Xander Schauffele recorded his 10th career PGA Tour victory with a one-stroke win over Max Greyserman at the Baycurrent Classic on Sunday in Yokohama, Japan.
Schauffele collected eight birdies against one bogey to card a 7-under-par 64 on Sunday and finish at 19-under 265 at the Yokohama Country Club. He pocketed $1.44 million for his first-place finish.
Greyserman, who had seven birdies and one bogey, shot a 65 on Sunday to reside in second place at this tournament for the second time in as many years. He remains in search of his first PGA Tour title.
The victory held even more weight for Schauffele, given he has maternal grandparents living in Japan and his mother grew up in the country. To boot, Schauffele’s wife, Maya, is half Japanese and grew up in Okinawa.
“I’ve been coming here since I was about 9 years old to visit my grandparents,” Schauffele said. “I sort of fell in love with this country a long time ago. I can’t wait to bring my son here when he’s old enough to sort of understand and appreciate the culture here in Japan.
“Yeah, the ties run deep for the Schauffele family here in Japan.”
Schauffele recorded three birdies on his first six holes and answered a bogey on his par-3 seventh with another birdie on No. 8. He was kept on his toes by Greyserman before Schauffele two-putted on the par-4 18th to seal the win.
“I think every player in any sport at some point in time you feel like you’re on top of the world and then you feel like, not that you’ve lost it, but you feel less confident,” Schauffele said. “I have a really good team around me; they pick me up when I’m down. You know, this is really special for me. Sooner than I thought, to be fair. I was running out of events in 2025 to sort of put my mark on it.
“I’m sure when I look back on 2025 at the end of my career, I’ll smile and think it was a great year.”
Greyserman admittedly had mixed emotions following the final round. After all, he either held or shared the lead after each of the previous three rounds.
“I could take this a few different ways. Another second would be one thought, disappointed would be another thought, but also on the flip side, I could say I played really well,” Greyserman said. “I shot 65 on Sunday when I was tied for the lead and in the last group, so a lot of good. It’s like I don’t really know how to feel because I’m obviously very disappointed, but it’s the PGA Tour. You need to play exceptional on a Sunday to win a golf tournament.
“I played great, but I just didn’t play good enough.”
Last year, Greyserman lost to winner Nico Echavarria by one stroke after the latter sank birdie putts on two of his final three holes.
Michael Thorbjornsen carded a 64 on Sunday to finish three shots behind Schauffele.
–Field Level Media
