Quotes by Xander Schauffele - Page 2

I don't want one tournament to offset another. I want to be fresh and take full advantage of the opportunity I've been given.
Xander Schauffele /
Full Advantage
Offset
Tournament
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I kind of enjoy just hanging back and relaxing, sort of the San Diego, Southern California vibe, whatever you want to call it.
Xander Schauffele /
San Diego
Southern California
Diego
Relaxing
San
Vibe
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It's only my second Masters, and I definitely jumped into that scene a little faster than I thought I would, to be completely honest.
Xander Schauffele /
Faster
Honest
Masters
Scene
Definitely
Second
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If I ever felt sorry for myself, my dad and I would have this two-hour talk. He bred an underdog mentality into me from a younger age.
Xander Schauffele /
Mentality
Sorry
Underdog
Bred
Younger Age
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To say I feel close or whatnot, I don't really know what that means, but I feel like my game and, you know, myself is slowly maturing.
Xander Schauffele /
Slowly
Maturing
Whatnot
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Nobody had Trackman when we were 15 years old. In terms of hitting it far, I've always hit it further than anyone else in my age group.
Xander Schauffele /
Hitting
Age Group
Anyone
Anyone Else
Hit
Nobody
Far
Further
Group
Terms
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There's a big A my team likes to talk about, which is Accepts. If you can't 'accept,' then you're never going to play well in the U.S. Open.
Xander Schauffele /
Accepts
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When I was signing my card, I was like, 'Oh, wow, I actually went birdie-birdie to get in the playoff.' I was just in my own world out there.
Xander Schauffele /
Signing
World Own My Own
Card
Playoff
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I put little goals in place every day, and I think if you can kind of keep to the small things it's easier to capture the big picture at the end.
Xander Schauffele /
Big Picture
Capture
Easier
Small Things
Picture
Goals
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I played soccer until I was like 10 or 11, maybe 12. I had fun with it, but it was a team sport, and I hated losing, and we kept losing, so I quit.
Xander Schauffele /
Soccer
Quit
Team Sport
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I remember watching Tiger make the putt in '08. I was standing by a tree that's no longer there, it got taken down by the storm. I watched that putt live.
Xander Schauffele /
Storm
Tree
Putt
Tiger
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I haven't really learned how to play great forceful golf. I sort of go with the flow, and if I handle my game properly, not too many mistakes should be made.
Xander Schauffele /
Flow
Forceful
Properly
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Some guys talk about swinging through the ball, but I think about impact like hammering a nail. My dad actually had me hammer nails to understand the concept.
Xander Schauffele /
Hammer
Nail
Swinging
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You know, I think the stats are out whoever won the Tour Championship never made it back the next year. There's a reason for that. It's hard. It's just tricky.
Xander Schauffele /
Championship
Next Year
Tricky
Back Never Know
Whoever
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I would gladly give up my driver if it's not conforming. But there's still 130 other players in the field that potentially have a nonconforming driver, as well.
Xander Schauffele /
Conforming
Driver
Gladly
Potentially
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I've been called a cheater by my fellow opponents. It's all joking, but when someone yells 'cheater' in front of 200 people, to me it's not going to go down very well.
Xander Schauffele /
Opponents
Me People Down
Fellow
Front
Joking
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I think getting your head in the right mental space is important, and maybe I do need to go back to my rookie vibes to where I'm very happy-go-lucky, nothing really matters.
Xander Schauffele /
Space
Happy Go Lucky
Vibes
Your Important Nothing
Back
Getting
Matters
Head
Maybe
Mental
Rookie
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My agent and I usually have a steak-and-wine dinner on Wednesdays before tournaments. It's a good source of protein for the night before, and it helps me sleep before the opening round.
Xander Schauffele /
Opening
Protein
Tournaments
Good Me Night
Agent
Round
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Remember a few years ago when Tiger said his glutes shut off? I know he wasn't kidding because when I reach the top of my swing, like Tiger, I want to feel my right glute muscles firing.
Xander Schauffele /
Firing
Muscles
Swing
Tiger
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As a rookie you sort of don't really know if you're good enough, and then you start listening to a bunch of random things or just out looking for a bunch of random things that don't help.
