Xander Schauffele and his wife, Maya Lowe, had a boozy celebration with the Wanamaker Trophy after the American won his first major at the PGA Championship in Louisville, Ky., on Sunday.
The couple took turns chugging champagne from the trophy while partying with friends in a video Lowe posted to her Instagram page on Monday
“It all felt like a dream,” Lowe, who is a photographer, wrote in the post, which played DMX’s song, “Party Up” in the background. “So proud @xanderschauffele 👏🏼 We laughed, we cried, and we most certainly drank!🍾.”
Schauffele’s brother Nico and his caddie Austin Kaiser — who was on his college team at San Diego State University — were seen drinking from the trophy.
It came after Schauffele and Lowe posed for photos with the Wanamaker on the course at Valhalla Golf Club after he outlasted Bryson DeChambeau.
CBS cameras captured Lowe celebrating with Nico and his uncle, Gao-ya Chen, when Schauffele hit a clutch six-foot birdie putt on the 18th hole to win by a single stroke.
“As a competitor he’s stoic, determined,” Nico said during the PGA Championship in a video posted by the PGA Tour.. “He’s not really a guy that shows a lot of emotion. He definitely feels it, but you now, he just likes to play his game and what he does on the course prove itself.”
Lowe added in the comments: “All the emotions!”
Lowe, who also supported Schauffele at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Italy, was emotional and teary-eyed under her tinted black sunglasses on Sunday.
“I’m sorry, I’m blacking out,” she told The Athletic after Schauffele’s victory. “This means everything. Everything that he has worked hard for, it just goes to show that you’ll see results if you put in the work. He deserves it more than anything.
“Why do I say that? I’ve seen the dedication, the work that he puts in, the hours. Even during off weeks, there’s never an off week; they’re constantly practicing. The grind never stops.”
Getty Images
Lowe explained that Schauffele had a “chip on his shoulder” entering the PGA Championship — which came after the 30-year-old blew a one-stroke lead and lost by five to Rory McIlroy at the Wells Fargo Championship the week prior.
“I’m really quite emotional. I think what this means to him is that this is exactly what he’s meant to do — to play golf at this level. He’s doing what he loves,” she said.
The college sweethearts tied the knot at their home in Las Vegas in July 2021, nearly six months after Schauffele proposed in Maui, Hawaii.
