Xander Schauffele shows true colours as he answers Justin Rose’s caddie’s ‘w***er’ claim

Golf king Xander Schauffele humbly shrugged off compliments from Justin Rose’s caddie after clinching The Open title.

The 30-year-old cigar-loving ace bagged his second major on Sunday, hot on the heels of his PGA Championship win in May. Rocketing to second place in the world golf rankings, Schauffele left Rory McIlroy trailing after his less-than-stellar performance.Golf king Xander Schauffele humbly shrugged off compliments from Justin Rose’s caddie after clinching The Open title.

The 30-year-old cigar-loving ace bagged his second major on Sunday, hot on the heels of his PGA Championship win in May. Rocketing to second place in the world golf rankings, Schauffele left Rory McIlroy trailing after his less-than-stellar performance.

With a reputation as one of the PGA Tour’s top guns, Schauffele now has the silverware to prove it. Mark Fulcher, Justin Rose’s seasoned caddie, witnessed Schauffele’s stellar Sunday spree that landed him at nine-under-par.

Despite Rose nipping at his heels for the lead, he fell two shots shy of victory. Fulcher, with more than 20 years in the game, couldn’t help but sing Schauffele’s praises. “He’s clearly one of the best golfers of his generation,” he remarked.

“It’s taken a little bit of time for him to cross that finish line. He’s actually quite nice, too. You’d almost like him to be a bit of a wanker. But he really couldn’t be nicer.”

Fulcher added: “He’s a lovely fellow. It’s just nice to know that he’s top class,” reports the Express. When probed about whether he sees himself in such high regard, Schauffele played it cool.

“Pretty much that’s you guys’ job to speculate on those things,” he fired back at the press. “I’m just trying to win as many of these things as I can and play the best golf as I can and be a decent guy. So I’ll let you ponder that one.”

Schauffele has cemented his name in golf history by nailing The 152nd Open with a mind-blowing final-round of 65, which he dubbed as the pinnacle of his sporting days. Once seen as golf’s nearly-man with a dozen top-10 major finishes but zero wins, he turned his luck around at Valhalla earlier this year.

“Winning the first one helped me a lot today on the back nine,” he confessed. “I had some feeling of calmness come through and that was very helpful on what has been one of the hardest back nines I’ve ever played in a tournament.”

“It’s a dream come true to win two majors in one year. It took me forever just to win one, so to have two now is something else. There are super stressful moments when you’re trying to win a major championship. I felt them in the past, the ones I didn’t win, and I let them get to me.”

The champ is now gunning for a career Grand Slam after becoming the first player to snag their initial two major wins in a single season since Jordan Spieth in 2015. This marks a historic moment, with Americans having dominated all four majors for the first time since ’82, thanks to Scottie Scheffler’s Masters glory and Bryson DeChambeau’s triumph at the US Open.