Xander Schauffele /
Bunch
Good Start Enough
Rookie
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A conventional blade has more toe hang so that's for people who want to rotate the face more. I'm not that person. I don't have a strong arc to my stroke so the mallet works better for me.
Xander Schauffele /
Conventional
Arc
Face Me Better
Blade
Rotate
Stroke
Toe
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The first thing you do before you take a swing with a driver is put it down and see how it looks to your eye. If you don't like how it looks, it's going to be difficult to hit a good shot.
Xander Schauffele /
Driver
First Thing
Swing
The First Thing
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I was struggling to keep my card and get in tournaments and found a way to breeze through the U.S. Open somehow with a cool head. I looked at that and thought, 'Wow, I could actually do this.'
Xander Schauffele /
Breeze
Tournaments
Card
Looked
Struggling
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I like to consider that I have a good insight into other cultures because I grew up with my parents having different views on things. It makes traveling a lot easier, I do enjoy other cultures.
Xander Schauffele /
Insight
Views
Cultures
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I learned from a young age that my tendency was to really choke the grip during a big moment. I'd tense up in my hands, which would then tighten my forearms, and I'd try to rip one as hard as I could.
Xander Schauffele /
Choke
Rip
Young Age
Grip
Tendency
Tighten
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My dad taught me how to get into clubs and what to look for in clubs, and he always stressed to me that a 3-wood, 4-wood or 5-wood was the toughest club to dial in and if you find a good one to keep it.
Xander Schauffele /
Clubs
Stressed
Good Dad Always
Dial
Toughest
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Somewhere down the line I'd like to create a foundation that brings awareness to environmental protection, sustainability, the effects of pollution, and all of those things related to protecting nature.
Xander Schauffele /
Environmental
Effects
Environmental Protection
Pollution
Related
Sustainability
Protecting
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The U.S. Open was a huge moment in my career. It was one of the biggest stages, and for me to be calm and collected throughout the week and just kind of hang on and tie for fifth was huge for me mentally.
Xander Schauffele /
Fifth
Mentally
Collected
Just Kind
Stages
Tie
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I always try to find companies I see eye to eye with. It was an easy collaboration with Hyland. They're a well-rounded player and always try to find certain strategies to give their clients a competitive edge.
Xander Schauffele /
Clients
Collaboration
Well Rounded
Edge
Easy Always Find
Strategies
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My hips will always lead in the downswing, and I'll always fire off my right foot. I know Tiger and other big hitters keep their right foot down and mainly use their bodies to power through the ball, but I'm not Tiger's size.
Xander Schauffele /
Hips
Foot
Hitters
Mainly
Tiger
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I hate to say it... but, yeah, I mean, our class has always been really strong, and I always joke with my buddies saying it's not cool to be 23 and on the PGA Tour anymore since everyone that's been 22, 23, 24, they're all winning.
Xander Schauffele /
Buddies
Pga Tour
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Coming out of college, you never really know how good you are, you've never played for money, you've put all your eggs in one basket and your whole life revolves around it. For a while, I didn't think I was going to be good enough.
Xander Schauffele /
Eggs
Life Good Money
Basket
Revolves
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I was out here at East Lake, on a property I had never seen, and I was just like a kid at Disneyland walking around. There was only 30 guys. Thinking about how this is the big goal everyone is looking forward to at the end of the year and I'm fortunate enough to make it.
Xander Schauffele /
Disneyland
Looking Forward
Lake
Out Here
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Ever since my early teens, I've tried to swing the driver very fast. Back then, it was as fast as I could. But now that I'm 24, I'm working to dial back some of that speed, knowing I have an extra gear if needed. The goal is to protect myself from injuries down the road - especially to my back.
Xander Schauffele /
Down The Road
Speed
Teens
Dial
Driver
Extra
Gear
Injuries
Swing
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You don't have to be a superhero and pull off shots you've never hit before. Your goal should be to put yourself in position to play as close to your regular game as possible. That's what I did in the final round of the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie, when I was in the final pairing with Jordan Spieth.
Xander Schauffele /
Championship
Jordan
Position
Superhero
Yourself Your Game
Hit
Game
Open
Close
Round
Pull
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