Horschel wasn’t playing poor golf. The problem was eventual winner Xander Schauffele was playing better.
TROON, Scotland — Billy Horschel was hanging on. Hanging onto his dream to become a British Open champion, a major champion.
He took a one-shot lead into Sunday’s final round at Royal Troon and embraced the challenge of closing it out for the biggest win of his career. Despite shooting a 3-under 68 on Sunday, Billy Horschel couldn’t keep up with Xander Schauffele at the British Open.Horschel wasn’t playing poor golf. He shot 3-under-par 68 on Sunday. The problem was eventual winner Xander Schauffele was playing better.Horschel tugged his drive a little left off the 13th tee and admonished himself, muttering, “Damn it, Billy. My swing is failing me at the wrong time.
“It’s what’s in my DNA, I’m going to always fight, always going to battle until the end,’’ Horschel said afterward. “I’m disappointed. I should feel disappointed. I had a chance to win a major. I was in a really good position. I just made a few too many mistakes today when I didn’t need to.’’He hit his tee shot into a bunker and made a great sand shot to 4 feet, but missed the putt.
“We’ll look back on this in an hour, I’ll be very happy with how I played, I’ll be very happy with what I did this week. I did a lot of great things that I can take on to the next few years of majors, and hopefully one of these will be my time to step through the door and hold one of them.
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