Xander puts Paris to bed

Xander Schauffele (above) will try to set aside Paris Olympics heartbreak as he plays alongside gold medalist Scottie Scheffler in the first two rounds of the PGA Tour play-offs.

World No 2 Schauffele, the Tokyo Olympics champion, and topranked Scheffler, who surged on the final day to win in Paris, will be together today and tomorrow at the PGA St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind in Memphis, Tennessee.

Schauffele, who won his first two Major titles at this year's PGA Championship and British Open, shared the lead after the second and third rounds in pursuit of a gold medal repeat in Paris, only to then fire a 73 in the final round and finish seven strokes behind Scheffler.

"It was bad," Schauffele said.

"I was probably more tired than I thought I was.