Xander Schauffele

Xander Schauffele
Schauffele in January 2018
Personal information
Full name Alexander Victor Schauffele
Born (1993-10-25) October 25, 1993
San Diego, California
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st)
Nationality  United States
Residence San Diego, California
Career
College Long Beach State University
San Diego State University
Turned professional 2015
Current tour(s) PGA Tour
European Tour
Former tour(s) Web.com Tour
Professional wins 3
Number of wins by tour
PGA Tour 2
Other 1
Best results in major championships
Masters Tournament T50: 2018
U.S. Open T5: 2017
The Open Championship T2: 2018
PGA Championship T35: 2018
Achievements and awards
PGA Tour
Rookie of the Year		 2017

Alexander Victor Schauffele, commonly known as Xander Schauffele (/ˈzændər ˈʃɔːfəli/ ZAN-dər SHAW-fəl-ee; born October 25, 1993), is an American professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour.

Early life

Schauffele was born in San Diego, California to a German/French naturalized immigrant father and a Taiwanese/Japanese naturalized immigrant mother. Schauffele's father has been his only swing coach throughout his golf career.[1] The Schauffele teaching philosophy relies heavily on basic ball flight laws and golf club mechanics – as a result Schauffele had not seen his own swing until about age 18.[2]

Two of Schauffele's great-grandfathers played soccer at the European premier level. Johann Hoffmann played for his Austria national soccer team and won multiple Austrian (SK Rapid Wien), Bohemian (DSV Saaz), and French (FC Sochaux; Racing Straßburg) national titles. Besides playing soccer for the German Bundesliga club VFB Stuttgart, Richard Schauffele excelled in track and field, garnering over 40 titles in discus, javelin and shot put for 2 clubs, the Stuttgarter Kickers and the Cannstatter Ruder-Club.

Amateur career

Schauffele was the individual winner of the 2011 California State High school Championship (California Interscholastic Federation, CIF), playing for Scripps Ranch High School.[3] After graduating from high school, Schauffele played his freshman year in college for Long Beach State University, where he garnered the 2012 Big West Conference Freshman of the Year as well as the 2012 First Team All-Big West awards.[4]

For his sophomore year, Schauffele transferred to San Diego State University, where eventually he would play out his college career. During his three years at SDSU, Schauffele was a Ping and Golfweek Third Team All-American. Scholastically, he was twice awarded the Mountain West Conference All-Academic Team Award. At SDSU, he holds the records for all-time lowest tournament score against par (−17); all-time career scoring average (71.50); as well as the seasonal records for par-5 performance (4.5135); birdies (171) and eagles (9).[5]

Schauffele defeated Beau Hossler to win the 2014 California State Amateur Championship at La Costa Resort and Spa. Later that summer, the two long time rivals met again in a final at Chicago's Beverly Country Club for the 2014 Western Amateur where Schauffele lost to Hossler in the final match in dramatic fashion.[6]

Schauffele accumulated a collegiate record that features 3 wins, 4 runners-up, 19 top-fives and 27 top-tens in a total of 50 tournaments. He was ranked in the top 10 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking at the time he turned professional in 2015.[4][5][7]

Professional career

After turning professional in June 2015, Schauffele entered the 2015 Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament in fall. He was runner up in first stage at Southern Dunes GC in Maricopa, Arizona. He went on to win second stage at Oak Valley GC in Beaumont, California and ultimately earned his Web.com Tour card in the finals in Florida in a tie for 40th.[8]

2016 Web.com Tour

In 2016, Schauffele played a full season (23 events) on the Web.com Tour. He finished 26th on the regular-season money list, missing a PGA Tour card for 2017 by less than $1000.00, but went on to earn a card through the Web.com Tour Finals by finishing 15th on the Finals money list (excluding the 25 regular-season graduates).[9]

2016–17 PGA Tour: two wins, Rookie of the Year

In his first round at the 2017 U.S. Open held at Erin Hills, Schauffele recorded a bogey free 6-under-par 66. This marked the first time in U.S. Open history for a player to shoot a bogey-free round of 66 or better in his national championship debut.[10] Furthermore, Schauffele is one of only 15 players to ever reach 10 under par at a U.S. Open.[11] After his opening 66, he shot rounds of 73-70-69 to finish in a tie for fifth place, earning him an exemption into the 2018 U.S. Open.

Only three weeks later, on July 9, 2017, Schauffele recorded his first PGA Tour victory at the Greenbrier Classic. He started the final round three shots behind leader Sebastián Muñoz, who had led since the first round. Schauffele shot a 3-under-par 67, which included two birdies in his final three holes, to win by one stroke over Robert Streb. With the win, he earned exemptions into the Open Championship, via the Open Qualifying Series, the PGA Championship and the 2018 Masters Tournament.

