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Ollie Schniderjans was once in charge of the Golf world with his entire career before him.
On Sunday, the former high -ranking amateur returned to the winner’s circle for the first time in nine years, fleeing Bryson Dechambeau, Joaquin Niemann, Abraham Aner, and others to win the International Series of India at DLF Golf and Country Club in New Delhi, India.
Schniederjans was no. 1-amateur ranking in the world for 41 weeks back in 2014-15 while playing in Georgia Tech. He won in the Korn Ferry tournament the year he returned the pros and was a rising star.
But sometimes the growing stars fall, and Schniederjans’ body began to betray it. As the injuries were collected, Schniederjans’ game crashed and he lost his card during the 2018-19 season.
Injuries all stemmed from a troublesome hip, and Schniederjans were eventually chosen to undergo double hip replacement operation in 2022.
Schniederjans finally returned to the course in March 2023, playing in a small part of the events of Korn Ferry Tour. But without status in any district, a former high -ranking amateur tried his hand at the Liv Golf promotion event. A tie for fourth place gained exceptions to the International Asian Tour series and a reserve in Liv.
The 31-year-old mostly used his opportunity in New Delhi, ending in 10-nine-par, four pure shots from the US Open double sample. Dechambeau
“It means a lot to me,” Schniederjans said on Sunday after victory. “This golf course is very challenging, and again during the day, I would have had a hard time here, so to go out and shoot those results now, with everything I have passed, my game is much better than ever was .
“It was a long process, it took a lot of patience,” Schniederjans said. “I did a lot to change my body and swinging, and I had to learn a lot through this process.”
Dechambeau set some heat in Schniederjans to start the last round, but Schniederjans raised his lead to five to nine holes to play and took it to six with a chip-in birdie from some rough.
Schniederjans was one of the only four players to end under him, and his ability to hit the gas in Dechambeau left the twice big flummoxed champion how the last round was unfolded.
“I’ve hit him so well,” Dechambeau said. “I played a 50 holiday (on his YouTube channel) and I was hitting him so well. I don’t know what happened.”
While Dechambeau was a little deceived by his game, he praised Schniederjans for the victory and resistance it takes to complete such a long back trip.
“Ollie is a great, extraordinary golf player, he defeated many times in college,” Dechambeau said. “So it was really, really impressive to see how well you are playing, and I wish I could have given him a candidacy for my money but I was not prepared. Not as prepared as I could have It was, and unfortunately, I did not give him a run.
It was a long trip to Ollie Schniederjans. Raising every trophy would make sense, given its judgments and tribulations. But Dechambeau’s beating must have an additional meaning for Schniderjans and give him a belief that he can continue to climb and fight the best in the world.
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