Xander Schauffele is back. Just him though. Not his game. The lack of golf in his life over the last few weeks was evident as he ended up bogeying six of the first 10 holes. He is currently at T52 after a birdie on 16, which helped him recover a bit.
Speaking about the day’s events, Schauffele was not particularly impressed with himself. “Yeah, it was, you know, got my a** kicked (smiling) yeah, it’s a tough place to come back to, not going to lie,” Schauffele explained. Bay Hill is a tough course. Not kind to mistakes. Just ask Rory McIlroy in 2022.
He further explained, “Palm Springs would have been nice, something like that, that would have been a little bit easier, miss a couple, get away with it.”
He acknowledged that he is not seeing the game as he used to before injury. In short, there is some rust that he needs to account fro. But the fact that his game was seen slowly improving is a good sing for Schauffele fans. “Yeah, just not really seeing lines, not playing enough break, not giving enough respect to certain holes. Tried hard to prepare, but it really — as the wind laid down I was hitting some nice shots and, you know, that’s what I was more used to.” the two-time major winner added.
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