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CHAMPIONSHIP WITH XANDER SCHAUFFELE IN THE STOP SPOT AND HE WILL HOST THE CHAMPIONS DINNER TONIGHT. HE IS HOPING TO FIND MOMENTUM AS HE RETURNS. XANDER SCHAUFFELE IS IN THE MEDIA CENTER. LET’S HEAR FROM HIM. >> XANDER, LOOKING AT THE MAJOR PARTS FROM THE GAME, DRIVING AND PUTTING AROUND THE GAME. IF YOU WERE TO TRADE ONE OF THOSE FOR A PLAYER CURRENTLY, WHICH WOULD YOU TRADE AND INHERIT THEIR SKILL? >> THAT’S A WEIRD QUESTION CONSIDERING THAT WE ARE GETTING READY FOR A MAJOR AND BE THE BEST OF ALL THINGS AND IT I AM NITPICKING MYSELF, I WOULD PROBABLY GIVE UP MY SHORT GAME FOR SOMEONE ELSE ELSE — FOR SOMEONE ELSE’S. THERE IS A GROUP OF GUYS THAT ARE ELITE CHIPPERS. THERE ARE PROBABLY FIVE OR SIX GUYS I CAN THINK OF THAT DO IT REALLY WELL AND THAT WOULD TAKE STRESS OFF MY PUTTER AND HONESTLY, I LIKE THE CHALLENGE OF GETTING BETTER AT THAT, TOO. >> THANK YOU. >> RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION. I’LL JUMP IN XANDER. THIS IS A PLACE YOU ARE VERY FAMILIAR WITH. WHAT ARE YOU IMPRESSED WITH IN THE TIME YOU HAVE BEEN HERE? >> YES. THE DELAYS AND RAIN AND THINGS OF THIS MAITCH, THEY CAN FOOL YOU WITH THE PROPERTY BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN THE MOWERS OUT ON THE FAIRWAYS, AND THE GREEN ARE EXPRESSIVELY FIRM WITH THE RAIN THE LAST THREE OR FOUR DAYS. I IMAGINE THIS IS THE LAST BATCH OF RAIN COMING TRUE THROUGH IN THE NEXT 24 HOURS AND TOMORROW AFTERNOON, WHO KNOWS? IT COULD BE A FOOT AND A HALF FASTER AND IF WE GET THE SUN AND WIND OUT, IT CAN DRIVE PRETTY QUICK AT QUAIL HOLLOW WE ARE ALL USED TO SEEING. >> GO AHEAD, GARRETT. >> XANDER, THANK YOU FOR DOING THIS, MAN. ONE THING, AUSTIN, YOUR DADDY MENTIONED TO ME, IS YOUR SHOULDERS NEVER SLUMPED WHEN YOU GOT UP TO THE SHOT THERE ON THE BALL AT YOUR FEET. REMEMBER ON THE HOLE LAST YEAR AT VALHALLA. YOU STAYED IN THE MOMENT. WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE THAT TO AND WHAT WAS YOUR TAKEAWAY FROM THE FINISHING HOLE? >> I THINK WHEN YOU ARE IN A POSITION WHEN YOU FORGET, YOU DON’T REALLY HANG YOUR HAT ON ANYTHING THAT CAN BRING YOU DOWN. I THINK WHEN LIKE COMING BACK FROM INJURY EARLIER THIS YEAR, I AM NITPICKING MYSELF AROUND EVERY CORNER VERSUS WHEN I AM IN MID-SEASON FORM. I AM HITTING SIMILAR QUALITY SHOTS OR BAD SHOTS OR GOOD SHOTS ACROSS THE BOARD. THE DIFFERENCE REALLY IS WHEN YOU’RE IN THE MOMENT, I THINK YOU DON’T NITPICK. YOU ARE ON A MISSION TO DO ONE THING AND THAT IS TO WIN WITH A WHATEVER IT TAKES MENTALITY AND YOU DON’T NITPICK THE LITTLE THINGS LIKE YOU MISSED THE LINE BY A BIT. AND IT’S BEEN A PROCESS TO GET BACK TO THE POINT WHERE I AM OKAY HITTING BAD SHOTS AND MAKING THE BEST IT AND ALLOWING MYSELF TO GET A GOOD NINE-HOLE STRETCH IN AND GO LOW AND THINKING BACK TO THE 72nd HOLE THERE, I WAS IN A GOOD STATE OF MIND, AND THAT’S ALL IT WAS. I WASN’T GOING TO BE RATTLED. >> AND