Billy Horschel wins BMW Championship

Billy Horschel won the BMW Championship by two strokes from Bubba Watson

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Billy Horschel of the USA rebounded from an early, final round stumble to win the BMW Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club by two strokes from his countryman Bubba Watson

Billy Horschel of the USA rebounded from an early, final round stumble to win the BMW Championship at Cherry Hills Country Club by two strokes from his countryman Bubba Watson.

Horschel moved one clear again after the 12th, then the decisive moment came on the 13th. Both men found thick rough from the tee but, after Horschel had played a great escape shot onto the green, Palmer couldn’t match him.

Palmer’s ball squirted out of the thick lie and into a stream in front of the green. He was unable to get up and down and walked off with a double bogey. That put him three behind and, effectively ended his challenge.

Horschel held steady on the run for home and closed out the win. It was a sweet moment for the American who had thrown away a chance of victory in last week’s Deutsche Bank Championship with a fatted six-iron on the closing hole.

“Obviously after last week, a lot of people on Twitter were calling me a choker,” he said. “I didn’t choke. I made a bad swing at a bad time. To start with a three-shot lead today and hold on means a lot to me.”

Fergus Bisset
Fergus Bisset
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Fergus once shanked a ball from just over Granny Clark's Wynd on the 18th of the Old Course that struck the St Andrews Golf Club and rebounded into the Valley of Sin, from where he saved par. Who says there's no golfing god?