Xander Schauffele proved to be a shining light in a fairly dismal Team USA performance at the 2025 Ryder Cup, with the two-time major champion winning three points from four matches at Bethpage Black.

Of course, the 2025 Ryder Cup became a real disappointment for Keegan Bradley‘s men. The American side became the first home team since 2012 to lose the event.

Meanwhile, Team USA head to Adare Manor in 2027 looking for their first away victory since 1993 – the year Xander Schauffele was born.

Xander Schauffele backs change to how Team USA prepare for the Ryder Cup

It is clear that something has to change if the American side hope to turn the tide and start winning more often. They have won just three times since the turn of the century.

And it seems that Schauffele has thrown his support behind the idea of creating a single entity that oversees how Team USA prepares for both the Presidents Cup and the Ryder Cup.

“I haven’t thought too much about it. I think that’s probably a good place to start, just having some sort – these aren’t even my ideas, I’ve heard guys talk about it – maybe having some sort of organisation formed, USA Golf, I don’t really know how it would work,” he told 5 Clubs.

“But just to have some familiar faces giving similar advice in these team functions. There’s so much stuff that goes on that I wasn’t even aware of and I’m pretty cool with Keegan, and he’s like, ‘there’s a lot of stuff going on’. I’m like, “I’ll get back to you man, we’ll talk some other time’. It’s definitely a lot. And as a player, to jump into that seems really scary.”

Xander Schauffele explains how he managed to end a tough season on a high

It has been a turbulent season for Schauffele. He missed the early part of the season due to injury and took some time to really get going.

It was a real shame given that Schauffele had such an amazing 2024 season, winning two majors. Many players would have taken Schauffele’s season over Scottie Scheffler’s year.

But his Ryder Cup performance coupled with a victory at the Baycurrent Classic suggests that something has now clicked for the 32-year-old.

In the same interview with 5 Clubs, he explained how having time off before Bethpage really allowed him to hit reset heading into the final stages of the season.

“Even though we lost, just from a personal standpoint, I was able to hit some really good shots again at the Ryder Cup, in extremely high pressure situations. That gave me confidence. More credit to my team,” he said.

“We sat down after I missed East Lake, after the injury earlier in the year, I was having a kid, my son was a blessing just because he came at a nice time for me to forget everything that just happened. Then I had a sit down with part of my team just to go over what happened this year and how to address it.

“So coming back to practice even for a short time before the Ryder Cup, I felt recharged. I was the only guy at the Ryder Cup that played a little amount of golf. So I probably had the most energy compared to my whole team, missing seven weeks earlier in the year. Just a good plan of action created by my team to attack and then big confidence gained at the Ryder Cup and then that dragged me to Japan.”

Many will be expecting a much better year for Schauffele in 2026.

As long as he manages to stay fit in the off-season, there is reason for plenty of optimism for the world number three.