Xander Schauffele gained a gold medal on the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Curiously, he not too long ago revealed that he doesn’t know the place precisely the medal or any of his different trophies are.
Schauffele has gained 9 PGA Tour occasions and 4 tournaments on the DP World Tour. A two-time main championship winner, he gained the lads’s particular person golf occasion within the 2020 Olympics after scoring 18-under 266, making him the primary American to win an Olympic gold medal in golf since 1904.
Forward of the 2025 Open Championship, the PGA Tour star was requested about his trophies. He stated they had been in all probability in a financial institution vault in his mother and father’ home, however he wasn’t 100% certain. When additional probed about his golf medal, he stated (through ASAP Sports activities):
“I truly do not know the place that’s to be utterly trustworthy. What am I going to do with it? I do not actually invite individuals over to my home. Am I simply going to go have a look at it myself? That is the best way I really feel about it. I do not need to stroll right into a trophy room like, look how nice I’m. I used to be simply raised to assume that approach, and it is type of caught.”
Xander Schauffele’s spouse hung footage of his Olympic victory in his fitness center, but it surely bothered him a lot that he tried to take them down. Nevertheless, he couldn’t attain them as a result of they had been too excessive up, and he wanted a ladder to get to them.
The San Diego-born golfer stated that as a substitute of his trophies, he’d somewhat have a photograph of his canines on the wall. Higher nonetheless, he would additionally somewhat have a clock on the wall.
A have a look at Xander Schauffele’s dominating victory within the 2024 Open Championship
Final yr, Xander Schauffele gained the 2024 Open Championship on the Royal Troon Golf Membership. It marked his ninth PGA Tour win and second main championship victory.
The 31-year-old golfer kicked off his first spherical within the match with a gap spherical of 2-under 69. He charged into the second spherical tied for fourth place and shot two bogeys and two birdies on the entrance 9.
He made a good par on all holes on Royal Troon’s again 9 besides the par-4 twelfth, which he bogeyed to card 1-over within the spherical. This brought on him to slide down the provisional leaderboard and land in a tie for seventh place.
On transferring day, Xander Schauffele shot again as much as T2 after firing 4 birdies and two bogeys to card 2-under 69. He fired by way of an exceptional bogey-free ultimate spherical and shot 65, his lowest spherical within the match.
Schauffele claimed the title with a complete rating of 9-under 275. He gained by two strokes forward of the runners-up Justin Rose and Billy Horschel.
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Edited by Samya Majumdar