Schauffele has perfect response to wayward shot at | Sports News

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

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

However, the constructive angle boosted his momentum because the Ryder Cup star made a birdie on the outlet and practically holed out from the tough, leaving himself simply a few ft to putt for birdie and draining his fourth shot.

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

“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 so they all demand just about each half of your recreation to be good in order for you to win. So it truly is, I believe in the event you look at most guys on the market, they’re simply making an attempt 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 simply making an attempt to keep the identical method every week,” Young remarked before the tournament.

“I believe that was one of my considerations taking three weeks off after The Players. I performed very well at Riviera, performed very well at Bay Hill, performed great at The Players. Then taking three weeks off, that is type of one of the issues you concentrate on is does it go away in these three weeks. I believe that was a actually good instance of simply how effectively 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.”