Schauffele began the 2017 FedEx Cup Playoffs 33rd in the standings. Entering the third and penultimate leg of the playoffs, the 2017 BMW Championship, he was 32nd, needing to move up at least two spots to advance to the 2017 Tour Championship. Schauffele played the final six holes of the tournament in 6-under-par with a birdie-birdie-eagle-birdie-par-birdie finish and rose to 26th.[12]

At the 2017 Tour Championship, Schauffele birdied the 72nd hole to win by one stroke over Justin Thomas, becoming the first rookie ever to win the Tour Championship. Schauffele's win also marked the first time a rookie has won any FedEx Cup playoff event.[13] The win moved Schauffele to third place in the final FedEx Cup standings, bettering the previous best mark by a rookie held by Jordan Spieth by four positions. The win moved Schauffele to 32nd in the Official World Golf Ranking, up 267 spots from his 2016 year-end finish of No. 299, and gave him a three-year PGA Tour exemption through the 2019–20 season. Schauffele was voted "Rookie of the Year 2017" by his peers on October 2, 2017. He is the fourth member of the high school class of 2011 to earn PGA Tour Rookie of the Year honors, joining Jordan Spieth (2013), Daniel Berger (2015) and Emiliano Grillo (2016).[14] Schauffele tied for second with a score of six-under-par at the 2018 Open Championship.[15]

2017–18 PGA Tour

At the beginning of 2018, Schauffele switched equipment manufacturers, from then on playing for team Callaway. It is worth mentioning that although Schauffele's rookie season on the PGA Tour was the 2016–17 season, by the time the 2017–18 season concluded, of the 27 events played, Schauffele was familiar with only 10 of the season's venues.

Schauffele began the 2018 FedEx Cup Playoffs in 28th position in the standings. Entering the third of four events int the playoff series, the 2018 BMW Championship, he was 41st, needing to move up at least eleven spots to advance to the Tour Championship. Schauffele finished in a tie for third to rise to 18th position. That allowed him the opportunity to attempt defending his 2017 Tour Championship title.[16]

Amateur wins (5)

Source:[17]

Professional wins (3)

PGA Tour wins (2)

Legend
FedEx Cup playoff event (1)
Other PGA Tour (1)
No.DateTournamentWinning scoreTo parMargin of
victory		Runner-up
1 Jul 9, 2017 Greenbrier Classic 64-69-66-67=266 −14 1 stroke United States Robert Streb
2 Sep 24, 2017 Tour Championship 69-66-65-68=268 −12 1 stroke United States Justin Thomas

Other wins (1)

Results in major championships

Tournament 20172018
Masters Tournament T50
U.S. Open T5 T6
The Open Championship T20 T2
PGA Championship CUT T35
  Top 10
  Did not play

CUT = missed the half-way cut
"T" = tied

Summary

TournamentWins2nd3rdTop-5Top-10Top-25EventsCuts made
Masters Tournament00000011
U.S. Open00012222
The Open Championship01011222
PGA Championship00000021
Totals01023476
  • Most consecutive cuts made – 4 (2018 Masters – 2018 PGA, current)
  • Longest streak of top-10s – 2 (2018 U.S. Open – 2018 Open)

Results in World Golf Championships

Tournament20172018
Mexico Championship T18
Match Play T17
Bridgestone Invitational T17 68
HSBC Champions T46
  Did not play

"T" = Tied

PGA Tour career summary

SeasonStartsCuts
made		Wins2nd3rdTop-10Top-25Best
finish		Earnings
($)		Money
list rank		FedEx
Cup rank		Scoring
avg (adj)		Scoring
rank
20162000000CUT-----
2017282020041114,312,67412[19]3[20]70.1627[21]
2018272202271224,047,53818[22]15[23]70.4955[24]
Career*5742222112318,360,212218[25]

* As of October 10, 2018

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Xander Schauffele appears to be catching fire at the right time". PGA Tour. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  2. ↑ "Seizing on dream taken away from dad, Xander Schauffele turns heads in 1st major". Golfweek. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
  3. ↑ "CIF past winners". Southern California Golf Association.
  4. 1 2 "Xander Schauffele profile". Long Beach State Athletics. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  5. 1 2 "SDSU Aztecs Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  6. ↑ "Beau Hossler Defeats Xander Schauffele for Western Amateur Title". Golf Channel. August 2, 2014. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Xander Schauffele profile". San Diego State Aztecs. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Swensson takes medalist honors at Q-school". PGA Tour. December 13, 2015.
  9. ↑ Becoats, Kellen (September 24, 2016). "Web.com Tour: Lindheim on a roll after late arrival to pro golf". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  10. ↑ Berhow, Josh (June 16, 2017). "5 things to know about Xander Schauffele, the Tour rookie contending at the U.S. Open". Golf.com. Retrieved June 20, 2017.
  11. ↑ Daly, Dan (June 19, 2017). "U.S. Open Recap". VegasInsider.com. Retrieved June 21, 2017.
  12. ↑ Gray, Will (September 17, 2017). "Finau, Cantlay, Schauffele crash Tour Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  13. ↑ Everill, Ben (September 24, 2017). "Schauffele charges to claim Tour Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 24, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Xander Schauffele voted 2017 Rookie of the Year". PGA Tour. October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 3, 2017.
  15. ↑ Murray, Scott (22 July 2018). "The Open 2018: Francesco Molinari wins title on day of drama – as it happened". The Guardian.
  16. ↑ Menta, Nick (September 10, 2018). "Bradley, Schauffele play way in to Tour Championship". Golf Channel. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
  17. ↑ "Xander Schauffele". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved June 27, 2018.
  18. ↑ "Schauffele wins NorCal Open". Calgolfnews.com. September 17, 2015. Retrieved October 8, 2016.
  19. ↑ "2017 Money Leaders". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 25, 2017.
  20. ↑ "2017 Final FedEx Cup Playoffs Points". PGA Tour. Retrieved November 21, 2017.
  21. ↑ "2017 Scoring Average". PGA Tour. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
  22. ↑ "2018 Official Money". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  23. ↑ "2018 FedEx Cup Standings". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  24. ↑ "2018 Scoring Average". PGA Tour. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
  25. ↑ "Career Money Leaders". PGA Tour. Retrieved October 10, 2018.
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