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Daily Mirror
30 minutes ago
- Daily Mirror
Xander Schauffele sends clear message to wife after getting rid of all his golf trophies
Xander Schauffele is coming into The Open championship at Royal Portrush as the defending champion, but just don't ask the two-time major winner to see his trophies Xander Schauffele may be one of golf's most recent serial winners, yet the star has confessed that storing all his silverware is actually an afterthought for him. Schauffele will take to The Open championship at Royal Portrush this week as the defending champion. The 31-year-old claimed his second major at Royal Troon last summer, taking temporary ownership of the famous Claret Jug. As well as his two majors, which includes a PGA Championship also won in 2024, he also claimed the Tour Championship in his rookie season and even earned an Olympic gold medal at Tokyo in 2021. Yet Schauffele is not a hoarder, even eschewing the temptation to hoist his trophies on display. He has even aimed a message at his wife, Maya, who chose to decorate their house with some of the golf star's most valuable trinkets, claiming he would rather see exhibits of motivation around his home, rather than fossils of events he has already conquered. "My wife hung up some pictures of me in my gym of me winning the Olympic medal, and she put it so high up I can't reach it," Schauffele recently said to The Washington Post. Schauffele, who finished runner-up at The Masters in 2019, added: "I have to get a ladder now, and it bothers me. If anything, put up me in a Masters jacket, like that would p*** me off, you know what I mean? Something like that is more motivating." The PGA Tour star says that his parents are actually in possession of all his trophies, such is his indifference to them, and that his esteemed array of jugs and garlands are "probably in a bank vault." On the prize every athlete dreams about, his Olympic gold medal, the golfer said: "I actually have no idea where that is, to be completely honest." If Schauffele's resistance to celebrating himself seems self flagellating or even ungrateful, it's far from it. It's simply one of the game's current greats engineering a way to get himself back onto the course, as hungry as ever. "What am I going to do with it? [the trophies] I don't really invite people over to my house. Am I just going to go look at it myself?" he said. "I don't want to walk into a trophy room like, 'Look how great I am.' I was just raised to think that way, and it's kind of stuck." Instead, Schauffele says he would prefer photos of his dog on the wall, or perhaps a clock, adding: "I'm always late, so maybe a clock would be good for me." Celebrating the wins is often the foundation of any sport, but there's a fine line between dining out on your past to the point you forget to lay the table for your future, something Schauffele is keen to underscore. "I really want to keep my head down and keep charging," he added. There's no doubt that 2024 was a banner year for the San Diego-born star. Yet while he opened major season this year with a top-10 finish at the Masters, he has been pretty anonymous ever since - with Augusta representing his only top-10 finish in any event all year. He now looks to banish half a year of frustrating form and niggling injuries to make a mark at Royal Portrush. "I've never successfully defended any tournament that I've won in the past, so I'm very much looking forward to it,' he said. "If I could do it at a major, especially The Open, it would be really incredible. I was just told we have a record attendance in Portrush, and for obvious reasons. If I can use it to my advantage to sort of cruise along and fly under the radar, that's exactly what I'll do." The Open Championship gets underway on Thursday, July 17.
