Xander Schauffele’s Mystery: Golf Star Has No Clue Where Olympic Gold Medal Is

In a world where athletes often showcase their glittering achievements, golf star Xander Schauffele is playing a different game—one of refreshing humility. The PGA and Open Championship winner, with nine PGA Tour titles under his belt, including a shiny Olympic gold from Tokyo 2021, admitted this week at Royal Portrush that his trophy cabinet at home is, well, non-existent.

Schauffele, who’s gearing up to defend his title, revealed that his parents are the keepers of his hardware, likely stashed away in a bank vault somewhere. But the Olympic gold medal? That’s a mystery even to him. "I actually have no idea where that is, to be completely honest," he confessed with a candid shrug. It’s not that he doesn’t value his wins; he just doesn’t see the point of turning his Florida home into a personal hall of fame. "What am I going to do with it? I don’t really invite people over to my house. Am I just going to go look at it myself?" he mused.

Instead of trophies, his wife has taken decorating into her own hands, hanging pictures of his Olympic triumph in the gym—so high up, apparently, that Schauffele needs a ladder to reach them. That, he admits, irks him more than a missed putt. He’d rather see a photo of himself in a Masters jacket, something to fuel his competitive fire.

As Schauffele tees off alongside U.S. Open champ J.J. Spaun and two-time major winner Jon Rahm this Thursday at 4:58 a.m. ET, one thing is clear: this golfer’s legacy isn’t in shiny objects but in his grounded approach to greatness. Wherever that gold medal is, it’s probably just happy to have been won by someone who doesn’t need to flaunt it.