These are the main reflections of the brilliant British Open 2024 champion at Royal Troon, Xander Schauffele, 30 years old. He seems cold, polite and relaxed, but he is not. Ambitious like few.
A COMPETITIVE BEAST. “You can ask my family if I’m competitive or not. I may not punch around the field or throw sticks, but I have a fire inside. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have two Grands on my record today. And I say in you that fire lives more now.”
ANGER REMOVED. “Whenever I get angry on the field or let out euphoria, things get really bad for me. It’s probably my calm nature as a person born in Southern California. Things get better for me that way way.I need time and relaxation to focus on Every shot becomes more difficult if you celebrate too much or complain about a bad shot.
THE FOUR ‘MAJORS IN YOUR MIND. “It has always been a goal in my life. Since I was 15 I was talking to my father about winning Grand Slams and winning all four was also in my plans. It took me forever to win the first one, now I have two and I’m a little closer about my options to do this, I’m convinced, but you’d better let it be discussed.”
THE BEST LAP OF YOUR LIFE. “This at Troon was the best of my life. I’ve never played golf that well. I followed the same strategy as the PGA. I decided to look at every scoreboard to see where I was in the rankings. One doubt, the win at the PGA helped me the last nine holes today par 5 the whole tournament until the 6th hole after I said, we’ve opened the can, now we have to do it on the 16th.
PRAISE YOUR TEAM. “It’s fair. We are a team of two (regarding his caddy). Without Austin this would not be possible. My entire team is partly to blame for this Open. In fact, the first to drink from the Jug is my father because I know he was very happy.”
HE IS ALSO A NONCONFORMIST. “I don’t want to be negative, but there are many parts of my job that I don’t like. What I value and almost the most important thing to me is the freedom of being abroad. It’s one of the best jobs in the world. You can be the day I’m not have to sit at a table I am my own boss much.
Source: La Verdad
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