""It just flew straight into the bag," Schauffele said after finishing his round with a 2-under 70. "It was a great break. That bounce would've put me in the pine straw and who knows if I would've had a shot to hit up the hill.""
""So thanks to the lady on 8," added Schauffele, the two-time major championship winner whose best Masters finish was a tie for second in 2019."
""No doubt, Schauffele got lucky - but not as lucky as Louis Oosthuizen in the final round of the 2016 Masters. Oosthuizen sent his tee shot on the 16th to the green, where the ball collided with that of J.B. Holmes, changed direction and rolled in for a hole-in-one.""
During the opening round of the 2026 Masters, Xander Schauffele's tee shot on Hole 8 landed in a spectator's shopping bag. This unusual occurrence allowed him to avoid a difficult recovery from the pine straw. Schauffele marked the ball's location and retrieved it without penalty, finishing the day with a score of 2-under 70. He credited the fortunate bounce for salvaging his hole, recalling similar bizarre moments in Masters history, including Louis Oosthuizen's hole-in-one off another player's ball in 2016.
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