Scottish Sun
16 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
The Open champion Xander Schauffele doesn't know where his trophies are and reveals what his wife did to upset him
Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) OPEN champion Xander Schauffele celebrated last year's triumph by drinking tequila out of the Claret Jug and smoking a big Cuban cigar. But the Californian, whose form has nosedived since he won his second Major at Troon 12 months ago, is not your typical brash American. 4 Xander Schauffele won The Open last year Credit: Reuters 4 He has admitted to drinking from the iconic jug Credit: Alamy 4 His wife Maya has put up a picture of his Olympic success at his home gym Credit: Getty 4 He won gold at the Tokyo Games in 2021 Credit: Rex Schauffele, 31, revealed he does not have any of his 12 professional trophies at home, claims he does not know the whereabouts of his Olympic gold medal and hates the fact his wife put a photo of that Tokyo 2021 success on the wall of his gym. As he prepares to defend his jug at Portrush this week, he said: 'I don't have any trophies at my house. They are at my parents' house, probably, or in a bank vault. 'I don't really invite people over, so am I just going to go look at them myself? 'I don't want to walk into a trophy room and say, 'Look how great I am'. I was raised to think that way, and it stuck. READ MORE ON GOLF RUSH OUT Former winner pulls out of The Open just days before start with replacement named 'I actually have no idea where it (the Olympic gold medal) is, to be completely honest. 'What am I going to do with it? 'My wife hung up some pictures in my gym of me winning the Olympic medal, and she put it so high up, I can't reach it. 'I'd have to get a ladder and it bothers me. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS 'Like anything... put up a photo of me in a Masters Green Jacket (which Schauffele has not won). That would p**s me off. 'Something like that would be more motivating. I don't want to look at that photo. Emotional Scottie Scheffler reveals reason he could QUIT golf in worrying interview at The Open 'I'd rather have a photo of my dogs on the wall or a clock. I'm always late, so maybe a clock would be good.' Two-time Major winner Schauffele admits he did try tequila out of the Claret Jug — but insists he does not drink like the locals here on the Northern Irish coast. He said: 'I'm embarrassed to say I had a little tequila from it on holiday in Portugal — but, no, not with salt and lime because the lid barely opens. 'I've had wine out of it, but not much. I don't drink a whole lot. 'I definitely drank more after a few championships last year. 'But I'm not Irish, I know the celebrations go a bit deeper here than what I'm accustomed to! 'In my fashion, I had a cigar. I had my family. I had a few phone calls. It was a nice celebration. 'Then we were going to the Olympics shortly after. It seems whenever we play in these tournaments, you're on to the next right away. 'It's a bummer to give up the trophy this year. I'm looking forward to trying to get it back.'
Scottish Sun
18 hours ago
- Scottish Sun
Oleksandr Usyk warns Daniel Dubois his boxing IQ is too much for him ahead of undisputed title fight at Wembley
Oleksandr Usyk also has another secret weapon BRAIN POWER Oleksandr Usyk warns Daniel Dubois his boxing IQ is too much for him ahead of undisputed title fight at Wembley Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) OLEKSANDR USYK has warned Daniel Dubois that his boxing brain is one nut Britain's best and biggest cannot crack. Derek Chisora gave the 38-year-old Ukraine icon five torrid 2020 rounds before being outpointed. Sign up for Scottish Sun newsletter Sign up 3 Oleksandr Usyk warned Daniel Dubois his boxing IQ is too much for him 3 Usyk and Dubois are set for a massive rematch on Saturday at Wembley 3 Usyk won the first match by knocking Dubois out in 2023 Anthony Joshua tried to outbox the fox and was handed back-to-back defeats in 2020 and 2021 And 6ft, 9in Tyson Fury tried to abuse and bully the former cruiserweight king and was also handed consecutive 2024 losses. Respectful and reserved Dubois gave it a decent whack in 2023 but he surrendered in the ninth after running out of ideas and energy. But now the rematch is back at Wembley - for all four world titles and undisputed legacy - and Dubois looks like the last Englishman tasked with trying to best the greatest IQ in modern boxing. Chisora told SunSport that Usyk is having his supreme engine and southpaw skills boosted by the ongoing invasion of his beloved country. And he agreed. 'What Chisora said is true.' Usyk told us. "You can't crack my head. 'Everyone wants to talk about their punches or their power. I just wait for my time. I just wait for the bell to go DING and the referee to say: 'box'." Usyk's training regime defies sports science; he swims for hours, ships in the best giants sparring partners from all around the world and throws in mind games and magic tricks - the man can really dance too. CASINO SPECIAL - BEST CASINO BONUSES FROM £10 DEPOSITS But it's his brain that has helped him keep ice cool against verbal and physical provocation from some of the most dangerous men on the planet, while he counters with a gap-toothed grin and a boxing masterclass. 'The brain and the body are the same,' he explained. 'If you have the brain but no fitness, it's bad. In camp with Daniel Dubois ahead of Oleksandr Usyk bout 'But if you have the best conditioning but a weak brain, it's also bad. 'When you do conditioning training, it has to hurt, you have to come through that and that's mental.' One other weapon in Usyk's artillery is the inspiration he takes from his father. Oleksandr Sr died days after his son's 2012 Olympic win, before his boy could get the medal back to him. Instead the gold went into his coffin and, in the following years, pre-fight dreams would be the only time he saw his father. Now his mum Nadiya guides the ship and she had strict instructions for her lad, after the family jewels took an almighty whack in the first fight. Usyk explained: "My mum always says 'Alex, please be careful of the punches'. 'She told me to have a big groin protector.'
