Xander Schauffele, of the U.S., poses for a photo with his parents, Chen Ping-Yi, left, and Stefan Schauffele, as he won the Baycurrent Classic golf tournament at the Yokohama Country Club in Yokohama, near Tokyo on Sunday.
Xander Schauffele picked up another meaningful win in Japan, this one a PGA Tour trophy instead of Olympic gold, capping a frustrated year marked by injury and some doubt.
Schauffele birdied the 17th hole Sunday and closed with a seven-under 64 to hold off Max Greyserman and win the Baycurrent Classic. It caps off a season that saw him miss two months with a rib injury and fail to reach the Tour Championship for the first time.
“This is really special for me — sooner than I thought, to be fair,” Schauffele said. “I was running out of events in 2025 to sort of put my m