CHERRY HILLS VILLAGE // Billy Horschel took a beating on social media for finishing second last week at the Deutsche Bank Championship. Choker, they called him. A man who could not finish the deal. But that did not bother him at all.
“That just adds fuel to my fire,” he said, “and I’m just going to stick it to you every time.”
Playing his best golf at the perfect time of year, Horschel won the BMW Championship, blowing a three-shot lead to start the day but coming back to shoot 1-under 69 for a two-stroke victory over Bubba Watson.
Horschel finished at 14-under 266. He will head to the Tour Championship second in the FedEx Cup standings, with as good a shot as anyone at winning the $10 million (Dh36.7m) grand prize.
Horschel said the way he closed the last tournament – chunking a six-iron on the 18th fairway when he had a chance to tie or beat Chris Kirk – hardly bothered him.
“Obviously, now when you look back at it, it’s awesome,” he said. “But I didn’t even think about it when I won. I had a one-stroke deficit [last week] on 18, and I had to hit a good shot, and unfortunately, I didn’t.”
A week later at Cherry Hills, his last full shot was a 9-iron from the middle of the fairway that he hit safely into the middle of the green. His two-putt secured the $1.44 million first prize for this, his second PGA Tour win.
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