Xander Schauffele's father celebrated his 2024 PGA Championship victory while living in shipping container in Hawaii

Xander Schauffele did not have his dad and longtime coach, Stefan, with him on Sunday when he won his first major at the PGA Championship.

In fact, Stefan was 4,400 miles away in Kauai, Hawaii, where he's been staying in a shipping container without television.

According to Golf.com, Stefan is overseeing construction of what will become a 'family compound' on 22 acres of farmland.

Stefan reportedly did not watch most of the tournament's opening stages, but made his way to a local sports bar on Saturday before watching his son win on Sunday at some friends' vacation rental.

'I was actually able to call him when I was standing, waiting to walk onto the 18th green,' Schauffele told reporters after his win.

'He was a mess. He was crying on the phone. It made me pretty emotional. I told him I had to hang up because I had to walk down. I couldn't show up looking like the way I was.' 

Stefan added to Golf.com, 'I just started crying. Finally it happened. Finally, that happened,' he said, inevitability replaced by wonder. 

'I was just observing until he won - and then I let the emotions go. At that moment I was helpless. Give me the Kleenex box.'

While Schauffele is now the No. 2 player in the world, Sunday marked his first major victory in what had been a career of almosts.

The 30-year-old had produced six top-five finishes in majors before his PGA Championship win, including runner-up finishes in The Masters and British Open respectively.

Schauffele has been coached by his dad for his entire career, though he has also started to work with swing coach Chris Como.  

'Now that I'm working with Chris, he feels like he can kind of take his hands off the wheel. He trusts him a lot, I trust him a lot,' Schauffele added.

'My dad is at that stage in his life, I really want him to be happy, and I know this is going to bring him a ton of joy where he's at in Hawai'i right now.'