On ‘free-for-all' major Sunday, Xander Schauffele has edge over most
On chaotic "free-for-all" Sunday at Aronimink, Xander Schauffele will begin the round three shots back but with an edge on most of the field.
Xander Schauffele will lean on his major championship weapon on Sunday at Aronimink Getty Images NEWTOWN SQUARE, Pa. — Xander Schauffele remembers the feeling. It was like trying to unlock a door in darkness.
Schauffele spent years hovering at the top of major leaderboards. Always there but never the last man standing. Sometimes he got beaten, but often mistakes did him in.
“Early on, I felt like there were times where 9 or 12 holes would pass, and I’m like holy smokes, I’m like five over par, like the whole what-is-happening thing,” Schauffele said Saturday at the PGA Championship at Aronimink . “I’d call those growing pains. Everyone goes through them.
Everyone deals with it. ” Then came the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla , when Schauffele finally kicked down the door to become a major champion. Two months later, he triumphed at the Open.
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