Schauffele has perfect response to wayward shot at | Golf News

Xander Schauffele shrugged off a wayward shot on the seventh gap during the Truist Championship before recovering to make birdie.

Schauffele is pursuing the first-place prize of $3.6 million at the PGA Tour’s signature event. Notably, Brooks Koepka will not be competing as he sharpens his recreation at the Myrtle Beach Classic forward of next week’s PGA Championship.

However, the constructive perspective boosted his momentum as the Ryder Cup star made a birdie on the opening and almost holed out from the tough, leaving himself just a few ft to putt for birdie and draining his fourth shot.

He has six appearances at the Truist, including 5 top-20 finishes, with consecutive runner-up finishes in 2023 and 2024. “I would say trying to stay on top of ball striking,” said Schauffele forward of the event.

“I don’t think I’ve putted very well and the short game’s been a little hit or miss depending upon which week it is. So like I said earlier, just sort of trying to find a way to get everything to kind of click at the same time. I think if I think of the stretches we got majors and then big Signature Events sort of scattered all sort of stacked, I should say.

“They’re all very demanding properties, and they all demand just about every half of your recreation to be good if you need to win. So it truly is, I believe if you look at most guys on the market, they’re just attempting to work on every thing, every thing and something they will to get as snug and assured as doable.”

Following the third round, Alex Fitzpatrick holds the top position on the leaderboard after securing two-year PGA Tour status alongside his brother Matt Fitzpatrick at the Zurich Classic. Fitzpatrick leads Kristoffer Reitan by one stroke and world No. 3 Cameron Young by two.

“For me at the second I believe it is just attempting to keep the same strategy each week,” Young remarked before the tournament.

“I believe that was one of my issues taking three weeks off after The Players. I performed rather well at Riviera, performed rather well at Bay Hill, performed great at The Players. Then taking three weeks off, that’s variety of one of the stuff you assume about is does it go away in these three weeks. I believe that was a actually good instance of just how nicely you possibly can keep that even with a break.

“I feel like I just picked up where I left off after The Players in terms of mindset and physically I had had time to practice at home. I think it’s a good thing to learn for me that, you know, I can take a couple weeks off and just come back and keep beating the same process. That worked out great and I feel like — it is easier when you’re just playing week-to-week. But it’s a nice thing to look back on for me that I was able to take those breaks and still come back and play some good golf.”