MEMPHIS, Tenn. – It was fitting that Xander Schauffele had dozed off by the time fellow American Nelly Korda claimed gold at the Olympics.
His week in Tokyo had taken a lot out of him.
Battling a post-Olympic hangover, Schauffele hasn’t played his best this week at the WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational, where he was in Saturday morning's third group. With a 7:45 a.m. tee time, he could only stay awake through Korda’s 13th hole before he headed to bed, but he was pleased to wake up and see another American atop the podium.
“It was just really cool,” Schauffele said following a third-round 70 that left him outside the top 60 in this limited-field event.