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Xander Schauffele Discusses Costly Triple Bogey at 2021 Masters: 'I Was Chasing'

A dramatic comeback at the 2021 Masters was there for the taking for Xander Schauffele.

Until it wasn't.

While it appeared as if Hideki Matsuyama was going to cruise to victory for much of Sunday's final round, Schauffele notched four straight birdies from Nos. 12-15 and closed within two strokes when the eventual victor bogeyed the 15th.

However that momentum came to a screeching halt when Schauffele hit his tee shot on the par-three 16th into the water and finished with a triple bogey on the hole.

"I hit a perfect iron," Schauffele said, per ESPN's Mark Schlabach.