Billy Horschel’s eagle seals BMW PGA Championship win
AP – Billy Horschel defeated four-time major winner Rory McIlroy in a playoff yesterday, becoming the first American golfer to win the BMW PGA Championship twice. Horschel sank a stunning eagle. After making a long putt from close to the green on the second playoff hole, Horschel hugged McIlroy affectionately, displaying no signs of anxiety. It’s consistently one of my favorite weeks of the year. I like to visit this place. The 37-year-old Horschel stated, “I feel at ease, I feel calm.”
Even though I’m not from the UK, London, or England, I still feel somewhat at home here. Three years prior, at Virginia Water, Horschel triumphed. This year, he and McIlroy were tied for second place at the end of the day, each three strokes behind the lead held by Italian player Matteo Manassero.
They both shot five-under 67s to tie South African Thriston Lawrence, who shot a solid 65 that day, at 20 under and force a three-way playoff, even though Manassero faltered. Following their return to the famed West Course, Lawrence was eliminated from contention after bogeying, while McIlroy and Horschel both made birdies. However, McIlroy lost the following hole. This simply illustrates the norm. Someone is constantly waiting to take advantage of a small mistake or failure to make a birdie on a critical hole, according to McIlroy. “I’ve played well for the past two weeks. simply not nearly well enough.
The 2014 winner, a third-ranked Northern Irishman, has now finished three times in second place at Wentworth. After shooting a one-over 73 that included four bogeys, Manassero, who won the tournament the last time it went to a playoff in 2013, shared fourth place with Englishmen Matthew Baldwin and Aaron Rai. They finished with 17 under. Manassero would have been on track to make it to the Ryder Cup the following year with a win.
