Xander Schauffele’s father:
‘No chance’ of LIV Golf absconding
LOUISVILLE – Xander Schauffele’s to begin with Major breakthrough came with major advantages.
By winning the PGA Championship on May 19 with a birdie at the 72nd gap, the American is excluded into the PGA Championship for the rest of his career, and he is ensured a spot at the other three Majors for the following five a long time.
Of course, that sort of work security has bolstered bits of gossip that the 30-year-old Olympic winner might deformity from the PGA Visit to the Saudi-backed LIV Golf and choose up a tremendous paycheck whereas he is ensured Major get to, which is for the most part harder for LIV players without world positioning focuses.
But Schauffele’s colourful father, Stefan Schauffele, told Golf.com that such a absconding isn’t within the cards.
“No chance,” Stefan said in an interview distributed on May 20. “Xander isn’t chasing the money. Xander is around bequest. And as my supposition – fair as his father – there was never a chance.”
The senior Schauffele, who has moreover served as Xander’s swing coach all through his life, clarified that the family tuned in to LIV Golf’s offers within the past.
What we told LIV in Saudi Arabia, with Xander adjacent to me, was that in the event that there’s no way back to the PGA Visit and on the off chance that there’s no chance at world positioning focuses we don’t have anything to conversation about,” he said.
“Even in the event that you toss hundreds of millions of dollars at him. That word still stands.”
Stefan has talked straightforwardly on financial points some time recently.
At the 2023 Ryder Glass, he said that players ought to be paid straightforwardly for their interest – as restricted to giving each player US$200,000 (S$269,500) which they can give to a charity of their choice.
He claimed his child about misplaced his spot on the US group with the PGA of America after contract issues were raised.
It was supposed that Xander and Patrick Cantlay were not wearing their uniform caps for portion of the Ryder Glass as a frame of dissent over not being compensated.
That, in turn, has fueled Schauffele-to-LIV rumors, as LIV has kept on peel absent the world’s best golfers with enormous ensured paydays.
If not LIV, what is following for the recently delegated PGA champ?
He will be a top pick at more Majors going forward. Xander too moved to No. 2 in the Official World Golf Positioning on May 20, though he said after his triumph that he still feels he is chasing world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler.
“Those are substantial objectives and they’re lively, more lively than yesterday,” Stefan included. REUTERS