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It’s good to be Xander Schauffele<\/a> right now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just days removed from his second major championship win, the 30-year-old is taking a short breather before defending his Olympic gold medal in Paris next week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What has it been like for Schauffele in the aftermath of his incredible achievement<\/a> at Royal Troon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“What a ride it’s been these past couple months,” Schauffele told ESPN’s Matt Barrie on “SportsCenter<\/a> Wednesday.<\/p>\n\n\n

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What a ride indeed. After posting 12 top 10s in the majors since 2017, Schauffele has won two of his past three, with a T7 at the U.S. Open in between for good measure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was the performance at the PGA Championship<\/a> at Valhalla in May that opened the floodgates for Schauffele. His final-round 65 was enough to clip Bryson DeChambeau<\/a> by one shot. The self-belief he manifested at Valhalla ultimately gave him an edge down the stretch at Royal Troon over the weekend. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The momentum people talk about in golf is all self belief, it’s all confidence,” Schauffele told Barrie<\/a>. “Earlier in the week, I talked about winning that first major, didn’t really do anything for me walking into the major. But if I was ever in a place to win the tournament, I felt like it was gonna give me an edge. And I feel like that’s exactly kind of what happened. <\/p>\n\n\n

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“I either spoke it into existence or that’s sort of what happened. Because coming down on that back nine, I was right there in the hunt, and I did it a few months ago and I told myself, you can take control of this tournament, knowing you won one just prior, and knowing how hard it is, if you can sneak a few birdies in when no one else is, you’re gonna walk away with this thing.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With the Olympics looming, Barrie asked Schauffele what it would be like for him to add another golf medal to his hardware haul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I may never come down to earth,” Schauffele said with a smile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He did admit, however, to being quickly grounded by his U.S. Olympic teammates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I played golf for the first time today against, you know, I got Wyndham [Clark] and Colin [Morikawa] out here,” he said. “We’re out getting ready for the Olympics and I lost to both of them today. So, quickly humbled and quickly feeling the need to get back to work.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first round of the Paris Olympics begins on Aug. 1. You can watch Schauffele’s full interview on “SportsCenter” here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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