Xander Schauffele Legion

Xander Schauffele gained +4.65 strokes vs. the field today at The Masters. 🌺 That is the most he has gained in an opening round at Augusta National so far in his career. After his strong start, he sits T6 and 3 shots back.

Xander Schauffele after his -2, 70 to begin the week at The Masters: "Yeah, a little bit of a mixed bag. Nice to finish with a birdie on 17 and getting away with a par on 18. Overall, decent start."

Xander Schauffele posts -2, 70 on Thursday at The Masters. 👏👏👏 Was a bit sloppy at times, but all in all it’s a good start to the week at Augusta National. Drove it very well, which is a good sign for the rest of the week. Currently T10 and 3 shots behind.

Great shot from the bunker to 25 feet. Got it on the right level. Outside chance to close with birdie and shoot -3, 69.

Seems like the final tee shot on Thursday has found the fairway bunker. Shot tracker showing no lip issues. 154 yards left.

BOUNCE BACK BIRDIE AT 17. XANDER RETURNS TO -2. ✅✅✅✅✅ Onto the final hole. If he makes par or better I’ll be pleased about how today went.

THERE WE GO. BEAUTIFUL APPROACH TO 5 FEET AT 17. 🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 Chance for a bounce back birdie to get back to -2. Would love this.

Back to normality with a drive in the fairway at 17. 154 yards left. Hopefully he can give himself a chance.

Very weak par putt. Another dropped shot for Xander. Now back to -1. This isn't the last few holes I had in mind.

Hits a spinner to about 6 feet below the hole. Another hole where he'll need quite a bit of effort to stay at -2.

Poor swing at the par 3 16th, way late with the hands. Going to need to use all of his skill to stop this pitch shot and get it close.

Follows a very poor lag putt with a great par save. Xander Schauffele escapes with par at 15. He's lurking at -2, T9. Could use one more birdie coming in.

Wedge shot barely skipped over the green. Pretty sure that he thinks it was really close to spinning and being good. At this point I'd take a good lag putt and a par.

Chipped an iron down the fairway for his lay up. Smart. Dangerous 97 yard wedge shot now.

Finds the fairway at 15. Sadly, I think it's too far left. I'm predicting a lay up from there. We'll see.

Sadly it's a dropped shot at 14 for Xander Schauffele. Left himself in an awful spot with the approach. Bad mistake. Drops back to -2 with 4 holes to go. Onto Firethorn.

He had such a hard shot that he didn't even try to get it close. Took putter and lagged it to 15 feet. Outside chance for par. This is the type of putt he would make.

Wow. After hitting a big cut into the fairway, Xander hits the worst shot of his day into 14. Pulled it left and it got killed by the wind. Short of the green and in a really bad spot with a hard pitch left.

XANDER SCHAUFFELE 2 PUTTS FOR BIRDIE AT 13! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏 The 2 time major champion moves to -3 and now sits 2 shots back at Augusta National. Even with a fine end to this round I would be happy about today. It's been a great start.

AWESOME SHOT. USES THE LIE TO SLING A DRAW TO ABOUT 25 FEET. ✅✅✅ A chance upcoming up the hill for eagle to move to -4 and 1 shot back at The Masters...