McKINNEY, Texas – When CBS Sports reporter Amanda Renner congratulated Xander Schauffele on shooting his career-low round on the PGA Tour, he scrunched his face and said, “Is it?”
Indeed, it was. Schauffele went out early in the first group off the first tee and shot 11-under 61 at TPC Craig Ranch in the final round of the 2022 AT&T Byron Nelson. Well, technically, he was informed he did shoot a best-ball 59 in the team-event with partner Patrick Canltay at the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, but that deserves a big asterisk. Schauffele smiled and said, “I think he made eight of the birdies, anyway.”
Nonetheless, it was an incredible turnaround for Schauffele who was 3-over par through the first 23 holes of the tournament. He ranked T-150 in Strokes Gained: putting in the first round, which he blamed on poor green reading, and was eight strokes off the pace of the 36-hole cut, which took 5-under 139 or better. At 2 p.m. on Friday, he was 149th on the leaderboard, and at one point trailed leader Sebastian Munoz by 15 strokes.
