{"id":76977,"date":"2025-08-19T04:40:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:40:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/76977\/"},"modified":"2025-08-19T04:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T04:40:12","slug":"pga-tour-star-xander-schauffele-sets-alarm-bells-ringing-nothing-worse-than-trying-your-hardest-and-playing-like-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/76977\/","title":{"rendered":"PGA Tour star Xander Schauffele sets alarm bells ringing: “Nothing worse than trying your hardest and playing like a–“"},"content":{"rendered":"

Xander Schauffele says he plans to ‘not touch a golf club for a while’ after he missed out on a spot at the Tour Championship<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The PGA Tour<\/a> star has had an underwhelming season by his lofty standards, failing to challenge for another major title and not stepping into the winner’s circle at all.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Schauffele’s season was derailed with a rib injury and he never truly rediscovered the form that saw him lift a Claret Jug and a Wanamaker Trophy last summer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 31-year-old produced a lethargic finish to the BMW Championship<\/a> in Maryland and, for the first time in his career, will not tee it up at East Lake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He told reporters he is ‘mentally tapped’ right now and the only positive he could think of was the fact that there are no signs of a recurring injury.<\/p>\n

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\"Xander <\/p>\n

Xander Schauffele<\/p>\n

“I feel like I just need to sort of reset a little bit, cool off a little bit, and just get back to a healthy mental place where I want to sit down and work really hard again,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Right now I’m mentally a little tapped.”<\/p>\n

Schauffele<\/a> said his dip in form is not through a lack of effort.<\/p>\n

He said: “Everyone out here is trying really hard. There’s nothing worse than trying your hardest and playing like a–. It’s the worst combo.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“Some of us do it, some of us don’t. It’s been a while since I have, and I did it for a few weeks now, and it sucked.<\/p>\n

“It’s going to be nice to sit back and be at home and away from golf.”<\/p>\n

Schauffele has the Ryder Cup<\/a> next month to look forward to.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He will also participate in the Procore Championship before the biennial dust-up at Bethpage Black in a tune-up event for Team USA.<\/p>\n

Several members of Zach Johnson’s losing side in 2023 admitted they were far too rusty before the matches in Rome.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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But Schauffele won’t touch a club for a while.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Just not golfing,” Schauffele said when asked what a re-set looks like for him.<\/p>\n

“Pretty simple, yeah. Not golfing, trying not to think about golf. Just hang out at home with my wife and my dogs. Yeah, don’t even look at the clubs.”<\/p>\n

Xander Schauffele makes big equipment switch<\/p>\n

Schauffele also made a rare putter change for the final round of the BMW Championship.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Since making his PGA Tour debut, Schauffele has been widely regarded as one of the best putters<\/a> in the world.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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But this season, he is ranked a lowly 131st on the greens.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It led to Schauffele deciding to swap out his familiar Toulon Design Las Vegas Prototype 7CH for a Odyssey Toulon Le Mans Tour on Sunday.<\/p>\n

He rolled in some nice putts, but it’s still far too soon to say if he will make the change permanent.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Xander Schauffele<\/p>\n

Schauffele only made the switch because he knew there was practically zero chance he would make it to East Lake.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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“It didn’t matter,” Schauffele said. “I could have shot 59 and not gotten to next week.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Pretty depressing to think of it like that, but that’s how I thought when I woke up.<\/p>\n

“So I figured might as well have something different to look at and scare my old putter into working again at some point.”<\/p>\n

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