Xander Schauffele With 2 Clutch Putts Gives US Gold in Golf

Xander Schauffele With 2 Clutch Putts Gives US Gold in Golf
Xander Schauffele of the United States poses with his Gold in the Men's Golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Kawagoe, Japan, on Aug. 1, 2021. Andy Wong/AP
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KAWAGOE, Japan—Four feet between his golf ball and the cup was all that separated Xander Schauffele from an Olympic gold medal, and he couldn’t help but let his mind wander.

For Schauffele, it would be as special as a major, the championships that have eluded him far too many times, most recently at the Masters—and for his father, an Olympic medal to share after his own aspirations ended in a horrific car accident that cost him his left eye.