Currently second on the European Tour’s season-long Race to Dubai points list, Horschel has ambitions to become the first American to break that Old World tape.
As the endless intricacies of the European Ryder Cup qualification played out in the background, the BMW PGA Championship was claimed by an American, Billy Horschel.
The first and third rounds will feature four-ball play, with the second and final rounds foursomes. For many in the field, it’s a proposition that perhaps takes a little adapting to, given the scarcity of which it is experienced.
By the time Sunday afternoon rolled around in Texas, Horschel and Scheffler weren’t at their best, and though neither would admit it outright, it looked like a classic case of mental and physical fatigue as the sun set on a long week.
An equipment free agent, Horschel plays the Blueprint irons from Ping, the company Horschel signed with at the start of his PGA Tour career before later moving on to PXG.
It was a final round that highlighted just how good the sport is right now, and why it shouldn’t have to rely on one or two legends, but rather an ensemble cast that can deliver the goods.
The four-month gap between May and September is going to have an influence on the kind of golf and the sorts of shots the perennially sizeable galleries will be treated to this week.
Australian Golf Digest
