Every golfer knows that making the right decision in a sticky situation on the course after a bad shot can help you limit the damage. A lesson clearly learned very poorly by Xander Schauffele, despite being a two-time Major winner.
Schauffele, results
After sending his tee shot into the forest on hole number 9 of the Narashino Country Club course in Chiba, Japan in the first round of the ZOZO Championship, Xander Schauffele found it against a root at the foot of a tree.
But rather than resign himself to dropping two club lengths with a penalty stroke, the world number 2 tried to get out of this damn situation with a wedge. He even persisted without success on two occasions!
So when Schauffele came close to making a fool of himself, his caddie, Austin Kaiser, finally intervened and explained to him that it was time to stop the costs.
“Well, now the damage is done, you can’t keep trying to play this shot. »
A remark struck with common sense that made the double winner of Major in 2024 smile, aware of having derailed a little. In the end, Xander Schauffele got away with a terrible quadruple bogey.
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