There are most likely simpler methods to sneak contained in the minimize line on the Friday of a PGA event.
However there won’t be a extra satisfying method than what Xander Schauffele did on Friday night on the Genesis Invitational.
With the projected minimize line for the event sitting at +1, Schauffele was at +3 for the event heading into his last two holes. When he put his tee shot on 17 right into a fairway bunker, sticking round for the weekend appeared unlikely.
After laying as much as round 173 yards from the pin, Schauffele did this:
Slam dunk certainly.
The eagle for Schauffele moved him to +1 on the event, and after making par on 18, he sits at +1 after two rounds, proper on the minimize line. With play suspended Friday resulting from darkness, it isn’t but confirmed that he might be sticking round for the weekend, however because of that unbelievable eagle, he a minimum of has a shot.
Maybe one of the best half? That is one one of the best shot Schauffele has posted throughout the early a part of the 2023 season. Try what Schauffele did throughout the last spherical of the American Specific a couple of weeks in the past:
That’s proper, the albatross, or double eagle.
Schauffele lined each inch of the Par-5 fifth gap with two swings. His tee shot lined 341 yards, coming to a cease alongside the appropriate aspect of the golf green. With round 226 yards left to the pin — and a very good quantity of water to hold — Schauffele pulled the 4-iron from his bag.
As one does in that state of affairs.
His second shot carried the water by a matter of toes, touchdown simply in entrance of the inexperienced earlier than rolling into the outlet.
Schauffele completed the American Specific tied for third.
Not a foul begin to the season.
Positive, the return of Tiger Woods is the massive story on the Genesis Invitational, but when Schauffele certainly makes the minimize — and prices up the leaderboard — how he made the minimize might be a giant story as properly.
