Xander Schauffele speaks after Round 2 of the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines, where his made-cut streak comes to an end. Schauffele doesn’t sugarcoat it — he points to last-minute driver/shaft tweaks that affected his entire bag, admits he barely hit fairways, and delivers the line of the day: “you deserve to miss the cut.”
In this FULL Q&A, Schauffele covers:
The moment he realized it was over (“Is that it?” with no boards on the North Course)
What went wrong: driver + shaft changes and swinging to fit the club
A brutal breakdown of missed chances: bogeying a drivable par 4, not scoring on par 5s
The “quirky” lie on the drivable hole (kikuyu trouble)
Why he actually doesn’t mind missing it here: “best place to miss it” because he’s home with family
What’s next: relax, regroup, then get back to work
