Still waiting on Xander Schauffele for the 2025 Arnold Palmer Invitational? The 31-year-old was last seen in the inaugural match of TGL way back in the first week of January 2025. Since then, Schauffele has been out of commission recovering from the rib injury he procured in late 2024. The rehabilitation has forced him to withdraw from two signature events already. And now, he could be making it three.Famed journalist and close associate of Schauffele, Dan Rapaport shared a shocking tweet that might displease the fans. It read, “Xander Schauffele says he is “hopeful” to return to competition at next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Decision later this week. After a two-major 2024, the world No. 2 hasn’t competed since early January. Missed 2 signature events due to a rib injury. Tough timing.”If Schauffele is willing to push it to a last-minute decision, then he might still not have recovered completely. So even if he decides to drop in at the Bay Hill Golf Course on March 6, 2025, fans can assume that he is still not in the best shape to compete. Whether he does that or not is still up for debate.However, one thing is certain, Xander Schauffele will lose his second place on the Official World Golf Rankings leaderboard this Monday. He will be taken over by the Irishman, Rory McIlroy after his win at the 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am a few weeks ago. Seems like Xander Schauffele’s camp is going through an extremely rough patch at the moment. Xander Schauffele says he is “hopeful” to return to competition at next week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational. Decision later this week.After a two-major 2024 the world No. 2 hasn’t competed since early January. Missed 2 signature events due to a rib injury. Tough timing. pic.twitter.com/4h9MtqJL2F— Dan Rapaport (@Daniel_Rapaport) February 26, 2025It will be really difficult for Xander Schauffele to go back to winning as soon as he returns to the PGA Tour. What do you think?The post Source Close to Xander Schauffele Brings Bad News After He Was Expected to Return in 8 Days appeared first on EssentiallySports.