Golfer comes to FedEx St. Jude with a golden parachute
U.S. golfer Xander Schauffele shows the gold medal he won in men's golf at the 2020 Summer Olympics on Sunday, Aug. 1, in Kawagoe, Japan. The 27-year-old native of San Diego is competing in this week’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational in Memphis. (Andy Wong/Associated Press)
Xander Schauffele hasn’t won a major yet, and it was a long flight from Tokyo, but that shiny Olympic gold medal takes the edge off.
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John Varlas is a lifelong Memphian who has covered high school sports in various capacities for over 20 years.
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