Xander Schauffele isn’t headed to East Lake this fall after all.
Schauffele, the No. 3-ranked golfer in the world, struggled at the BMW Championship this week and entered the clubhouse at Caves Valley tied for 31st in the second leg of the PGA Tour’s FedExCup Playoffs. Though he fired a 4-under 66 on Sunday to get back to 3-over for the tournament, it was his only round of the week that broke 70.
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As a result, Schauffele will finish outside of the top 30 in the FedExCup standings and miss qualifying for the Tour Championship next week in Atlanta. It will mark the first time in Schauffele’s career that he’s missed out on the Tour Championship. He had been eight straight times, which was the longest active streak on Tour, and had never finished worse than 15th in the FedExCup standings.
“There’s nothing worse than trying your hardest and playing like ass,” Schauffele said. “It’s the worst combo. Some of us do it, some of us don’t. It’s been a while since I have, and I did it for a few weeks now, and it sucked.
“It’s going to be nice to sit back and be at home and away from golf.
Schauffele, who has won nine times on Tour in his career, had just three top 10 finishes in 14 starts this season — though two of those came at the Masters and the British Open. He didn’t miss a single cut and hung around at No. 3 in the Official World Golf Rankings behind only Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy.
Though Schauffele’s season is now over, he won’t have a long break at home to try and recover. He’s already secured his spot on the U.S. Ryder Cup team, which will take on the Europeans at Bethpage Black next month.
The top 30 in the FedExCup standings after the BMW Championship will advance to the Tour Championship next week. The Ryder Cup’s automatic qualifying period ends after the tournament, too, which will lock in the first half of the U.S. team. That event will start on Sept. 26 in New York.
