“It's been a pretty bad year” – Xander Schauffele supports struggles to equalize expectations from the return of injury


Xander Schauffele recently admitted that his expectations did not meet his ability to play this season. The Golfist Star clearly admitted that it was a bad season for him after returning from an injury earlier this year.

Schauffele is in Scotland this week for Genesis Scottish Open 2025. This is his twelfth start of the season since he returned from injuries, but he is still looking to find his slot.

On Tuesday, July 8, during the pre-event press conference of Genesis Scottish Open 2025, Schauffele made an honest evaluation of his season so far.

“I would say the belief is good,” he said. “I don't think I've given a lot of reasons to believe I'm playing well. It was a pretty bad year to be completely honest … I feel like I didn't try to add -too many other events and I tried to play an incredible place, reaching an incredible place with less beginnings, which is really difficult to do these days.”

“ I try to do a lot of things, and I think the best part of my game has probably been my mental strength, anything you want to call it -just to try to keep me in a positive way and to entail -as if I were playing very well. But going out for a year like last year, doing -my bad, my expectations and play ability have not stuck to me very well.

Although Schauffele has not lost the cut, so far he has published one of the top ten, which is quite unusual for a player like him.

Here is a look Xander Schauffele's Performance so far:

  • The Sentry – T30
  • Arnold Palmer Invitational Presented by MasterCard – T40
  • The Players Championship – 72
  • Valspar Championship – T12
  • MASTERS TOURNAMENT – T8
  • RBC HERITAGE – T18
  • Tightel Championship – T11
  • PGA Championship – T28
  • The Memorial Tournament presented by Workday – T25
  • United States Open – T12
  • Travelers' Championship – T61

When did Xander Schauffele open to Genesis Scottish Open 2025?

Xander Schauffele combines next to Rory McILroy and Viktor Hovland for the first round of the Genesis Scottish Open 2025. The trio will leave on Thursday, July 10 at 13:43 BST from the first hole.

The first round of Genesis Scottish Open 2025 will begin at 7:00 am BST. Joel DahmenRyan Gerard and Marcel Schneider will start from the first tee, while Sami Valimaki, Isaiah Salinda and Ockie Strydom will leave the tenth hole.

With the championship open less than ten days away, Xander Schauffele will expect to win some form ahead of his title defense.