Xander Schauffele

PGA Tour returns to Greensboro for Wyndham Championship

August 8, 2024 By Griffin Daughtry for North State Journal

GREENSBORO – For the casual golf fan, the 2024 PGA Tour is effectively over. Following Xander Schauffele’s victory at the Open Championship last month and Scottie Scheffler’s gold medal performance in Paris on Sunday, no […]

Clark holds off Schauffele to win Wells Fargo at Quail Hollow

May 7, 2023 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — Wyndham Clark tried to pull his hat over his eyes with both hands as he struggled to hold back tears on the 18th green at Quail Hollow Club after winning his first PGA […]

US builds 4-1 lead over Internationals in Presidents Cup

September 22, 2022 The Associated Press

CHARLOTTE — The idea was for two of the most reliable American teams to set the tone Thursday in the Presidents Cup, and the result was predictable. Xander Schauffele and Patrick Cantlay made short work […]

British Open at St. Andrews all about adding to rich history

July 13, 2022 The Associated Press

History alone sets the British Open apart from the other majors. Stage it at St. Andrews and it becomes a celebration as much as a championship. More than 500 years of legend and lore never […]

Schauffele wins Scottish Open, 4th victory in the last year

July 11, 2022 The Associated Press

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland — Xander Schauffele keeps making up for lost time. Winless for more than two years, Schauffele picked up his fourth win in the last 12 months Sunday when he overcame a rough […]

Half-dozen rookies populate US Ryder Cup team

September 15, 2021 The Associated Press

The only experience that matters to Ryder Cup captain Steve Stricker is how the youngest U.S. team in history prepares for Whistling Straits in a bid to win back that shiny gold chalice. Equipped with […]

Stricker fills out US team with 4 more Ryder Cup rookies

September 9, 2021 Doug Ferguson, Associated Press

Equipped with the most captain’s picks in Ryder Cup history, Steve Stricker added four more rookies to his American team that included a mixture of obvious choices and perhaps a surprise, but no Patrick Reed. […]

Toyko Olympics Day 9: Gnarly haul of medals for BMX Freesylers

August 1, 2021 Brett Friedlander

They represented Venezuela, Switzerland and the United States. But the one thing Daniel Dhers, Nikita DuCarroz and Hannah Roberts all have in common — besides an ability to do gravity defying tricks on a bicycle […]

Stellar field marks return of Wells Fargo Championship

May 5, 2021 Shawn Krest

Like most sporting events this year, the Wells Fargo Championship is back — but not quite back to normal. The prestigious PGA event, held annually at Charlotte’s Quail Hollow Club, was canceled last year during […]