{"id":232621,"date":"2025-07-02T18:07:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:07:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/232621\/"},"modified":"2025-07-02T18:07:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T18:07:10","slug":"the-three-words-xander-schauffeles-dad-said-to-him-after-he-won-the-open-championship-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/232621\/","title":{"rendered":"The three words Xander Schauffele’s Dad said to him after he won The Open Championship last year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

While Xander Schauffele was already a major champion by the time he walked down the 18th hole at Royal Troon last year, it was arguably his win at The Open Championship which confirmed his spot as a superstar of the current game. <\/strong><\/p>\n

It is remarkable to think that it was less than 18 months ago that Xander Schauffele<\/a> was having to field questions about his ability to get across the line in the biggest events in the game. <\/p>\n

He went into the 2024 season with 11 top 10s in the majors under his belt. His worst result in 2023 was a tied 18th finish at the PGA Championship<\/a>. <\/p>\n

But clearly, getting that first major win was proving to be a significant hurdle for the American. <\/p>\n

What Xander Schauffele\u2019s Dad said to him after his Open Championship win<\/p>\n

That changed at Valhalla last year, with Schauffele holding off Bryson DeChambeau<\/a> to win by one. And he backed that up by going on and triumphing at The Open Championship<\/a> at Royal Troon. <\/p>\n

Schauffele went into the final round in a six-way tie for second. Certainly, had overnight leader Billy Horschel<\/a> been told that he would shoot 68 on Sunday, he would have been forgiven for assuming that he was about to secure his first major win. <\/p>\n

But Schauffele\u2019s 65 was at least two shots better than everyone else in the field. Suddenly, the 31-year-old had a claim to be considered the player of the year, despite Scottie Scheffler<\/a>\u2018s heroics in 2024. <\/p>\n

\"XanderPhoto by Keyur Khamar\/PGA TOUR via Getty Images<\/p>\n

However, the message from Schauffele\u2019s camp immediately after his victory was to not get carried away. Speaking to Golf Digest<\/a>, the world number three explained what his father, Stefan said as soon as he got the trophy in his hands. <\/p>\n

\u201cLast year\u00a0at Royal Troon, after the speeches were done and the crowds were gone, my dad and I finally had a moment to reflect and enjoy it all. I remember, he was scanning the names on the Claret Jug, then looked up at me and said, \u2018You still suck\u2019,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n

\u201cWe had a good laugh over that one. Maybe you have to understand my dad to get his little jokes, but those words actually packed a lot of meaning. He was reminding me that, despite the success of the day, there\u2019s always more to do, more you can achieve, a higher bar. That\u2019s how we look at it.\u201d<\/p>\n

How Xander Schauffele has performed in the majors and on the PGA Tour in 2025<\/p>\n

Certainly, this year has been much more frustrating for Schauffele. He missed much of the early part of the season due to a rib injury, and he is yet to win since his return. <\/p>\n

He did finish in the top 10 at The Masters, while he continued his run of having never finished outside the top 14 at the US Open at Oakmont. <\/p>\n

However, he currently finds himself 56th in the FedEx Cup standings. You would imagine that there is little chance of him missing the playoffs, but he is certainly facing a fight to make it to the Tour Championship. <\/p>\n

That will certainly give him the hunger to respond in 2026 and add to his two major titles. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While Xander Schauffele was already a major champion by the time he walked down the 18th hole at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":232622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4106],"tags":[2826,79,83701,16,15,43967],"class_list":{"0":"post-232621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-golf","8":"tag-golf","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-the-open-championship","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom","13":"tag-xander-schauffele"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114784976585228892","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=232621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/232621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/232622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=232621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=232621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=232621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}