Xander Schauffele's Awful Masters Swing Ends in Shocking 83 Score
Photo by Tracy Wilcox/PGA TOUR via Getty Images At the halfway point of The Players Championship, Xander Schauffele was in prime position to win for the first time at TPC Sawgrass. With 10 PGA Tour victories to his name, including two major championships, Schauffele is a proven winner. The 32-year-old is one of the best golfers on the planet over the past five years or so, but he really struggled in 2025.
However, Schauffele has returned to form in 2026 and he looked just like his old self during the first two rounds of The Players Championship . The two-time major winner posted rounds of 69 and 65 to head into the weekend at TPC Sawgrass in second place, two shots adrift of the leader, Ludvig Aberg . Sadly for Schauffele, though, he faltered on Saturday, and shot a round of two-over-par 74.
That round proved costly in the end as he lost out to the eventual winner, Cam Young , by two shots. Xander Schauffele achieves unwanted record at The Players Schauffele has made some subtle swing changes over the past 12 months or so and those changes are now starting to come to fruition. He has two top-5 finishes to his name so far this season and his third-place finish at The Players was a sign that he’s nearly back to his best.
However, he will be bitterly disappointed that he didn’t win at TPC Sawgrass last week. Photo by Richard Heathcote/Getty Images Schauffele has really struggled to get over the line at The Players Championship, despite having a superb record at Sawgrass. In nine appearances at The Players, the 32-year-old from San Diego, California, has finished second twice and third once.
As a result, he now has the joint most top-three finishes at The Players without a win, alongside Jim Furyk, Bernhard Langer and Jeff Maggert, according to highly reputable stats guru, Justin Ray . Schauffele’s game is clearly a great fit for TPC Sawgrass, but he has always come up just short in Ponte Vedra Beach. Who knows, maybe next year will be his time.