What Winning the 2014 FedEx Cup Means For Billy Horschel’s Career

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Published: September 15, 2014

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Billy Horschel flashed a wide, winning smile of relief as he completed his Tour Championship victory to take the FedEx Cup title, which came with an equally huge $10 million bonus and the expectations that more good things are on the horizon.

The 27-year-old Horschel has a lot to smile about these days.  His overall payday amounted to $13.44 million, including $1.44 million for winning his first Tour Championship, $1.44 million for winning the BMW Championship, $597,000 for his second-place finish at the Deutsche Bank Championship and the $10 million bonus for winning the FedEx Cup.

He will become a father shortly, as his wife, Brittany, is expecting their first child within two weeks.

If Tom Watson were picking today, he probably would have taken the red-hot Horschel as a 2014 Ryder Cup captain’s pick.

Does his win, making him the youngest to achieve the feat, launch Horschel into a different category?  Can he now be considered one of the next young stars on the pro tour?

With three PGA wins, Horschel has to be considered a front-runner in future events.  He plays with a passion and a focus that separate him from his peers, and he has seemingly matured right before our eyes.

Winning on such a big stage is exactly the kind of thing that can lift a player to the next level.

As resume-builders go, winning the FedEx Cup is a big one for Horschel. He showed flashes of brilliance before the playoffs but had only one win to his name, last year’s Zurich Open in New Orleans.



Who could have predicted that the guy who started the playoffs in 69th place would end up going T2-1-1 in his three last starts?  In the playoffs, he shot a record-breaking 12 consecutive rounds in the 60s (Rory McIlroy and Tiger Woods have each tallied 11), which was also the longest streak of the 2013-14 season.

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Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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