Xander Schauffele Making Long-Awaited Start Since Rib Injury At Bay Hill
4 mins agoAfter a ho-hum finish at Kapalua to start the year, the golf game has been on the shelf for Xander Schauffele as the reigning PGA and Open Champion has been dealing with a nagging rib injury ever since. Forcing him to miss playing some personally meaningful tournaments, like the two events at Torrey Pines and Pebble Beach. It's impossible to dismiss someone of Schauffele's pedigree, but a slow start to ease back into the swing of things would be completely understandable. He's never performed that well at Bay Hill to begin with, averaging -0.119 strokes gained on approach and -0.070 in strokes gained around the green over his last 12 rounds. Both should be equally important this week and will give us a sense of what/how much he's been able to practice during his time off. At $12,000 on FanDuel, the X-man is too expensive to take a chance on until we see where his game is.
Source: PGA Tour
Source: PGA Tour