Having waited so long for one, Xander Schauffele has won two majors in two months. Now he is eyeing a career grand slam.
On the final day of an intense Open Championship, played out in a glorious amalgam of wind and rain and sunshine from first thing on Thursday, Xander Schauffele carried himself with the kind of zen that could make Buddha look fretful.
"That walk up 18 truly is the coolest with the yellow leaderboards and the fans and the standing ovation. It really is one of the coolest feelings I've ever had in my life.”He talked of “super stressful moments” but that was part of Schauffele’s brilliance. Whatever emotion he was feeling, he never gave any hint of it.He called the back nine at Royal Troon the hardest nine holes he’s ever played and yet he mastered them in 31 shots.
Stefan, who grew up in Germany, was a decathlete back in the day, an aspiring Olympian who had his own dream crushed when hit by a drunk driver at the age of 20. He lost the sight in an eye and experienced trauma in his life. Everything paid off. A golfing machine was forged and we saw it in all its formidable glory at Royal Troon this past week."I’ve got a good feeling he’ll get the second one of the four this year. With him being as consistent as he is now, everybody is on notice.”
Schauffele said he had a chip on his shoulder about some of the negativity thrown at him. He used it as fuel.
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