"I need to have the best career ever"- Xander Schauffele on what it might take to beat Scottie Scheffler to Player of the Year

Xander Schauffele is in the field this week for the 2024 Zozo Championship at the Accordia Golf Narashino Country Club in Japan. He is competing in his first FedEx Cup fall season event and will look to make an impressive start. Ahead of the championship, Schauffele commented on what he needed to do to beat Scottie Scheffler to the Player of the Year award next year.

Schauffele last competed in the 2024 Tour Championship, where he finished T4 and had a great finish to the 2024 FedEx Cup regular season. During the pre-round press conference of the 2024 Zozo Championship, a journalist questioned what Schauffele needs to do to win the Player of The Year award next year.

"I mean, it seems I need to have the best career ever. You know, I just had my best career ever, and you know it wasn't really close. So yeah, I am pretty, you know, content with how I played and where my game is at," Schauffele said (via GolfDigest on X).

Despite having the best season of his career with two major championship wins, Xander Schauffele won't win the PGA Tour Player of the Year as Scottie Scheffler had an exceptional season with seven PGA Tour wins and a gold medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

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When will Xander Schauffele tee off at the 2024 Zozo Championship?

Xander Schauffele is paired with Rickie Fowler and Min Woo Lee for the first two rounds of the 2024 Zozo Championship. The trio will tee off at 10:24 am local time (9:24 pm ET) on Thursday, while they will tee off at 9:07 am local time (8:07 pm ET) on Friday for the second round.

Xander Schauffele will be headlining the field at the 2024 Zozo Championship - Source: Imagn

Tee No. 1

• 7:45 p.m. – C.T. Pan, Max Greyserman, Takashi Ogiso
• 7:56 p.m. – Ben Griffin, Victor Perez, Ryosuke Kinoshita
• 8:07 p.m. – Luke List, Nico Echavarria, Adam Svensson
• 8:18 p.m. – Davis Riley, Nick Taylor, Lee Hodges
• 8:29 p.m. – Chad Ramey, Gary Woodland, Matt Kuchar
• 8:40 p.m. – Charley Hoffman, Maverick McNealy, Ryo Ishikawa
• 8:51 p.m. – Carson Young, Ben Silverman, Taisei Shimizu
• 9:02 p.m. – Eric Cole, Chan Kim, Takumi Kanaya
• 9:13 p.m. – Doug Ghim, Rico Hoey, Kaito Onishi
• 9:24 p.m. – Xander Schauffele, Rickie Fowler, Min Woo Lee
• 9:35 p.m. – Collin Morikawa, Sahith Theegala, Will Zalatoris
• 9:46 p.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Chris Gotterup, Kurt Kitayama
• 9:57 p.m. – Sam Stevens, S.H. Kim, Shugo Imahira

Tee No. 10

• 7:45 p.m. – Ryo Hisatsune, Mac Meissner, Takahiro Hataji
• 7:56 p.m. – Joel Dahmen, Nate Lashley, Satoshi Kodaira
• 8:07 p.m. – Kevin Yu, K.H. Lee, Brendon Todd
• 8:18 p.m. – Max Homa, Sungjae Im, Kensei Hirata
• 8:29 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Si Woo Kim, Justin Thomas
• 8:40 p.m. – Justin Lower, Ryan Fox, Naoyuki Kataoka
• 8:51 p.m. – Chandler Phillips, Sami Valimaki, Hiroshi Iwata
• 9:02 p.m. – Andrew Putnam, Beau Hossler, Yuto Katsuragawa
• 9:13 p.m. – Patrick Rodgers, Mark Hubbard, Ren Yonezaw
• 9:24 p.m. – Taylor Moore, J.J. Spaun, Tom Hoge
• 9:35 p.m. – Harry Hall, Seamus Power, Adam Schenk
• 9:46 p.m. – Andrew Novak, Ben Kohles, Yuta Sugiura
• 9:57 p.m. – Zac Blair, Patrick Fishburn, David Skinns