Nationality United States Former tour(s) Web.com Tour Weight 75 kg Turned professional 2015 | Residence San Diego, California Height 1.78 m Current tour PGA TOUR Professional wins 1 | |
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Full name Alexander Victor Schauffele Born October 25, 1993 (age 23)
La Jolla, California ( 1993-10-25 ) College Long Beach State University
San Diego State University Education San Diego State University | ||
Xander schauffele wins 2014 california amateur championship
Alexander Victor Schauffele (born October 25, 1993) is an American professional golfer.
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Amateur career
Schauffele was born in La Jolla, California to a German/French naturalized immigrant father and a Taiwanese/Japanese naturalized immigrant mother. He was the individual winner of the 2011 California State High school Championship (California Interscholastic Federation, CIF), playing for Scripps Ranch High School. After graduating from high school, Schauffele played his freshman year in college for Long Beach State University, where he garnered the 2012 Big West Conference Freshman of the Year as well as the 2012 First Team All-Big West awards.
For his sophomore year, Schauffele transferred to the San Diego State University Aztecs, where eventually he would play out his college career. During his three years at SDSU, Schauffele was a Ping and Golfweek Third Team All-American. Scholastically, he was twice awarded the Mountain West Conference All-Academic Team Award. At SDSU, he holds the records for all-time lowest tournament score against par (−17); all-time career scoring average (71.50); as well as the seasonal records for par-5 performance (4.5135); birdies (171) and eagles (9).
Schauffele defeated Beau Hossler to win the 2014 California State Amateur Championship at La Costa Resort and Spa. Later that summer, the two long time rivals met again in a final at Chicago's Beverly Country Club for the 2014 Western Amateur where Schauffele lost to Hossler in the final match in dramatic fashion.
Schauffele accumulated a collegiate record that features 3 wins, 4 runner-ups, 19 top-fives and 27 top-tens in a total of 50 tournaments. He was ranked in the top 10 of the World Amateur Golf Ranking at the time he turned professional in 2015.
Professional career
After turning professional in June 2015, Schauffele entered the 2015 Web.com Tour Qualifying Tournament in fall. He was runner up in first stage at Southern Dunes GC in Maricopa, Arizona. He went on to win second stage at Oak Valley GC in Beaumont, California and ultimately earned his Web.com Tour card in the finals in Florida in a tie for 40th.
In 2016 Schauffele played a full season on the Web.com Tour where he finished 26th on the regular-season money list. He ended up missing a PGA Tour card for 2017 by less than $100, but went on to earn a card through the Web.com Tour Finals by finishing 15th on the Finals money list (excluding the 25 regular-season graduates).
Next to Jon Rahm, Schauffele is the youngest player to achieve rookie status on the PGA Tour who has graduated from college with a degree in the era of the Web.com Q-School system.
Amateur wins (5)
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