TROON, Scotland — One has to ask oneself certain things when everything is right there, so damn close, but still seemingly so out of reach. That was Xander Schauffele. For a long time. Seven years spent as a recurring character in other players’ winning scripts.
Talent wasn’t the problem. You don’t post 12 top-10s and two runner-up finishes in a span of 26 majors by dumb luck. You don’t spend the majority of your late 20s ranked among the 10 best players in the world because you’ve got a little game.
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So Schauffele needed to weigh what he wanted versus what he had. Those near-miss majors all ended the same way;
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