He scorched Valhalla in his opening round of the PGA Championship with a 9-under-par 62 to take a three-shot lead among the players in the morning tee times.
Just four days earlier, Xander Schauffele got boat-raced by Rory McIlroy in the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship at Quail Hollow.
Schauffele took a one-shot lead over McIlroy into the final round and lost by five shots.
On Thursday, though, Schauffele, who hasn’t won a tournament since 2022, showed no signs of any Wells Fargo hangover.
He scorched Valhalla in his opening round of the PGA Championship with a 9-under-par 62 to take a three-shot lead among the players in the morning tee times.
Both Tony Finau and Sahith Theegala, with a 65 in the morning, are three shots behind Schauffele at 6-under par.
Rory McIlroy, who won his last major championship 10 years ago at Valhalla, is 5-under par after shooting 66 and is tied with Robert McIntyre at four shots behind Schauffele.
Defending PGA champion Brooks Koepka, a three-time winner of this major, put himself in great position with a 4-under-par 67.
