Xander Schauffele's reaction to question about PGA Tour boss says it all

Xander Schauffele says he's not sure if PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan is being more transparent with players these days. 

Schauffele made it clear before the unofficial fifth major championship at TPC Sawgrass in March that Monahan wasn't to be trusted. 

The American golfer was referring to the fact Monahan agreed a peace deal with LIV Golf's financiers without players' knowledge. 

Monahan was forced to step away from the role temporarily owing to stress and anxiety that was induced in the aftermath of the shock agreement.

When he returned, he admitted he bungled the rollout of the peace deal and vowed to restore the trust that was lost.

Tiger Woods even warned Monahan what transpired behind closed doors could never happen again in the future.  

"I actually don't really know," Schauffele told reporters ahead of the Tour Championship at East Lake when asked if Monahan had kept his word of being more transparent. 

"I haven't really paid attention, to be completely honest. I've been a little busy with my own -- with my head in the sand, as I said earlier this year or last year or whatever.

"I really have been focusing on my own stuff, and I have not sat and asked a single person, how is the Tour doing, because I just care how Xander is doing, and that's pretty much it."

Schauffele said he's never really been involved in talks behind-the-scenes about how to repair the fractured men's game. 

"It's not a room that I was ever in," Schauffele said. 

"And I haven't really thought much about it."

Schauffele said this is perhaps why he's been playing better this year.

He claimed his maiden major championship at Valhalla in May and added his second in July at Royal Troon. 

"I've just been focusing on my own stuff," Schauffele said. 

"That's the only event I'm going to play in the offseason"

Schauffele will take a much-needed break after the Tour Championship. 

The PGA Tour's 2025-2026 schedule has recently been confirmed. 

It is a carbon copy of the 2024-2025 season, with the Canadian Open swapping places with the Memorial Tournament to satisfy Jack Nicklaus.

Schauffele said he has no plans to play again until he heads to Japan for the ZOZO Championship. 

"I haven't really put a whole lot of thought about how I'd feel trying to tee up in a series overseas in November or December, or October even," he said,  

"I'm going to go overseas to Japan to play the ZOZO. 

"That's the only event I'm going to play this off-season, or I guess this fall season, off-season leading into the new season. 

"I'm excited for my trip to Japan. I always am. It's a warm and fuzzy place for me."

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