On Sunday at the Valsspar championship, Schauffle showed ignition of his old self.
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No pictures in Xander SchaufFele’s result card but has images on his head. And lately, what he has been seen has not been beautiful.
“Gross” was the Schauffle descriptor hit in his game after last week Championshipwhere He ended up 72nd in vanguard 13the last dead among the players who made the cut.
Sunday at Valsspar championshipVisual footage was not yet perfect for the number 3 player in the world, but they improved, and thus seemed, Schauffle’s view after he posted a 5-nine 66 in the innisbrook copper course, in the last round powered by four direct birds.
“My brain feels like it will explode after a few bad golf days,” Schauffle said. “But it was a nice kind to end this stretch with a 5-nine.”
Everything is relative, of course. And the bad days for Schauffle would be counted as good enough for many of his peers. Since returning from a rib injury to Arnold Palmer Invitational, his first start of the 2025 season, Schauffle has removed his way on weekends in three direct events in three of the most difficult places in PGA Tour – a required stretch for a player who believes in demanding a lot.
As he did last week at the TPC Sawgrass, Schauffle placed himself through long round round sessions in the Vlachspar, looking for responses to a two -sided miss.
“Sometimes you just want to go out and make some free shakes in the range, whether you catch it or blow it a hundred feet right, just to get them out of your system,” he said on Sunday. “So last night was a little of a disappointment session – what will I go today.”
Pounding extra balls has been part of Schauffle’s attempt to regain the 2024 magic magic when he poured the ‘best player’s cloak to never win a major’ claiming the PGA championship in Valhalla. He then supported the achievement by winning the open championship in Royal. These Progress victories came under the tut of Chris Como, who helped to refine Schauffe’s swing with his father, Stefan. Although Como was not in Valspar this week, Schauffle said his coach offered phone knowledge based on videos shared by Schauffle’s Caddy, Austin Kaiser.
“Austin is good enough on his phone, he can send him shaky videos and things of that nature,” Schauffle said. “But if (Como) is not here, it’s hard to know what I’m feeling, so here’s the conversation.”
However, for the last round of Sunday, Schauffle said he focused more on a mentality than mechanics.
“I just felt like I have to go back to me just playing, whether it’s a kind of gross golf or filthy golf, just get the ball into the hole,” he said. “Innisbrook is a tough property to be on and no matter how beautiful you swing it. You just had to bet the ball in the hole no matter what it looks like.”
