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New York Post
22-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
PGA Tour star Billy Horschel opens up about wife's battle with addiction as she marks 9 years of sobriety
PGA Tour star Billy Horschel and his wife, Brittany, marked nine years of her sobriety on Wednesday, which the golfer described as 'a special day in our household.' Horschel, 38, opened up about his wife's alcohol addiction and her 'amazing' transformation since she became sober on May 21, 2016. '9 years sober today for my wife, @britthorschel,' Horschel wrote on X, including a video of him discussing Brittany's sobriety journey. 'Amazing to see the transformation over the last 9 years. So proud of her!!' 4 Billy Horschel and his wife Brittany with hteir three young children, Axel, Skylar and Colbie during the Par 3 contest at the 2025 Masters on April 9. Instagram/Brittany Horschel Horshel explained it's 'amazing to see' his wife happier since she got sober. 'You got to work the process, you gotta stay with it one day at a time, is the motto,' he said. 'Seeing the enjoyment, seeing how much happier she is in life — it's amazing to see. 'The message I try to send every day on this day of the year and to anyone that discusses it with me … it's truly possible [to get sober] you just have to take that step of saying 'I'm tired of letting my addiction take over me and I want to get sober,' and there are people out there who will help you… You're not alone in this journey.' 4 Billy Horschel opens up about his wife Brittany's nine-year sobriety anniversary on May 21, 2025. X/Billy Horschel 4 Brittany Horschel and Billy Horschel. Instagram/Billy Horschel Brittany sought treatment for alcoholism in 2016. She went public with her addiction in a statement a year later after Horschel won the 2017 AT&T Byron Nelson following a playoff victory over Jason Day. ''I am an alcoholic,'' Brittany wrote in her statement. 'I say that now without shame. Admitting that to myself, family and friends, has saved my life and my marriage.' She runs a blog, 'The Sober Modern Mom.' 4 Billy Horschel eyes his pitch onto two green during the second round of the RBC Heritage golf tournament on April 18, 2025. IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect The couple, who tied the knot in 2010, share three young children: Axel, Skylar and Colbie. They first opened up about her struggles with alcoholism in a joint interview on 'Good Morning America' in June 2017.
Daily Record
13-05-2025
- Sport
- Daily Record
The reason the PGA Championship is strongest golf major of the lot
It is viewed as the fourth Major but the fields stack up every year with 99 of the top 100 playing at Quail Hollow The PGA Championship is often harshly noted as the least special of golf's four Majors. But, with 99 of the world's Top 100 playing this week at Quail Hollow, it is the one with the strongest-assembled fields of the lot. Billy Horschel's need for hip surgery means he is the only one of the elite hundred among the 156 starters not teeing it up in North Carolina. The PGA Championship usually features the most highly ranked players of any major because its qualification criteria helps to build the field around the world rankings. All majors have differing qualification rules. The Masters, won this year by Rory McIlroy, has the Top 50 with a smaller field gathering at Augusta including ex-Green Jacket winners, while the Open, held by Xander Schauffele, and US Open, currently the title of Bryson DeChambeau, have the Top 60 before the variety of exemptions and qualifications which are available to make the tournament, including the special opportunity for regional events which open doors for all players to have a go at making the big stage. One other notable aspect of the PGA Championship which draws sneers from observers is that it is played on a variety of courses, some which don't meet the approval of critics. The fabulous Augusta National hosts the Masters every year, while The Open Championship venue is chosen for a select few illustrious tracks on their rotation. The US Open moves around, but the styles of golf needed for those venues are noted by most professionals to be similar. Jon Rahm explained the potential differences with the various PGA venues as he said: 'When you go to Augusta, you know what you're getting. Same course every year. "The US Open, nine out of ten times, you know what you're getting, depending on the weather. And same at the Open, right? "It will be firmer or less, but you know what you're getting. It's this championship that will change venues and drastically change the way they set it up. 