-0 me," he captioned the photo.

Hovland is looking to have a bounce-back year in 2025 after failing to win a single tournament in 2024. He won three times in 2023 – the Memorial Tournament, BMW Championship and Tour Championship – and built momentum toward 2024.

He nearly won the PGA Championship last season but finished in third. Hovland finished tied for 12th in the FedEx Cup standings with Sam Burns.

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In 114 events played in his PGA Tour career, Hovland has six wins and five runner-up finishes. He has earned more than $31.3 million.

He’s not the only golfer who may miss the start of the year.

Scottie Scheffler is already set to miss the first signature event of 2025. He needed surgery after he injured his hand on broken glass.

"Small glass fragments remained in the palm, which required surgery. He has been told that he should be back to 100% in three to four weeks," Scheffler’s manager Blake Smith said, adding that Scheffler has officially withdrawn from The Sentry.

Scheffler's next scheduled tournament is the American Express, which begins Jan. 16. This year, the Sentry is labeled a signature event, the first of eight.

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After one of the most historic seasons in golf in 2024, 2025 will not get off to an ideal start for Scottie Scheffler.

The reigning PGA Player of the Year and No. 1 golfer in the world will miss next week's Sentry tournament after he underwent hand surgery.

In a statement released Friday, Scheffler's manager, Blake Smith, said Scheffler "sustained a puncture wound … from broken glass" in his right hand on Christmas Day preparing dinner.

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"Small glass fragments remained in the palm, which required surgery. He has been told that he should be back to 100% in three to four weeks," Smith said, adding Scheffler has officially withdrawn from The Sentry.

Scheffler's next scheduled tournament is the American Express, which begins Jan. 16. This year, the Sentry is labeled a signature event, the first of eight.

Scheffler's injury comes months after he completed one of the greatest seasons the PGA has ever seen. He kicked off his season with four top 10 finishes in his first five tournaments. Then, he kicked into another gear. He had four wins and tied for second in his next five events. He won the Arnold Palmer Invitational, The Players, the RBC Heritage and the Masters.

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His season took a wild turn in May, though, when he was arrested while headed to the second round of the PGA Championship at Valhalla. He spent time in a jail cell before casually shooting a 66 later in the day. He finished tied for eighth in the tournament.

Scheffler then won the Memorial and Travelers in June and then won Olympic gold in Paris. Including the Olympics, Scheffler posted eight wins, two second-place finishes, 17 top 10 finishes and zero missed cuts in 20 events. His seven victories in PGA events are the most since 2007.

With a $25 million payday from winning the FedEx Cup, Scheffler’s prize money for the 2024 season was over $54 million, by far the most ever won in one season. 

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Kai Trump, the granddaughter of President-elect Trump, had a little fun on the golf course when she interviewed two-time Masters winner Scottie Scheffler during the LIV-PGA showdown on Tuesday

Speaking with Scheffler ahead of his and Rory McIlroy’s exhibition match against LIV Golf stars Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka, Kai asked Scheffler about his May 2024 arrest when he was charged with several offenses, including second-degree assault of a police officer. 

The incident took place as Scheffler was attempting to enter Valhalla Golf Club, site of the PGA Championship, before the second round on May 17. 

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Kai began the interview asking, "Scottie, you’re too nice, but how was jail?" 

"You know, honestly, it was a bit boring," he said with a laugh. "There’s not really much to do in there. I was in a cell by myself and just kind of sitting in there looking at the walls. So, it was a little boring."

Kai, who has captivated golf fans with her vlogs on YouTube following Trump’s successful bid for the White House, then made a lighthearted joke at the expense of Tiger Woods, who had his own run-in with law in 2017. 

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"I mean, orange is not a bad color though – on you, honestly. You pulled it off just like Tiger Woods," she joked. 

Scheffler quipped back, "I prefer the burnt orange a little bit more than the jail cell orange." 

The charges stemming from Scheffler’s arrest were later dropped. An internal investigation also found that three Louisville Metro Police officers violated police policy when they failed to have their bodycams activated.

Detective Bryan Gillis received "corrective action" for his role. 

Police were investigating the death of a volunteer, who was hit by a bus just outside the golf course, when the Scheffler incident occurred. 

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Rory McIlroy and Charles Barkley had some playful banter while the Northern Irishman participated in "The Showdown" golf match with Scottie Scheffler against LIV Golf stars Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka.

