VALSPAR CHAMPIONSHIP

March 23, 2025

Xander Schauffele

Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead)

Quick Quotes

Q. Are you feeling any better about things after a third straight week?

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: I'm more tired than I was. Definitely looking forward to getting home. Yeah, I think I feel a little bit better. Felt like I was kind of going to the drawing board often this week, just on sort of a feel or something to go with of the so today was the focus was kind of back to when you federal Dell with your swing so much while you're trying to compete yesterday I tried to free myself of that and started to hit some snap hooks, so that was obviously a bit concerning. Talking lot with my team and everyone that's trying to help me on how to approach it, so the thought process was to try and get the ball in the hole and focus on that the most. Doesn't matter if I have to play with what feels like a compensation, just get it done.

Q. Does that mean you spoke to Chris?

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Yeah, Chris has been great. Just been talking to him every night. He just wants to know how I'm feeling and what I'm going through. If my feels matchup with what he's seeing.

Q. (No Microphone.)

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: He's great on his phone. So whether its face time or a phone call or a text, Austin is good on his phone, can he send him a swing video and things of that nature. But unless he's here it's hard for him to know what I'm feeling, so that's where the conversation comes into play.

Q. Were you on the range over an hour last night?

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: I sure was.

Q. What were you looking to figure out?

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Just to get out of, made some really bad driver swings yesterday and sometimes you just want to get out and make a few free swings on the range. Whether you snap hook it or blow it a hundred yards right, just get 'em out of your system. So last night was a bit of a frustration session/what am I going to go with today.

Q. In terms of what you were going with today, how would you describe what that was?

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Just, I'm, Chris has a lot of information and when things are going great I think since I've been with him my good is really good and before I was with him my good didn't feel as amazing at times. I think hitting the ball a little further can help me in that category as well. I just felt like I needed to get back to me just playing, whether it's kind of gross golf or dirty golf, just get the ball in the hole of the Valspar is an -- Innisbrook is tough property to be on and it doesn't matter how pretty you swing it, you just got to get the ball in the hole no matter what it looks like.

Q. So today was grinding?

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: A little bit more just get back to playing of the just competing and playing. I lost a little bit of that coming back, I just want to swing it really well and have everything kind of trending for the majors and all that good stuff, so most importantly I think what I've always hung my hat on was that I'm able to get the ball in the hole no matter what it looks like.

Q. (No Microphone.)

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: Still is. I wouldn't say, with my three tournaments, to be fair, to myself, I say I came back probably two of the hardest cuts to make in our entire season, two out of the top 5, I would say. Bay Hill and PLAYERS. So I did myself a favor there coming back on those two events (smiling) not excited about everything that I did, but I think try to used to as a building block going into these next two weeks.

Q. (No Microphone.)

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: It's up in the air. I got my TGL Monday, Tuesday, we got three matches, so we'll be kind of trying to rest during the day and then play those at night and then I'm sure I'll meet up with Chris and see my trainer and sort of see how I'm feeling. But I feel pretty good, so I'm definitely tired from the three weeks in a row, my brain feels like it's going to explode after some bad days of golf, but it was nice to sort of end this stretch with a 5-under.

Q. (No Microphone.)

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: I've gone there on like a Saturday and it really, Saturday, Sunday is magical when there's no one there and those practice rounds feel amazing, but once Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, you're playing three hour nine hole rounds and you're hitting a ton of chips and putts and you feel like you're kind of going through the motions and you're sitting there and I never want that feeling of, gosh, I want this tournament to start. And that's hit me on a Tuesday before when I've gone in too early he. So maybe, just because some trees have fallen, I'm expecting Augusta to look the exact same. I know 16's a new green but for the most part they resurface the greens more than most people think and they're always a little bit different.

Q. (No Microphone.)

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: And coming back? I mean maybe. I think my time with my trainer and at home with Chris could be better spent for myself versus playing a practice round.

Q. How has it gone having TGL as an added thing this month?

XANDER SCHAUFFELE: It's a lot. For sure. The better you play in that the more rounds you actually compete in. I was out for a lot, so I'm probably the wrong person to ask, just because I've just missed -- I think I only played in three matches. I think Rick, Cam and Fitzie have all played in four up to six, probably, so I've definitely will be on the short end of that in terms of competing a lot in TGL.