'Like the way Southern Hills might play, to the way this week might play, to the way Bethpage might play, they're all drastically different. "So it's possibly the difference, which is more about your game needs to be a very high level as opposed to possibly the other three that you can adjust a little bit more, knowing what's coming. 'You get different things every time you come. It's very difficult to say that two of them were the same. You can have some where you go into a play-off at five-under and then last year with 21-under wins it. "So it's quite interesting. It definitely has a character of having that different character each time you come.' First round tee-times [Thursday, May 15] - in full 12.00pm. Hole 1: Luke Donald, Padraig Harrington, Martin Kaymer 12.05pm Hole 10: John Parry, Justin Hicks, Ryan Fox. 12.11pm Hole 1: John Somers, Taylor Moore, David Puig 12.16pm Hole 10: Andre Chi, Patrick Fishburn, Seamus Power. 12:22pm Hole 1: Kurt Kitayama, Nic Ishee, Alex Noren 12:27pm Hole 10: Max McGreevy, Sahith Theegala, Sepp Straka. 12:33pm Hole 1: J.T. Poston, Ryo Hisatsune, Tom Johnson 12:38pm Hole 10: Brooks Koepka, Rickie Fowler, Shane Lowry 12:44pm Hole 1: Davis Thompson, Bud Cauley, Nico Echavarria 12:49pm Hole 10: Phil Mickelson, Tommy Fleetwood, Jason Day 12:55pm Hole 1: Harris English, Michael Kim, Thomas Detry. 1:00pm Hole 10: Jon Rahm, Patrick Cantlay, Matt Fitzpatrick 1.11pm Hole 10: Corey Conners, Min Woo Lee, Rasmus Højgaard 1:17pm Hole 1: Thorbjørn Olesen, Karl Vilips, Laurie Canter 1:22pm Hole 10: Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Scottie Scheffler 1:28pm Hole 1: S i Woo Kim, Sam Stevens, Rico Hoey 1:44pm Hole 10: Andrew Novak, Keegan Bradley, Maverick McNealy 1:50pm: Hole 1: Thriston Lawrence, Nick Dunlap, Harry Hall 1:55pm Hole 10: Akshay Bhatia, Denny McCarthy, Sam BurnsF 2:01pm Hole 1: Greg Koch, Marco Penge, Ryan Gerard 2:06pm Hole 10: John Catlin, Garrick Higgo, Jesse Droemer 2:12pm Hole 1: Dylan Newman, Daniel van Tonder, Victor Perez 2:17pm Hole 10: Eugenio Chacarra, Rupe Taylor, Justin Lower 5:25pm Hole 10: Keith Mitchell, Bob Sowards, Adam HadwinF 5:30pm Hole 1: Michael Kartrude, Sami Valimaki, Jake Knapp 5:36pm Hole 10: Eric Cole, Eric Steger, Cam Davis 5:41pm Hole 1: Erik van Rooyen, Michael Block, Mackenzie Hughes 5:47pm Hole 10: Austin Eckroat, Brian Bergstol, Jacob Bridgeman 5:52pm Hole 1: Lucas Glover, Max Homa, Joaquin Niemann 5:58pm Hole 10: Niklas Norgaard, Byeong Hun An, J.J. Spaun 6:03pm Hole 1: Tyrrell Hatton, Will Zalatoris, Adam Scott 6:09pm Hole 10: Patrick Rodgers, Nick Taylor, Dean Burmester 6:14pm Hole 1: Justin Thomas, Dustin Johnson, Collin Morikawa 6:20pm Hole 10: Joe Highsmith, Cameron Young, Aaron Rai 6:25pm Hole 1: Jordan Spieth, Patrick Reed, Ludvig Aberg 6:31pm Hole 10: Tom Hoge, Matthieu Pavon, Taylor Pendrith 6:42pm Hole 10: Rasmus Neergaard-Petersen, Patton Kizzire, Matt McCarty 6:47pm Hole 1: Bryson DeChambeau, Viktor Hovland, Gary Woodland 7:04pm Hole 10: Jason Dufner, Michael Thorbjornsen, Shaun Micheel 7:09pm Hole 1: Justin Rose, Cameron Smith, Brian Harman 7:15pm: Hole 10: Rafael Campos, Ryan Lenahan, Matt Wallace 7:31pm Hole 1: Takumi Kanaya, Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Tom McKibbin 7:37pm Hole 10: Kevin Yu, Larkin Gross, John Keefer
Irish Times
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
US PGA Championship: Tom McKibbin comes in out of the cold on a rainy day in Quail Hollow
