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With a chip on his shoulder and a monkey on his back, Xander Schauffele admitted that the last two years of near-misses fueled his PGA Championship victory on Sunday.
On no fewer than 12 occasions he had finished in the top 10 on one of golf’s biggest stages, but the 30-year-old finally claimed his first major title here at Valhalla Golf Club.
The Californian shook off yet another runner-up finish at the Wells Fargo Championship last week to cling on to a wire-to-wire lead in Louisville, Kentucky.
And, after years of always being the bridesmaid, never the bride, Schauffele admitted he had a chip on his shoulder - one that motivated his Valhalla victory.
‘Definitely a chip on the shoulder there,’ he said after lifting the Wanamaker Trophy. ‘It just is what it is at the end of the day.
Xander Schauffele admitted his near-misses at past majors fueled his PGA Championship win
‘You guys are asking the questions, probing, and I have to sit here and answer it. It's a lot easier to answer it with this thing sitting next to me now, obviously,’ he continued, gesturing to the gleaming trophy by his side as he addressed the media.
‘It's just fuel, fuel to my fire. It always has been growing up, and it certainly was leading up to this.’
Schauffele had failed to win since his back-to-back victories at the
