Brandel Chamblee and Paul McGinley analyze Xander Schauffele’s Round 3 performance at The Players Championship, explaining why he has “a lot to prove” heading into Round 4. #GolfChannel #LiveFromThePlayers #XanderSchauffele
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second 65 for this week sander shley had
one in your first round you had one
today you excelled at what in your
opinion uh just kind of made it work um
sounds weird but I was just reminded by
Kevin there on radio that I only hadit
two Fairways on the back n so um feels
just like another day it was moving day
so it’s nice to move up the leaderboard
but um going to go to the range and and
try and try and iron it out a little bit
all right let me let me throw some
positives your way you made 138 ft of
putts and you got up and down every
opportunity 6 for six how important was
on the greens and around the greens for
you today yeah I mean when you’re trying
to trying to compete out here you have
you have to have some things go your way
like that 58f footer and you got to
clean up the small things I think that
par on 18 was big for me just to
maintain a one shot lead what do you do
tomorrow from a focused perspective with
the lead you know it’s uh it’s been a
while since I had a lead out here I’ve
been in a few final groups but was
chasing at that point so I’m just going
to try enjoy myself um remind myself
that I’m that I’m good enough to win how
much do you want this yeah a lot it mean
it’ mean a lot to me appreciate your
time s thanks
thanks brandle looked like sevy out
there today you just you just you just
stole the words right you what you’re in
my head it look like tiger all right
somebody who scrambled just like that
I’ve seen Xander shafley we all have do
some amazing things as I talked about
last night I think he’s on a Hall of
Fame trajectory but perhaps he’s going
to kick it into another gear because I
don’t know that I’ve ever seen him as
magical as we saw him today or this week
but let’s just go back and take a look
at how wonderful he was with the wedges
at the first hole he’s not scrambling
here right right down the middle but my
goodness what a sharp wedge shot to
start the day with this is from 142
yards and typically if someone’s got
some nerves it’s going to show up and
perhaps uh not having the right weight
on their shots or they’re not not weight
on their putts but how about this
difficult spot at the second short-sided
that’s a no no right you’re not going to
take advantage of the scoring
opportunity from there or are you you
got those kind of hands and that kind of
touch and that kind of technique you can
turn what looked like a five into a four
and here he is at the fourth again with
the ball below his feet that whole
location over on the right taking
something off of it here I mean this is
next level stuff taking some spin off of
it letting it Skip and then taking that
slope right not going to land it at the
hole take advantage of that back slope I
mean that wouldn’t have landed a yard or
two away from exactly where he was
aiming so through the first four holes
he was a couple under par but as the
round wore on well he had to lean on is
scrambling a little bit beautiful shot
here at the eight again shortsighted you
could hear it thp that’s what you’re
looking for that’s what he got beautiful
save right there fast forward to the
ninth he was in a bit of a pickle cuz he
absolutely slaughtered his three-wood
300 yards he had in there this thing was
Trucking when it hit the green off the
back of the green anybody who’s played
here has been there and they can fully
appreciate how difficult that shot is
below the below that green by about 5 6
ft got to elevate it but you got to have
the right right spin on it this one was
cake but my gosh was it beautiful little
hook lie Little Hook chip it was right
down the throat and it just pulled the
brakes about a foot away so tap in
birdie got to love that 13th hole again
wide to the right looking like he might
give one out just a little bit
ham-handed here he’s got 6 8 10 ft who
knows maybe he gives one back maybe he
loses by tomorrow he’s going to make him
earn it because he’s got more power this
year he’s swinging up around 122 milph
never swung that fast before on the PGA
tour and then he hit it in the right
rough hit it to the right of the green
and I said if this consistency continues
he’ll chip this up there a foot but that
was not the easiest pitch off the side
of the bank out of the thick run back
hole location late Saturday Green’s
getting firm and fast that was nothing
short of Exquisite this guy’s missed 14
Greens in three rounds he’s saved par 13
times that is seves that is Tiger esque
that’s Paul McGinley at a rder cup
those days are gone I’m afraid yeah we
can still
reminisce you know uh similar I mean I’m
very impressed with him today I mean he
only hit 12 Greens in regulation today
so youd say well he didn’t play great
but I loved his battling qualities you
know we we we had got that question
about him this week and we probably will
do tomorrow now that he’s the haunted
and not the hunter that’s a big
significant psychological change how is
he going to deal with that but you know
this is a guy who’s had a good start to
the season he’s had a a bit of a change
of a coach in terms of Chris KO coming
alongside is his father Stefan who’s
been very much the guidance H in his
career and um everything has been pretty
good this year brandle you know he’s
played very well he’s had four top 10
you know he’s he’s trended nicely he’s
had a good season but the one
outstanding stat that has not been up to
par has been the Ping 128th I think he’s
ranked in the tour this year different
story this week where he’s ranked third
in ping this week and that’s the
difference um I still think had a lot of
questions tomorrow I’m looking forward
to the battle tomorrow he’s got a lot to
prove to himself as much as anybody else
he keeps talking about belief in
interviews um and you know we got Windam
Clark who wasn’t on his game as well
today so I mean we those two and then
you got a number of guys now who have
all shuffled up a lot closer than they
were this time last night so we are
prime for a great day tomorrow I’m
looking forward to the different
narratives as they all
unfold