Ben & Woods On Demand Podcast

Xander Schauffele On Winning His 2nd Major!

Xander Schauffele, the world's #2 golfer and Aztec For Life, joined Ben & Woods on Wednesday morning! Listen here as Xander reflects on winning his 2nd major of the year at The Open, battling the elements last weekend out in Scotland, his preparation for the 2024 Olympic Games, and MUCH more!

Duration:: 12m
Broadcast on:: 24 Jul 2024
Audio Format:: mp3

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Make smarter decisions in 2024. Follow Nerd Wallet's Smart Money Podcast on your favorite podcast ad. This season, the W is going to new heights, and that means the Queens are ready to take it to court and the court. Welcome to Queens of the Court, an Odyssey Original Podcast. I'm your girl, Cheryl Swoops, and I'm Jordan Robinson. All WNBA season-long, you can count on us to bring you interviews with some of your favorite WNBA stars, analysis of all teams, and hot takes you can only find in this courtroom. Listen to Queens of the Court, a WNBA podcast presented by AT&T on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcast. All right, it has been a whirlwind last couple of months for our next guest. We got to talk to him after his PGA Championship win and kind enough to join us for a few minutes following the open triumph at Royal Trune on Sunday champion golfer of the year. Xander Schofly is back with us here on 97-3, the fan. Xander, congratulations again, I'd imagine it does not get old or tiresome to hear that. Ben and Woods, what's going on, guys? How are you doing with me? It's our pleasure, man. How you feeling? Yeah, I'm doing okay, better than usual, I'd say. Nice. Nice. Well, let me start. I mean, I've never been to Scotland. It's like bucket list. Would love to go play, I mean, to grow up here in San Diego where, I mean, nothing is as old as like the newest things over there. You're playing on a course that was built probably when San Diego, there's no one even living here in California. And now you're the champion walking down that fairway and the history of it all. What was that like for you on Sunday? Yeah, it's a, it was a dream. You know, I think, I think it's a dream for any kid that's playing golf, just they kind of know, you know, if you watch majors, you watch Tiger growing up, you watch Jack Arnie, all the greats of the game. There's that sort of standing ovation, the yellow leaderboards, you know, that sort of corridor feeling with those coffin bunkers. And it was, it was so cool, it was so cool for me to have that moment with Austin going down the fairway, lucky to have sort of a two or three shot lead going in. So, you know, I try to enjoy it as much as I could. You know, I definitely, the job wasn't done with, you know, with what was 20 feet left. And I, you know, I saw on the board that was maybe two or three shots ahead, but I figured, you know, someone can make a hole in one. Like, you know, if you make this putt, it's for sure going to seal it. But for those, you know, 100 yards or so, I really try to take it in because it's pretty much a dream, you know, it's something my dad and I have talked about, Austin and I have talked about and to actually make it happen is, is, yeah, I mean, I'm obviously still over the moon about it. I'm talking to Sandra Shoffley here on Beda Woods this morning and yeah, looking up seeing that you're in the lead, having that experience to draw from though, it was a, it was a different scenario. The putt that you had to make to win your first major was just incredible. One of the best, best moments of golf that we've seen in a long, long time, having that little bit of a cushion though, standing there, how much did you draw on what you just went through in your first major win? A lot. People were asking me sort of, you know, do I feel different coming into the week after winning one major? Do I feel better? And, you know, I was kind of saying, I don't, I don't think so. I don't feel much different. You know, it's nice to have that one, but I think where it could make a difference is coming down that stretch. You know, if I am in contention, I think I can use that win at Valhalla to propel myself in the moment and it helped, you know, I'm not going to lie, it helped when I, when I turn onto that back nine, it is a terrifying back nine to play in a major championship. If you're up or close to the lead, you know, you are with, you know, tens of blind tee shot, 11, you know, guys are making doubles and triples on, and then 12 guys are making doubles and triples on. So you can, you can really lose your tournament with one bad swing on that Sunday. So sort of being able to walk through that fire there, birding 11, paring 12, and then, you know, being able to get into 13 and 14, birding both those holes. It wouldn't, I wouldn't have been able to do it if I didn't win at Valhalla. And, you know, I really believe that I'm nervous talking. I have anxiety. You want it. I'm ready. When you're going through it again, it makes me, we had a hypnotist in last week to try to fix my short game. Yeah, I get nervous, you know, playing at the goats. So I can't even imagine. But I know you said the 65 on Sunday afterwards was best round of your career tip top you said. Am I crazy to say I'm more impressed with the 69 on Saturday in those conditions, someone growing up in San Diego, I can't play when it's like misty in the morning, and you're out there and it's just pouring and windy and guys who grew up in Ireland and England are falling apart. You're shooting too under that to me, that was even more incredible. What was that daylight? Yeah, there's, that's actually, that's a really good point. That was what was supposed to be a, we were supposed to get like two millimeters of rain and it was supposed to be like six, five to send it up being, I don't know, 10 or 12 millimeters of rain. We didn't get a