Billy Horschel’s biggest pay day

Always a superb ball-striker -- Horschel led the field in greens in regulation at East Lake -- it was his putter that helped pave the way for the biggest payday of his life.

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Billy Horschel

By PGATour.com

 

Sept 15, 2014. When Billy Horschel was 10 years old he had a dream that he was going to get hit in the eye playing baseball. It came true.

 

When he was in college, he dreamt that he would marry his then-girlfriend Brittany and later did.

 

Sunday at East Lake, he lived out another premonition.

 

 

After dreaming earlier this year that he would hoist the FedExCup trophy, Horschel shot a 2-under 68 to win the TOUR Championship by Coca-Cola by three strokes over Rory McIlroy and Jim Furyk and claim the FedExCup and its $10 million bonus.

 

“I’m not sure life can be better than this,” Horschel said.

 

Over the last month, no one was better.

 

Following a missed cut in the first event of the Playoffs, Horschel caught fire, finishing second at TPC Boston before winning outside Denver and then at the finale.

 

No player had ever won the FedExCup beginning the Playoffs lower than No. 19. But Horschel, who started at No. 69, played his last dozen rounds under par to shatter that mark.

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