The only company Xander Schauffele kept at the start of the season was his name mentioned among the best players who had yet to win a major. Two majors in one year puts him into a different conversation.
Jul 22, 2024 at 06:58 AM ETTROON, Scotland — The only company Xander Schauffele kept at the start of the season was his name mentioned among the best players who had yet to win a major.
He played bogey-free in the final round with no less than golf's oldest trophy at stake. He was two shots behind going to the back nine and shot 31. He missed only two greens Sunday, none on the back nine. He had only six bogeys over 72 holes.Schauffele was asked how that stacked up against other rounds he has played, including the 65 to shot at Valhalla on the last day to win the PGA Championship.Two majors in one year puts him into a different conversation.
“I don't know if anyone identified the weakness in there. It's all really good," Adam Scott said. “Although it's probably been at times frustrating for him this year, but then winning the PGA ... two majors, that kind of ‘all-around really good’ gets it done in the biggest events. I think the greats of the game kind of did that, especially Tiger.”
This had all the trapping of a shootout with six players one shot out of the lead and two more within three of the lead.There was only one birdie in the final round of No. 11, the notorious “Railway” hole. That belonged to Schauffele, who came out of the rough left of the fairway and judged it so perfectly it settled 3 feet away. That was the start of three birdies in a four-hole stretch that allowed him to seize control, and one last birdie stretched it to three shots.
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