As McIlroy walked down the fairway, Barkley asked how much he eats during a round. McIlroy was eating a power bar while the Basketball Hall of Famer chatted with him.

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"Not as much as you Chuck," McIlroy fired back.

Barkley laughed and responded that he was on a diet.

For what it’s worth, the former Philadelphia 76ers star has admitted to taking Mounjaro to help with his weight loss and deal with Type 2 diabetes. Mounjaro, which is a brand name for tirzepatide, helps with weight loss by curbing appetite and improving how the body breaks down sugar and fat.

"I started at 352 [pounds] and I’m down to 290," Barkley has said previously. "I’m starting to feel like a human being, not a fat a-- anymore."

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McIlroy and Scheffler ended up defeating their LIV Golf counterparts. They only needed 14 holes to do it.

The format was one point for a six-hole four-ball match, one point for a six-hole foursomes match and one point each for singles over the last six holes.

"I'd love to have another opportunity," DeChambeau said. "It was a bit of a pillow fight for us."

McIlroy and Scheffler each won $5 million in paid cryptocurrency.

Fox News' Scott Thompson and The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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The LIV-PGA rivalry has reached a new level.

Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy were taking on Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka in a two-on-two in Las Vegas Tuesday.

The latter two players defected from the PGA Tour to LIV about 2½ years ago, and McIlroy long lamented the players who had done so before recently doing an about-face.

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The four golfers are in Vegas for a PGA-LIV showdown, and there's now an added wrinkle.

On the second hole, DeChambeau, the reigning U.S. Open champion, mashed a golf ball that had 324 yards of carry.

Bubba Watson, who is on the broadcast team, said DeChambeau's drive hit Scheffler's father.

The event is taking place at Shadow Creek Golf Club, where the first edition of "The Match" took place between Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson.

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Leading up to the match, DeChambeau cracked a joke about McIlroy's choke job at the U.S. Open as the two shared the driving range together. 

McIlroy bogeyed three of his final four holes and missed two putts that were both inside of three feet. DeChambeau took advantage with his legendary bunker save to win his second U.S. Open.

McIlroy admitted he wanted to "go up against Bryson and try to get him back for what he did to me at the U.S. Open."

"Well, to be fair, you kind of did it to yourself," DeChambeau replied.

The event features a combined 13 major championship victories from the four golfers — five from Koepka, four from McIlroy and two apiece from Scheffler and DeChambeau.

Scheffler and DeChambeau were paired up with one another for last year's Ryder Cup on Team USA.

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Bryson DeChambeau pulled off one of the great golf shots after his up-and-down from the bunker on 18 at Pinehurst No. 2 this summer to win the U.S. Open — but he knows he got some help.

McIlroy bogeyed three of his final four holes and missed two putts that were both inside of three feet. DeChambeau took advantage with his legendary bunker save to win his second U.S. Open.

The two golfers will be on the links on Tuesday in the "LIV vs. PGA" edition of "The Match," where frenemies DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka will team up against McIlroy and Scottie Scheffler.

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McIlroy and DeChambeau hit the range beside one another earlier this week, where McIlroy admitted he wanted to "go up against Bryson and try to get him back for what he did to me at the U.S. Open."

DeChambeau, though, didn't let him slide that easily.

"Well, to be fair, you kind of did it to yourself," DeChambeau hit back.

McIlroy took the crack on the chin as the crowd burst out in laughter.

In speaking with Fox News Digital over the summer, Dechambeau couldn't help but admit that he thought about that day at Pinehurst "every day."

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"The bunker shot is amazing, but there’s a couple shots I hit during the course of that week. The back of No. 8, I hit it over the green twice, and I get up-and-down twice. I win the tournament because of that," DeChambeau told Fox News Digital back in August. "If I don’t get that up-and-down, I may not win the tournament. It’s actually the culmination of the whole week and how things progressed that led to it being such a memorable week."

"You never want to lose a championship that way. You want to see someone make a putt and do something crazy and cool. But I can tell you, there was a battle between us. It was definitely LIV vs. PGA for sure," DeCheambeau added.

Had DeChambeau not knocked down that par putt on 18, DeChambeau and McIlroy would have faced off in the first aggregate playoff in U.S. Open history. 