THE LAST ONE FROM ME, JUST HAVING LIKE THE CADDIES THERE WAITING FOR YOU, JOE GREINER, DAVE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE HAPPY AND CELEBRATING FOR YOU. WHAT DID THAT MEAN TO YOU? >> A FEW FRIENDS FLEW FROM NEW YORK AND MY FRIENDS AND MY NEW SWING COACH AND MY UNCLE AND MY WIFE WAS THERE, AND IT WAS COOL TO SEE EVERYONE HUDDLED UP, AND IT WAS NICE TO SHARE THE EMOTION WITH EVERYONE CLOSE TO ME. >> GREAT STUFF. THANKS, MAN. >> THANK YOU, GARRETT AND BACK TO SHANE RYAN. SHANE? >> XANDER, THE STORY WE WERE HEARING ABOUT QUAIL, FANS DON’T LOVE IT BECAUSE IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE BUT PLAYERS LIKE IT BECAUSE IT’S PRETTY SIMPLE. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? AND STATISTICALLY, IT PUTS A HUGE PREMIUM ON DRIVING, AND IT CAN BE SO IMPORTANT IT TAKES OVER EVERYTHING. WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT QUAIL? >> I THINK WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATISTICS, THERE IS AN EMPHASIS OR A CERTAIN WEIGHT THAT DRIVING CARRIES IF YOU ARE ABLE TO HIT IT IN THE DISTANCE, BUT SHOOT, IF YOU MISS THE GREENS, YOU WILL HAVE A TOUGH GO AROUND. I THINK IT’S A REALLY TOUGH GOLF COURSE. I THINK EVERYONE KNOWS WHAT THEY NEED TO DO. THERE ARE NO TRICKS TO PRAY THE GOLF COURSE. A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL HIT TO THE SAME SPOT AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WILL MISS IT TO THE SAME SPOT AS WELL. WHO CAN GET UP AND DOWN IN A BAD POSITION AND WHO CAN CAPITALIZE IN A GOOD POSITION? IF YOU HIT IT FAR, BUT FOR THE MOST PART I THINK IT’S A PRETTY FAIR PROPERTY. >> THANKS. >> GO AHEAD. JUAN, YOU THERE? >> OH, SORRY. I’M HERE, SORRY. THE CONVERSATION BEFORE THE PG ALLOW MANY TIMES YOU HAVE TO BE CLOSE TO GET THERE, AND I THINK THAT’S THE WINNING PRIZE, NO, AND DOES THAT COUNT FOR YOU? DO YOU FEEL IN A DIFFERENT POSITION? WHAT DOES IT BRING TO YOUR NAME? >> I MEAN, I DON’T GET TO ASK THAT QUESTION ANYMORE FOR STARTERS. IT WAS GOING TO BE THAT CONVERSATION UNTIL IF I DIDN’T WIN ONE, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN THAT CONVERSATION THAT WOULD HAVE HAUNTED ME UNTIL I WAS DONE PLAYING, POSSIBLY, AND LUCKY THAT I WAS ABLE TO RATTLE THAT ONE OFF AT VALHALLA. AND IT FEELS SIMILARTIME. HE HAS A GREAT SENSE OF HUMOR AND IT WILL BE AN EMOTIONAL NIGHT FOR HIM, AND IT’S IS FIRST CHAMPIONSHIP AND HE WILL ADDRESS THE ROOM AND HE IS NOT HAVING THE BEST START TO 2025 COMPARED TO 2024, BUT FOR CONSISTENCY, HE HAS THE SIXTH BEST ALL-TIME ACTIVE CUPS BUT ONLY ONE TOP 10 IS WHAT HE IS WORRIED ABOUT. >> WHEN IT COMES TO MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS, XANDER IS 35 UNDER IN THE LAST FIVE AND SCHEFFLER, 35 UNDER AND RORY IS AT 11 UNDER AND BRYSON, 24 UNDER AND HE IS DOMINATING. HE WON TWO OF THE MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIPS OF THE LAST FIVE BUT HE HAS FIGURED OUT THE KEY