The best thing Xander Schauffele has going for him in the worst season of his career is a good attitude.
“I probably downplayed it in my own mind — ‘Yeah, you’ll be fine, you’ve been playing great golf, you just came off the best year of your career’ — and I’ve backed it up currently with the worst year of my career.
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NORTHBERWICK,Scotland(AP)—ThebestthingXanderSchauffelehasgoingforhimintheworstseasonofhiscareerisagoodattitude.ThatmuchwasevidentTuesdaywhenhewalkedintothemediacenterattheScottishOpenandsawhispicture.
Itwasonawallbeneathasignthatsaid,“TOILETS.”
“Thatwasheartwarming,”Schauffelesaidwithagrinthatneverseemstoofaraway.“SummeduphowIfeelaboutwhat’sgoingonrightnow.IactuallychuckledwhenIsawthatone.”
HeistheonlyAmericantowintheScottishOpenoverthelast10years.HedefendshistitlenextweekintheBritishOpen,avictorythatmadehimadoublemajorwinnerin2024,whichallowedhimtotakehisplaceamongtheeliteingolf.
Thatcanfeellikemuchlongerthanayearago.
Schauffelehadreasontohavebigexpectationsthisyear.Whathedidn’tseeco