Well, maybe McIlroy can get some sort of revenge this week at Shadow Creek.

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Golf legend Tiger Woods has a goal of competing on the PGA Tour at least once a month, but he admitted Tuesday at the Hero World Challenge he’s not close to doing so. 

Woods spoke with reporters prior to the event in the Bahamas, where he said he has a "long way to go" before he returns to the tour after another back surgery. 

Woods underwent microdecompression surgery, which he hopes can help him get strong enough to play on the PGA Tour at least once a month. 

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Woods said he was hurting badly toward the end of this year’s season, to the point he knew he needed to do something to help himself get back to normal.

"I didn’t think my back was going to go like it did this year," he said, via Yahoo Sports. "It was quite painful throughout the end of the year and, hence, I had another procedure done to it to alleviate the pain I had going down my leg. 

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"So, whether my commitment going forward is once a month, yeah, I could say that all over again, but I truly don’t know."

Woods added that, for now, continuing to rehab and get stronger is the top priority. Once he feels like he can start swinging a golf club up to his standards, he will consider playing again. 

The Tiger Woods Foundation benefits from the Hero World Challenge, which is why the 15-time major winner is in the Bahamas despite announcing last week he wouldn’t be participating in the field. 

"I’m still not there," Woods said of being "tournament sharp." "And these are 20 of the best players in the world, and I’m not sharp enough to compete against them at this level."

Woods did battle through injury, but he was able to accomplish a small milestone this year, competing in all four majors for the first time since 2020. He finished 60th at the Masters, though he missed the cut at the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and The Open. 

Other than those events, Woods competed in the Genesis Invitational in February, but he withdrew from the tournament midway through his second round. 

Woods will turn 49 at the end of this month, but he told reporters "the fire still burns to compete."

Golf fans will wait patiently, hoping Woods can get back on the course next year.

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The new golf season is upon us, and already it isn't the best start for Tiger Woods.

The 48-year-old announced Monday he will not be playing in the Hero World Challenge, which he hosts every year, after yet another back surgery in September.

Woods wrote on X, though, that he would fulfill his hosting duties at the Bahamas tournament.

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Missing the event won't harm Woods in the standings. The tournament is considered an unofficial event and does not offer FedEx Cup points or prize money.

The 2024 season was a nightmare for Woods. He played in five tournaments, including all four majors, yet made the cut in just two of them. He missed the cut in the PGA Championship, U.S. Open and Open Championship, while finishing in last at the Masters (not including those who missed the cut or withdrew).

Since the 2022 Masters, Woods has competed in just 10 events. The only non-major he has played in has been the Genesis Invitational, which he hosts at Riviera. He withdrew from that tournament this year.

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It's been a tough stretch for Woods, who, in 14 majors since winning the green jacket in 2019, has failed to muster a top 20 finish. It’s his longest such streak since failing to finish in the top 20 in the first six majors of his career in 1995 and 1996. In his last 26 majors, he has four top 20 finishes.

After missing the cut at Royal Troon, it marked the second time Woods had ever missed three consecutive major cuts. In his last 36 majors, he has missed 13 cuts with just six top 10 finishes and another 13 finishes outside the top 20 and two withdrawals.

Woods is tied with Sam Snead for the most wins in tour history with 82. His 15 majors rank second behind Jack Nicklaus' 18. Woods turns 49 next month.

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A woman is in a coma after saving a 6-year-old boy from a riptide in Florida.

The boy happens to be the son of 2023 Open Championship winner Brian Harman, and the woman, Cathy Dowdy, is a family friend.

Harman had gone to the Macao Open last month when his wife took their children and family friend Dowdy to Ponte Vedra Beach, for a vacation. 

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Harman said his son was on a boogie board when he was ripped out to sea by a rip current.

Dowdy went into the ocean after the child but couldn’t reach him and began to struggle in the abnormally strong current. Harman said another man, Crane Cantrell, saw what was happening and went in to help.

"He makes it out fine, Cathy (is) injured really badly in the water," Harman said Tuesday at the RSM Classic. "She’s been in a coma for going on six weeks now and so obviously our world down here was kind of turned on its head."

The St. Johns Citizen reported a lifeguard pulled Dowdy from the water and performed life-saving measures until medical help arrived.

