Xander Schauffele has eight PGA Tour victories, an Olympic gold medal and a serious championship underneath his belt, however he admitted he fell to the aggressive nature of Michael Jordan.
Jordan’s prowess on the golf course has been nicely documented. He was seen recurrently on the golf course throughout his profession with the Chicago Bulls and Washington Wizards and is almost all investor in Grove XXIII in Hobe Sound, Florida. He is outwardly nonetheless beating skilled golfers, even on the age of 61.
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Michael Jordan appears to be like on through the morning foursome matches of the 2016 Ryder Cup at Hazeltine National Golf Club on Oct. 1, 2016 in Chaska, Minnesota. (Scott Halleran/PGA of America by way of Getty Images)
Schauffele was within the midst of a follow spherical earlier than the Memorial Tournament final week when former PGA Tour golfer Cole Knost requested whether or not Schauffele ever performed a spherical with Jordan.
Schauffele revealed he tried to “s— discuss” Jordan the very best he might.
“… And then he beat me,” he mentioned. “Straight up. Embarrassing.”
He defined that Jordan took benefit of some miscues on the ultimate three holes.
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Xander Schauffele places on his glove on the 4th tee through the third spherical of the Memorial Tournament offered by Workday at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 8, 2024 in Dublin, Ohio. (Amy Lemus/NurPhoto by way of Getty Images)
“I pancaked him on his stroke holes, and I began speaking s— to him, and he obtained all quiet and targeted,” Schauffele mentioned. “And then he birdied 15-16, no strokes. Beat me straight up. And I used to be like, ‘All proper.’”
CBS Sports captured the change between Schauffele and Knost.
Schauffele completed the Memorial Tournament tied for eighth place. He was 1-under par for the event.
NBA legend Michael Jordan hits a tee shot throughout Aria Resort & Casino’s thirteenth Annual Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational at Shadow Creek on April 6, 2014 in Las Vegas. (Isaac Brekken/Getty Images for Michael Jordan Celebrity Invitational)
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He now heads to the U.S. Open at Pinehurst No. 2, the place he’s amongst one of many favorites to win the occasion. He tees off at 1:14 p.m. ET on Thursday.
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