PLAYER BLOG

After winning two major titles last year, World No. 2 Xander Schauffele is looking forward to another strong season in 2025. The ninetime PGA TOUR winner shares his thoughts in this Player Blog series.

- Xander Schauffele

I'm excited for the new season, and eager to keep working hard with my entire team to get my game up to a level where we want it to be. Each member in my team has a specific role and I am grateful for their dedication and support.

The work that I've been doing with my swing coach, Chris Como, since last year has been coming along nicely and I'm keen to see how well we can put the full swing together. There are times when you're trying to push your swing to a certain place or you stack two or three good weeks in a row, and then you feel really good.

Hopefully, the changes we're working on will feel normal sooner rather than later. Just like anything else, when you take some time off, old habits die hard, so I start to shift back into old swing patterns and it feels equally as weird to get back to what Chris wants me to do, versus the first time around. It's a work in progress.

Going into Valhalla for the PGA Championship last May, I felt really good with my game. Then, the Open Championship is a different beast as you're trying to keep the ball in play, keep it low and leave it on the right side of the hole with the wind. It was two completely different styles of golf that cater to different things from your game and it was a lot of fun.