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"I don’t really know what I wanted to kind of say other than I wanted to use whatever platform I have to bring awareness to what Cathy did, what Crane did," Harman said earlier this week. "They disregarded themselves, went into the water, saved my son and how do you thank people like that? I don’t know other than to just say what you think.

"I think that bravery and doing something like that for people who aren’t your blood is just the most beautiful thing you can do in this life."

Harman won The Open last year, which got him a nod onto that year's Ryder Cup team. He also appeared on this year's' Presidents Cup team.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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President-elect Trump hosted PGA Tour champion Dustin Johnson at Trump International Golf Course Wednesday. 

Johnson's brother, Austin Johnson, shared photos and videos of the round in an Instagram post. The footage showed the two brothers watching Trump take some practice swings before he took a healthy stroke and sent the ball flying in a straight line toward the hole. 

The crack of contact between Trump's club and the ball echoed thunderously around the course.

"A beauty there, sir," Austin said. "Right down the middle." 

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Dustin Johnson is one of the many golf superstars to endorse Trump, joining Bryson DeChambeau, Anthony Kim and John Daly. 

Johnson attended Trump's party Nov. 6 to celebrate the president's 2024 election victory alongside NHL legend Wayne Gretzky. Gretzky's daughter, Paulina, is married to Johnson, and they've been together since 2013.

Johnson has been playing golf with Trump since November 2017, when Trump hosted Johnson and Tiger Woods at Trump National Golf Club in Jupiter, Florida. Johnson was ranked No. 1 in the world at the time. 

Trump's golf game has been a long recognized aspect of his lifestyle and past presidency. Trump has golfed with the likes of the sport's top stars, including DeChambeau, Johnson, Rory McIlroy and Woods. He's also played with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and Republican allies like Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and former Georgia Sen. David Perdue.

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South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has reportedly started practicing his golf game in anticipation of meeting President-elect Trump.

Yoon started the practice after a brief phone call with Trump congratulating him on his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris. Days after the call, Yoon "got out his golf clubs for the first time in eight years and resumed his golf practice," his office told NBC News.

The sport also plays a big role in the Trump family. 

Kai Trump, the 17-year-old daughter of Donald Trump, Jr., posted to Instagram, sharing recent pictures with her grandfather at Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach, a few miles west of Mar-a-Lago.

"Sundays with Grandpa," the proud granddaughter captioned the post, adding a heart. The post featured a selfie Kai Trump shared with the president-elect, along with videos she shot on the golf course and a picture with Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 

Kai returned to Trump National Golf Club Bedminster to play the front nine of what she said is one of her and her grandfather’s favorite courses. During her round, Kai revealed she recently listened to the many voicemails Trump left her. 

"So, yesterday I was going through my voicemails. I saw a few voicemails from my grandpa because, if I call him, he always picks up. But, if he doesn’t — if he’s in an interview or whatever — he’ll call me back, and it's always at 12 o’clock at night, and, obviously, I’m sleeping at 12," Kai said with a laugh.  

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PGA Tour golfer Sam Burns showed support for President-elect Donald Trump in a social media post on Monday.

Burns posted a photo of himself with a buck he had just apparently killed. He was wearing a camouflaged "Make America Great Again" cap while posing with the buck.

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"Deer hunting is great again!" he captioned the Instagram photo.

Burns appeared to join the slew of professional athletes who expressed support for the president-elect over the last few days. UFC fighters, NFL players, golfers and soccer stars have all shown support for Trump by doing his dance in celebration. 

Now, Burns is the latest to wear a MAGA hat, weeks after San Francisco 49ers star Nick Bosa flashed the hat during a postgame interview on NBC.

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Former NFL star Brian Urlacher hypothesized why players were outwardly showing support during this election cycle and not in the previous two.

"People were scared for a while. You don’t want people to talk bad about you, how we’ve been talked about the last four years if you’re a Donald Trump supporter," Urlacher said on Fox News Channel’s "Jesse Watters Primetime." 

"I think now, no one’s scared anymore. It’s nice to see these guys coming out and everyone who’s a silent Trump supporter – he under polls always. … I think they’re just excited now that he got the job done, and he’s gonna get the job done the next four years."

Burns made his PGA Tour debut in 2017 and has racked up five wins since then. He has yet to win a major championship. The best finish at a major came earlier this year at the U.S. Open when he finished tied for ninth.

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