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BMW CHAMPIONSHIPSeptember 17, 2017Xander SchauffeleCarmel, Indiana Q. Xander, it's always amazing how it comes down to one or two shots. You just birdied the 18th and walked off with a smile only your face. The Tour just told you pretty much, pretty much looking pretty good for you. What does that mean to you? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: You know, we were 2-over through 10, 11 today and 12. Smiling, shooting 4-under today was incredible. You're down. Q. You got the win earlier in the Greenbrier Classic. How would you summarize 2017? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: A dream year for me, pretty much every goal I came up with and got to start creating some new ones. Q. Good for you. XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Thank you. Q. Xander, pressure greater coming down the stretch here or at Greenbrier? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: It's different. Pretty similar pressure but, overall, I'd say it's different pressure. Greenbrier you're trying to win. I don't even know what place I'm in now. We know every shot counts and I was chasing really hard. I was 2-over through I don't even know, 12, something like that, and so the fact that I shot 4-under today, it's incredible. Q. Were you hiding from the leaderboards, were you embracing your position trying to figure out where you needed to be? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Yeah. I mean no matter what it was we knew if we shoot 4, 5 today we would have a good shot. Sitting there 2-over through 11, 12, I didn't have to look at a leaderboard, I knew what I had to do. To be able to pull it off is pretty special. Q. Pretty hard to keep your head up at that point when you're 2-over? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Of course. I told Austin, my caddy, I really didn't want the year to end, we're having so much fun. Might have a little more fun to finish it off. Q. What would it mean to potentially be the only rookie at East Lake next week? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Yeah. It's cool. It's not really about that. Golf is an individual sport. We set goals and try to reach them. Q. What were your goals? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Tour Championship was one of them, winning was one of them, of course. It's funny, my girlfriend she like booked tickets to the Tour championship like before I even won the Greenbrier. I'm going to take that week off, come out. Oh, boy, here we go. Q. How clear of a goal was it before the U.S. Open? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Not that clear. I didn't even have my card secured at that point. Once you reach goals you make new ones and I've been making a lot of new ones kind of rapidly, which is always a good thing. Q. Seem a little surreal to you, the last part of the year? XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Absolutely. How can it not be? Q. You play your last six holes in 6-under par, all projections have you making it all the way to the Tour Championship in Atlanta. Must be a wonderful feeling for you right now. XANDER SCHAUFFELE: It's surreal like someone just said and I'm just happy -- I was having fun all year ever since Greenbrier, even before Greenbrier having fun. Telling Austin I didn't want it to end. I'm glad we can move on. FastScripts Transcript by ASAP Sports   |
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