“He makes golf really boring” - Xander Schauffele gives his hot take on ‘monster’ Scottie Scheffler’s game
Xander Schauffele is one of the top-ten golfers of the 70-member field playing at the FedEx St. Jude Championship in Memphis, Tennessee. He currently sits at T5 on the leaderboard along with Scottie Scheffler, who lauded Schauffele's game after the first round on Thursday, August 15.o
At a press conference, Schauffele was asked what he liked about Scheffler's game. Calling the World No. 1 a "monster," Schauffele said he barely misses a shot and that every golfer wants to be like him.
“Just now playing with him a little bit more, played a lot of rounds with him at the Olympics, he really doesn't miss a shot often. His golf ball is either, like, perfect or it's like a three- or four-yard pull or three- or four-yard push. If he's got good sight lines with Teddy, it seems like he's always in the fairway and always in the hole,” Xander Schauffele said (via ASAP Sports).
“He makes golf really boring, which is what all of us really want to do because tee to green he's a monster, and now he's making putts, so it's great for everyone else…something to strive for. When all of us are playing really well, we make it look pretty easy and boring, as well, and that's what we shoot for. He just does it more often," he added.
Xander Schauffele shot three birdies from holes one to three and dropped another on par-5 hole 16. His total stands at 66.
Besides Xander Schauffele, where do other golfers stand after the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship?
Xander Schauffele is in fifth place on the golf leaderboard at the 2024 FedEx St. Jude Championship, while Chris Kirk sits at the top. Matthieu Pavon is in second place along with Taylor Pendrith and Hideki Matsuyama, and they share a score of 5-under. Rory McIlroy is in 18th place with Wyndham Clark, who scored 2-under. Here's the list of standings after round one of the FedEx St. Jude Championship:
- 1 Chris Kirk -6
- T2 Taylor Pendrith -5
- T2 Matthieu Pavon -5
- T2 Hideki Matsuyama -5
- T5 Justin Rose -4
- T5 Ben Griffin -4
- T5 Tommy Fleetwood -4
- T5 Brendon Todd -4
- T5 Denny McCarthy -4
- T5 Scottie Scheffler -4
- T5 Xander Schauffele -4
- T12 Justin Thomas -3
- T12 Peter Malnati -3
- T12 Séamus Power -3
- T12 Nick Dunlap -3
- T12 Sam Burns -3
- T12 Robert MacIntyre -3
- T18 Cameron Young -2
- T18 Billy Horschel -2
- T18 Wyndham Clark -2
- T18 Rory McIlroy -2
- T18 Collin Morikawa -2
- T18 Erik van Rooyen -2
- T18 Nick Taylor -2
- T18 Harris English -2
- T18 Russell Henley -2
- T18 Jordan Spieth -2
- T28 Will Zalatoris -1
- T28 Austin Eckroat -1
- T28 Brian Harman -1
- T28 Akshay Bhatia -1
- T28 Sungjae Im -1
- T28 Jhonattan Vegas -1
- T28 Patrick Rodgers -1
- T28 Keegan Bradley -1
- T28 Max Homa -1
- T28 J.T. Poston -1
- T28 Corey Conners -1
- T28 Aaron Rai -1
- T28 Tony Finau -1
- T28 Byeong Hun An -1
- T28 Victor Perez -1
- T43 Jake Knapp E
- T43 Mackenzie Hughes E
- T43 Cam Davis E
- T43 Si Woo Kim E
- T43 Stephan Jaeger E
- T43 Shane Lowry E
- T43 Min Woo Lee E
- T43 Viktor Hovland E
- T43 Adam Scott E
- T43 Matt Fitzpatrick E
- T43 Tom Hoge E
- T43 Christiaan Bezuidenhout E
- T43 Sahith Theegala E
- T43 Maverick McNealy E
- T43 Emiliano Grillo E