{"id":38565,"date":"2022-06-06T07:05:11","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T07:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hard-work-perseverance-serves-billy-horschel-at-memorial\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T07:05:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T07:05:11","slug":"hard-work-perseverance-serves-billy-horschel-at-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/hard-work-perseverance-serves-billy-horschel-at-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard work, perseverance serves Billy Horschel at Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
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DUBLIN, Ohio – Billy Horschel won’t begrudge you the memory if all you take away from his victory at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday on Sunday is his eagle at the 15th hole. His nearly 55-foot putt di lui, curling from right to left, was a splendid stroke and extended his two-shot lead to four, the final margin as Horschel (72) bested Aaron Wise (71).<\/p>\n

But while the eagle stood out, shiny things do not excite Horschel, who obsesses more over peak performance and what goes into it. He wants to understand success like a cheetah understands speed. What works? What doesn’t? He thinks about this as it relates to real estate, business – he doesn’t want to play professionally forever – and, for now, golf. On a list of the hardest workers on the PGA TOUR, he puts himself in the top five.<\/p>\n\n

RELATED:<\/b> What’s in Horschel’s bag?<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n\n

That work is paying off, and in capturing his seventh TOUR title over a cast of younger players – Wise, 25; Joaquin Niemann, 23; Will Zalatoris, 25; Sungjae Im, 24; Sahith Theegala, 24 – Horschel, 35, also authored a victory for professionalism itself.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think today, knowing the golf course, knowing how it was going to be fast and firm again, it was knowing the pin locations,\u201d Horschel said. \u201cI didn’t have to do anything to do anything special out there. I’ve got a five-shot lead. “<\/p>\n

In other words, Horschel is 13 years into his TOUR career; he knows what it takes. When Tiger Woods converted all those 54-hole leads \/ co-leads, Horschel was paying attention. He knew to appraise the difficulty of the course, the rock-hard greens, the pin positions. \u201cI love watching golf,\u201d he said. \u201cAs I’ve said for many years, I probably watched more golf than any PGA TOUR player. Maybe it’s a good thing. Maybe it’s a bad thing. “<\/p>\n

Given that he is now 3-for-5 at converting 54-hole leads \/ co-leads to victory, it’s probably a good thing.<\/p>\n

Horschel has not only studied the game, he has assembled an all-star cast around him that includes his (longtime) swing coach, Todd Anderson; fitness guy, Alex Bennett at the TPC Performance Center; stats guy, Mark Horton; and caddy, Mark \u201cFooch\u201d Fulcher, who was on the bag for Justin Rose’s 2010 Memorial victory and joined Team Horschel last summer.<\/p>\n

Horschel’s wife, Brittany, has his back, too, although she had never been there to witness one of his wins until Sunday. She’s been too busy with their three young children, Skylar, Colbie and Axel. She’s also, ahem, superstitious. <\/p>\n

\u201cMy wife has never wanted to fly in on a Saturday night when I’ve had a chance to win,\u201d Horschel said, laughing at the running joke in their family. \u201cShe feels like she may be bringing bad luck or something.<\/p>\n

\u201cI had a chance to win Bay Hill this year,\u201d he continued. \u201cMy family was there. They were right there on the 18th green. As I was walking up, had a chance to make a putt to go into a playoff with Scottie Scheffler. “<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DUBLIN, Ohio – Billy Horschel won’t begrudge you the memory if all you take away from his victory at the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday on Sunday is his eagle at the 15th hole. His nearly 55-foot putt di lui, curling from right to left, was a splendid stroke and extended his two-shot lead to …<\/p>\n

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