Xander Schauffele started the final round of the 2023 American Express eight shots back of co-leaders Jon Rahm and Davis Thompson and couldn’t really get anything going early on Sunday.
Schauffele made par on his first four holes before he teed off on the par-5 5th, but that’s when he made some magic.
After driving his ball 314 yards, he faced a long second shot over a lake to the green. From 225 yards out, Schauffele’s ball just barely cleared the water but landed softly and then started tracking towards the hole.
And then it rolled into the cup like a putt for an albatross 2 on the par 5.
ALBATROSS FOR XANDER!@XSchauffele holes out from 225 yards to move to 18-under @TheAmexGolf 🔥 pic.twitter.com/TLGu90jdIN
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) January 22, 2023
The three-shot swing bumped him into the top 10 at 18 under. He would go on to shoot a final-round 62 to get to 25 under.
The American Express has had 10 double eagles in the 64-year history of the event, but Schauffele’s was the first ever recorded on the Stadium Course.
It’s the first albatross on the PGA Tour since Stephan Jaeger accomplished the feat in the final round of the 2022 John Deere Classic.
