Top 50 Xander Schauffele Quotes

Coming out of college, you never really know how good you are, you’ve never played for money, you’ve put all your eggs in one basket and your whole life revolves around it. For a while, I didn’t think I was going to be good enough.

Somewhere down the line I’d like to create a foundation that brings awareness to environmental protection, sustainability, the effects of pollution, and all of those things related to protecting nature.

I went to San Diego State and one of our home courses was Barona Creek. It’s this open, no-tree look.

I’ve had doubts at every stage of my career.

My hips will always lead in the downswing, and I’ll always fire off my right foot. I know Tiger and other big hitters keep their right foot down and mainly use their bodies to power through the ball, but I’m not Tiger’s size.

I’m not really much of a celebrating type.

A conventional blade has more toe hang so that’s for people who want to rotate the face more. I’m not that person. I don’t have a strong arc to my stroke so the mallet works better for me.

One of my big goals for 2019 is to make the cut at the Farmers.

I enjoy tough golf, I guess. There’s something fun about it that other people may not think is fun.

I never really idolized any one golfer.

If I ever felt sorry for myself, my dad and I would have this two-hour talk. He bred an underdog mentality into me from a younger age.

I pick up the tab for my mom now, I don’t let her pay for any dinners.

I’m a pretty mellow guy, but I’ve got a fire burning inside, but you guys will probably never see that.

At no point in any sport do you want to be known as a cheater.

If I worked in a cubicle, I wouldn’t want to leave work and see all 20 people from my office when I got home.

My dad, his temperament is a little worse than mine, at times.

It’s just whenever us players have good feelings at a certain course, we sort of thrive off of that.

Just the ritual of feeling the grip in my fingers and making loose swings is relaxing.

I just still feel like an underdog. I feel like until you’re No. 1, you’re chasing.

I think getting your head in the right mental space is important, and maybe I do need to go back to my rookie vibes to where I’m very happy-go-lucky, nothing really matters.

I’ve never made the cut. I think that feeds into the underdog thing more than anything else.

When I practice there’s a bunch of noise going on, people will talk, so I don’t really have mouse ears for the most part.

Usually when I’m comfortable I play good golf.

All the techniques to help stay calm and focused, to control your mind, have all really helped me.

You don’t have to be a superhero and pull off shots you’ve never hit before. Your goal should be to put yourself in position to play as close to your regular game as possible. That’s what I did in the final round of the 2018 Open Championship at Carnoustie, when I was in the final pairing with Jordan Spieth.

My dad’s European, so when I was a little kid, I couldn’t wear things like Nike, so I grew up wearing Adidas.

When I am playing my best, I am not worrying about a whole lot.

Our job as players is to show up to tournaments, put on a show for The R&A and for the Tour and to handle our business.

I store my power right up until it’s time to hit the ball.

My dad was always very hard on me when it came to sports. He always used golf to teach me life lessons.

I want to get to world No. 1. I want to win multiple majors. Plus, I hate losing – like, I really hate losing.

I always felt like I was mentally tougher than the other kids.

I’ve always been the underdog and underdogs don’t really care for attention.

It’s not too often in your life you have 4 or 5-footers for $10 million.

Some guys talk about swinging through the ball, but I think about impact like hammering a nail. My dad actually had me hammer nails to understand the concept.

I was struggling to keep my card and get in tournaments and found a way to breeze through the U.S. Open somehow with a cool head. I looked at that and thought, ‘Wow, I could actually do this.’

I kind of enjoy just hanging back and relaxing, sort of the San Diego, Southern California vibe, whatever you want to call it.

Having experience gives me an advantage against the younger players as well as the other competitors out there.

I’ve been trying to make my bed every day. Every time I wake up, I try and – someone told me there’s been books about it, about how important it is to start the day with a win.

I remember watching Tiger make the putt in ’08. I was standing by a tree that’s no longer there, it got taken down by the storm. I watched that putt live.

Being from California, my parents are very eco-friendly and I feel like I’ve been nurtured by a tree-hugger family in a way.

It is never easy to have your dad as your swing coach.

I haven’t really learned how to play great forceful golf. I sort of go with the flow, and if I handle my game properly, not too many mistakes should be made.

I would gladly give up my driver if it’s not conforming. But there’s still 130 other players in the field that potentially have a nonconforming driver, as well.

I always try to find companies I see eye to eye with. It was an easy collaboration with Hyland. They’re a well-rounded player and always try to find certain strategies to give their clients a competitive edge.

I’ve been called a cheater by my fellow opponents. It’s all joking, but when someone yells ‘cheater’ in front of 200 people, to me it’s not going to go down very well.

I don’t sit at home and test my driver, you know.

Remember a few years ago when Tiger said his glutes shut off? I know he wasn’t kidding because when I reach the top of my swing, like Tiger, I want to feel my right glute muscles firing.

I expect a lot from myself but, over time, I’ve learned to tame that.

Right now, my caddie has a nicer car than I do. That tells me a little something.