Xander Schauffele has nowhere to hide with brutally honest verdict on TGL gaffe
Xander Schauffele has nowhere to hide with brutally honest verdict on TGL gaffe
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Golf star Xander Schauffele didn't blame the crowd for jeering him following a fluffed chip shot at the first-ever TGL event. Schauffele, 31, was in action for New York Golf Club in a face-off with The Bay in the TGL, an innovative contest dreamt up by golfing greats Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy.
The premiere showdown took place inside SoFi Center in Palm Beach, Florida, on Tuesday. Yet, Team New York, featuring Schauffele alongside Rickie Fowler and Matt Fitzpatrick, found themselves on the wrong end of a humiliating 9-2 thrashing by Shane Lowry, Wyndham Clark, and Ludvig Aberg.
Schauffele's day turned sour on the 12th when he opted for a pitching wedge from the green and sent his ball flying off the back. The double major champ and Tokyo 2020 Olympic gold medallist faced a chorus of boos on what turned out to be a vexing day, but he acknowledged that he'd have joined in the booing himself. "I probably would have booed me too," Schauffele quipped later on.
This blunder follows Schauffele's recent decision to tweak his swing under the guidance of famed coach Chris Como. Schauffele has conceded that while the adjustments still feel like his own swing, they're somewhat alien to him. "Everything I was working on with Chris still feels like my swing, but it's still something that's a little bit uncomfortable," he remarked.
"As long as I'm producing good shots I feel the confidence to keep moving in the right direction, and obviously I got a lot of confidence after some results last year. There are certain times when you're trying to push your swing to a certain place or you stack two or three good weeks in a row and you feel really good.".
