FILE PHOTO: Golf - The 2020 Ryder Cup - Whistling Straits, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S. - September 24, 2021 Team USA's Xander Schauffele in action during the Four-balls REUTERS/Mike Segar
(Reuters) - Olympic champion Xander Schauffele would not have been competing at this week's Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii if not for a change in the eligibility rules and the American hopes to make the most of his opportunity.
The tournament is typically reserved for those who won on the PGA Tour during the previous year but the circuit's policy board approved a new eligibility category to include the men's Olympic gold medallist in the year following his win.
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