The tournament hung in the balance for Xander Schauffele, who remained patient and did not try to control what he could not. He had just saved par on No. 17 in the final round of the Greenbrier Classic on July 9, so he knew exactly where he stood.
The moment was basically staring him in the face. “As much as I wanted to keep my head down, there was a 30-foot-by-30 scoreboard behind the green,” he said later. The scale of some moments is easier to moderate than others.
Minutes later, Schauffele, a 23-year-old PGA Tour rookie, stood on the 18th tee, a co-leader in the tournament, looking at the 161-yard homestretch.