That same permanent smile did not make it out to picture day for the Olympics. Though, to be fair to Schauffele, none of the Olympic golfers are smiling in their pictures, because, according to Sean Zak of Golf.com, on-site this week in Japan, you are simply not allowed to smile or show any emotion in the headshot.
As a result, you get these, which could double as mugshots for some of these guys, Xander in particular:
It's mandatory for Olympics credential photos to be taken without emotion, against a white background.
Alex Noren looks like he's about to crack. (plz don't ask to see mine) pic.twitter.com/dPm00wBNOX
— Sean Zak (@Sean_Zak) July 29, 2021
These are legitimately some of the worst pictures ever taken. Schauffele looks like he’s been pulled over for drink driving, Patrick Reed looks like he’s back in Year 8, Rory McIlroy looks like he doesn’t want to be there (which is actually sort of the case) and Alex Noren, our knight in shining armour, said: eff this, I’m smiling.
But wait, there’s more!
These Olympic headshots are straddling the line of mugshot and fake ID pic.twitter.com/X25NS9eneR
— Patrick McDonald (@AmateurStatus) July 28, 2021
The official head shots for golfers on the Olympic website makes them look like they just got busted for a DUI. pic.twitter.com/p30FrXKUi1
— Iain MacMillan (@IainMacBets) July 29, 2021
You’ll notice the constant in everyone’s tweet – Xander, because my goodness did they do the X-Man dirty. Good news is he must be OK because he went out and shot a three-under 68 in the opening round at Kasumigaseki Country Club.
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