break, it rained literally from my tee shot to the 18th hole. It may have stopped while we were on the 18th green, which is hilarious, of course. But you know, one to 17 was in the rain and then the wind picked up me being and being able to sort of iron out a two under par and propel myself up the leaderboard is really what gave, you know, moved, I moved on moving day in a fashion I didn't think was possible and that definitely helped me. I got to ask you about this. So, so you and Justin Rose are on 18 and you got a couple shot lead on him and you, but you guys both hit your tee shots and then he goes to the, to the bathroom. Did he, was he trying to ice you there or were you mad or were you like, bro, I want to get this thing over with, I got to lead, I know I can, I know I can finish strong. Can't you wait like 10 minutes still after let me have my moment and you go to the bathroom. I would have been living. No, I didn't, honestly, I was so zoned out, I couldn't even, I had no clue that he went to the bathroom. I'd like, that's a really good use that strategy next time. If maybe you're the one chasing on 18, you just pop into the bathroom and, and ice him a little bit. But I was, it was. The last thing of the kick, yeah, I had no clue. I don't, I can't recall, you know, to be fair, there, there weren't enough bathrooms out there. So, I think the pre, the, the first bathroom was on like, the last bathroom was on 14. So 15, 16, 17 and then 18 T was the next toilet. So, like, if you have to do it, one of the days I missed 14 and I think I ran all the way from 16 to like the third toilet, which is like 250 yards the wrong way, just because I was going to piss myself. I said a shuffle with the inside story of the open championship with us. And I, I was thinking Zander this morning, you actually now own like three of the coolest prizes in sports, a gold medal at the Olympics, which you're about to defend in Paris. The watermaker trophy for the PGA Championship was just like the coolest giant trophy cup. And now the clarinet jug, the old, one of the oldest, most historic coolest trophies. And they're all yours right now. I mean, that's, that's amazing. Yeah, it's, I mean, I don't know what I'm supposed to say. It's, it's, it's, it's, it's sick, you know, it's, it's a dream and it's, you know, I know I'm only going to have them on me for a little, you know, I got the Clark jug with me, but you know, as soon as we get backstage side, you know, my dad and my mom, they're going to, they're my, my caretakers of everything nice that I have. And so they're going to take it off of me and I'm sure my dad will be back to parading around town with the clarinet. So we'll see you here in San Diego at something, a lot of pressure for them too, to have to like, I got to take this thing home of a, oh my God, Zander, what have you consumed out of it already? Yeah, anything? Yeah. Yeah. Red wine was the first thing. And then you, my dad's a little traditional, he wanted red wine. He said, it is a claret jug, so you drink wine out of it. He said nothing else should be poured into it. He is not with me right now. And it can not deny or say, but I, some tequila may have been poured into it last night. Mountain Dew code red or anything, a little, a little coffee in the morning out of the claret jug wouldn't be a bad, uh, wouldn't be a bad idea either. All right. So, uh, every golfer obviously dreams of winning all four, you know, you, you want to, you want to win all four, but I'm going to put you to the test here. You can only win one of the remaining two, which one is it? I think I know the answer, but I want to hear it from you. You can only win one of the next two, even though I have full confidence that you can win multiples of each, but you got to pick one today here on the Ben & Woods program. My man, I am not picky. I've said this over and over again. I am not picky, made a major is a major and it is what all of us strive to win. I'm not going to sit here and be picky about which one I'm trying to win here. I'm having a green jacket and the Wanamaker and the claret jug all the same hanging around your neck. Yeah. With another, a second gold medal hanging around your neck would be pretty awesome. Just before you go quickly, any thoughts on coming up on Paris and the tournament and defending your title and heading there, I'm sure in the next couple of days. Yeah. We'll be heading. I just called for the first time today with a few of my USA teammates and, you know, I lost to both of them, so a little bit of kick in the ass, but I'm going to have to get back on the horse here and gear myself up, you know, I enjoyed this last win as much as I could. It's a quick turnaround. You know, we have the Olympics, which I'm super fired up for in Paris and then we have one week off and then we have that sprint with a FedEx Cup playoff. So we're in full sprint mode here on our golfing circuit and our next stop will be in Paris and yeah, I mean, I'm fired up. Awesome, man. That's so great. Thanks so much for jumping on. And we're all rooting for you made San Diego so, so very proud this last weekend and before and always. So thank you for all that. I guess we'll talk to you in mid-April. Yeah. We'll talk to you in mid-April. Exactly. Sounds good, boys. Thank you. Thank you. There he is. Tanner Schopfley, champion golfer of the year. What kind of programs does this school have? How are the test scores? How many kids do a classroom? Homes.com, those, these are all things you ask when you're home shopping as a parent. That's why each listing on homes.com includes extensive reports on local schools, including photos, parent reviews, test scores, student teacher ratio, school rankings, and more. The information is from multiple trusted sources and curated by homes.com's dedicated in-house research team. 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