HOW TO PLAY MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP GOLF. HE HAS DONE — EVER SINCE HE BROKE THROUGH AND WE SAW THE KID IN 2017 AT AARON HILLS, WHO WAS LIKE, WHO IS THIS GUY? AND EVEN THEN WATCHING HIM PLAY, HE HAD THIS MATURITY ABOUT HIM THAT YOU DON’T SEE WITH PLAYERS IN THEIR FIRST MAJOR CHAMPIONSHIP FOR A TOP 25 FINISH. IT WAS REALLY IMPRESSIVE. AND I THINK NOW WITH THE INJURY, OBVIOUSLY,LY IS — IT TAUGHT HIM PATIENCE AND OVER BEING THE PERFECTIONIST HE TENDS TO BE AND HE BALANCES THAT IMPATIENCE WITH THE PERFECTIONIST AND GOES OVERBOARD WITH THE PREPARATION. >> I THINK HE IS LEARNING THAT, AND THAT HAS BEEN ONE OF THE THEMES OF THE SEASON, THIS IS NOT, SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER OR JORDAN SPIETH OR XANDER XANDER SCHAUFFELE AND TRYING TO COMPETE AND DURING THE PRESS CONFERENCE, I ZONED ACK TO LAST YEAR, AND XANDER SCHAUFFELE ADMITTEDLY NEVER FELT FULLY CONFIDENT OR COMFORTABLE. HOWEVER, HE HAD FULL TRUST IN WHAT CHRIS CUOMO WAS TELLING HIM. AND HE SAID, THE SHOT DURING THE COMPETITIVE ROUNDS, THE EXACT DISTANCE HE IS LOOKING AT, IF HE CAN STACK THOSE SHOTS, THAT WILL GIVE HIM CONFIDENCE FOR THE PGA. >> HE HAS FIGURED OUT WAYS TO UNLOCK THE GAME AND WE TALKED ABOUT THE PUTTING. I TEND TO BELIEVE THAT PART OF ITS THE STATS MIGHT BE SKEWED BUT THE OTHER QUESTION MARK IS THE DRIVING COMPARED TO LAST YEAR AND THIS IS WHERE THE STROKES GAME COMPARED TO LAST SEASON, HE DROPPED TO 157th, STILL, A RELATIVELY SMALL SAMPLE SIZE BUT THAT MAJORITY OF DROP IS DUE TO ACCURACY. HE LOST QUITE A BIT OF ACCURACY WITH THE DRIVER, AND IN PARTICULAR WITH XANDER SCHAUFFELE IS WHAT HAPPENS WITH HIS OFFENSIVE MOVES FROM THE FAIRWAY VERSUS ANYWHERE ELSE. WHY ACCURACY MATTERS WITH XANDER MORE THAN ANYONE ELSE, HE IS EXTRAORDINARY FROM THE FAIRWAY. THIS YEAR, HE IS SLIGHTLY DOWN, 80% OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST FIVE YEARS. ANYTHING OTHER THAN THE FAIRWAY YOU CAN SEE A HUGE DIVIDE AND YOU TALK ABOUT THE RANKS OF THE TEAM, THE TOP 20, THE TOP 30 AND FROM OUTSIDE THE FAIRWAY, 90th ON TOUR AND HE HAS MORE OF AN ADVANTAGE PUTTING THE BALL ON THE FAIRWAY AND HE HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT WITH THE SAME LEVEL OF FREQUENCY SO FAR AND YOU CAN MAKE THE ARGUMENT THAT IT DOESN’T MATTER AS MUCH HERE BECAUSE IT’S SOFTER BUT — >> YEAH. YOU DON’T WANT TO BE PLAYING OUT OF THE TREES, AND XANDER SAID IT WITH THE GREENS GETTING FIRMER, THEY ARE ALREADY FIRM EVEN WITH THE RAIN. BY THURSDAY IF IT STOPS RAINING OR WE GET LITTLE RAIN, HE WILL WANT THE FAIRWAYS. COMING OUT OF THE ROUGH WITH ALL OF MY EXPERIENCE FROM QUAIL OFF THE GREENS, IT’S VERY DIFFICULT HITTING THE GREEN. IT’S DIFFICULT. MOST BOUNCE UP BECAUSE THE GREENS GET UP HIGH, AND THEY ALL KIND OF TEND TO RUN OFF. AND YOU HAVE NO CONTROL. SO FAIRWAYS WILL BE A BIG DEAL. >> I WANT TO ADDRESS SOMETHING THAT YOU DON’T SEE A LOT OF. A LOT OF PLAYERS