Xander Schauffele’s start at this week’s Valspar Championship makes it his third straight tournament since his return from injury, all while being on a pitch count.
He said he blew the pitch count ‘out of the water’ at last week’s Players Championship, where he made the cut but finished dead last after posting 77-81 over the weekend. The reigning PGA Championship winner and current Champion Golfer of the Year has not looked like himself as of late, which explains why he made the last-minute decision to tee it up at Innisbrook this week. He submitted his commitment to play just hours before last Friday’s 5 p.m. ET deadline.
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