CROMWELL, Conn. – For Xander Schauffele, securing the sixth PGA Tour win of his career required looking inward to avoid squandering a sudden surge of momentum in his direction.
He more than managed.
Schauffele won the Travelers Championship with a three-stroke swing on the final hole Sunday, hitting to three feet for a birdie after rookie Sahith Theegala took two shots to get out of a bunker and made a double bogey in the group ahead.
A stroke ahead entering the day, Schauffele finished with a 2-under-par 68 at TPC River Highlands to finish at 19-under 261 and beat Theegala (67) and J.T. Poston (64) by two strokes.
“My mind was telling me to hit a good drive and then use your sand wedge or lob wedge in there and make birdie,” Schauffele said. “To sit there and watch what happened was a bit of a shock, obviously. I really had to try and focus on the task at hand.”