Xander Schauffele has come a long way.
Schauffele teamed up with Patrick Cantlay on Sunday to win the Zurich Classic with a tournament-record total of 29 under, but more than a decade earlier, Schauffele was receiving a heavy dose of reality as Cantlay’s college counterpart.
It was at the 2011 Gifford Collegiate, held at CordeValle in San Martin, California. Schauffele was a freshman at Long Beach State and ranked No. 268 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. And Cantlay? The UCLA sophomore was the world’s top-ranked amateur.
Schauffele and Cantlay were paired for the opening round as the field competed in twosomes.