Taiwanese American Xander Schauffele has won the 2024 Open Championship in Britain. It is his second major championship, CBS Sports reports.
Schauffele, whose mother, Chen Ping-Yi, is Taiwanese, secured the victory with a 6-under 65 round on Sunday.
“There’s calmness and super stressful moments when you’re trying to win a major championship,” Schauffele said per ESPN. “I felt them in the past — the ones I didn’t win — and I let them get to me. Today, I felt like I did a pretty good job of weathering the storm when I needed to.”
The 30-year-old won his first major championship at the PGA Championship two months ago. According to CBS Sports, it took him 28 starts to get that first victory, but he won his second with only another two.
According to Golf Monthly, Schauffele was born and raised in San Diego, California. His father Stefan was a decathlete who was preparing to represent Germany at the Olympics before a drunk driver hit his car, causing career-ending injuries.
Schauffele attended Long Beach State University before transferring to San Diego State where he graduated with a bachelor’s degree in social sciences in 2015. He went pro that same year and joined the PGA tour in 2017.
“I mean, it’s a dream come true to win two majors in one year. It took me forever just to win one, and to have two now is something else,” Schauffele said, per ESPN.
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