Back-nine flurry gives Xander Schauffele 36-hole lead in Phoenix

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Why Schauffele wants to have a rookie's mentality

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Xander Schauffele rarely doesn’t say what’s on his mind.

“I want to win really bad,” he fired off Friday evening at TPC Scottsdale, where Schauffele holds a one-shot lead through 36 holes of the Waste Management Phoenix Open.

It’s certainly been a while since Schauffele found himself in the winner’s circle on the PGA Tour. Not that he hasn’t come close. Since his last victory, at the 2019 Sentry Tournament of Champions, Schauffele has finished runner-up seven times. Heck, since the beginning of last season, he’s only placed outside of the top 25 twice in 24 starts with his last non-top-25…