PGA Tour pro Billy Horschel: "I broke down and cried a little bit, I had tears"

Billy Horschel didn't hold back.

01 Jun 2023

PGA Tour pro Billy Horschel: "I broke down and cried a little bit, I had tears" — PGA Tour pro Billy Horschel: "I broke down and cried a little bit, I had…

For the past 12 months, when PGA Tour pro Billy Horschel has opened his mouth he has invariably been criticising those who have joined the breakaway tour.

This week, Horschel went in hard once again. But this time, the person in his cross hairs was himself.

Horschel, 36, is the defending champion of this week's Memorial at Jack's place but he didn't sugarcoat it when asked about his season so far.

"Abysmal," came the response from the seven-time PGA Tour winner.

Horschel's 2022 culminated in a call up to the U.S. Presidents Cup side. But since then, it's been missed cuts galore.

In total, Horschel has missed six in total. One of those was the Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.

It resulted in a 'lively' 45-minute discussion in the car park with his caddie Mark Fulcher and his stats guy Mark Horton.

Passionate Horschel revealed there were some tears shed.

"I sort of just broke down a little bit. As much as people have seen me get upset and a little angry on the golf course, on the flip side of that, I'm not very much an emotional guy that way. I'm not a sappy guy -- not, I wouldn't say sappy not in a bad way -- but I don't cry very often -- not that people cry a lot, I don't know. But I broke down and I cried a little bit. I had tears. - Billy Horschel"

Horschel had another missed cut at The Players and followed that up with a 52nd place finish at the 87th Masters.

"At Augusta for so many years I felt like my short game wasn't good enough to play there," Horschel said. "I believe I am going to win a major before my career is over."

Horschel revealed there were more tears after he missed out on the weekend at the RBC Heritage. His 15-year relationship with his coach Todd Anderson.

Horschel said:

"I had my hands in my head -- or had my head in my hands, just sort of, just trying to hold back the tears for a little bit. Because this game means so much to me and I love the game of golf and I'm so passionate about it.

"Not just myself, but to get everyone, get other people involved and to see other people succeed. It's just one of those things that the love I have for it that when you're not getting what you want out of it sort of sucks a little bit.

"Those are just two points that I just, it sort of hit me and I just had to sort of take it and relax and realize the earth isn't falling, the earth isn't going anywhere, nothing's coming crashing down on me. We're going to be okay. We're going to figure it out."

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The golfer said he has worked out the issue now. According to Horschel, his setup causes 85 per cent of his problems, along with his left arm getting too narrow, causing him to leave the club face wide open.

"It's getting closer," he said. "But it's still a little bit of a challenge and it's just some bad habits I've gotten into that we're just trying to work out of."

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