On the driving range, Tom McKibbin and his entourage were sharing two umbrellas between six of them, huddling for cover and soaked all the same. The rain fell so hard in Charlotte that fans who had paid $76 to watch the first day of official practice for the US PGA Championship were not allowed inside the gates of Quail Hollow. By teatime, the downpours would have tested Noah's nerve. Until a week ago, nobody expected to see McKibbin here. When he defected to LIV Golf in January, signing a deal reportedly worth $5 million over three years, it seemed that opportunities like these had been torched in the trade-off. The Open in Portrush was the only Major this season in which his spot was nailed down. But at the beginning of last week McKibbin and David Puig, another young LIV player, were beckoned from behind enemy lines by the PGA of America and invited to play. Was he as surprised as the rest of us? 'I knew I was sort of very, very close,' he said. 'I was sort of on the edge of it all year.' Does that sound like it was out of the blue? Being in the top 100 in the world rankings is not declared as a qualifying criterion for the US PGA Championship, but it is the PGA's desire to have as many of those players in the field as possible. This year, only the injured Billy Horschel is missing from that list. READ MORE McKibbin climbed to 97th in the world rankings at one stage last year, but there are still no world ranking points awarded for LIV events. He produced a couple of good performances in a handful of appearances on the DP World Tour earlier this season, but that couldn't halt his descent to 124th in the world rankings. What kind of form does he bring in to this week? Coming from LIV it is always hard to tell. McKibbin had a couple of top 10s early in the year, but in his last four events he has finished down the field. On any other tour, that kind of form would be expensive. On the LIV Tour, he has amassed over $2 million in prize money already this season from just seven events. 'I feel very sort of solid,' he says. 'I've been very, very lucky to play with a lot of very good players so far this year. I've definitely seen my golf game improve playing tough courses like Doral. So, I think it has definitely prepared me [for a week like this].' Tom McKibbin with his caddie and putting coach on the practice putting before Thursday's PGA Championship at Quail Hollow. Photograph:It is just McKibbin's third appearance in a Major. He made the cut in the US Open at Pinehurst last summer, and at the Open in Troon, but neither of them was a comfortable experience. At Pinehurst, he said later, he felt nervous over every shot. 'Pinehurst was obviously a very difficult test of golf. I hadn't experienced that kind of difficulty before. And then Troon obviously with the weather and the wind. This is going to be something different again. I think these tournaments are about not making mistakes and I think I probably made too many double-bogeys or stupid mistakes last year. [ Rory McIlroy fears Tom McKibbin signing up to LIV 'will not be worth the sacrifice' Opens in new window ] 'Knowing how hard the courses were made it a little bit more nerve-racking. You don't really want to force anything too much, so I think that's probably something that was a little bit trickier for me. Normally, you're just trying to get off the fast start and make a few birdies. Whereas, the way these [Major] courses are, if you just try a little bit too hard you could really, really mess it up quickly.' McKibbin has never played Quail Hollow before, but it is a course that rewards length off the tee, and with significant amounts of rainfall forecast for this week, it is bound to play longer than the 7,626 yards declared on the card. The stats on LIV Golf are not nearly as detailed as they are on the PGA Tour, but according to their data McKibbin has averaged 322 yards off the tee this season. If those numbers can be trusted, it would put him second on the PGA Tour's driving stats, and make him, on average, four yards longer than Rory McIlroy. Maybe that part is not credible. His length, though, is not an illusion. When LIV approached McKibbin, he sought McIlroy's advice and ultimately ignored it. At the end of last year, he secured his playing rights on the PGA Tour but elected not to accept that opportunity, which makes his invitation to this event all the more curious. He said he exchanged some text messages with McIlroy after the Masters, but he hasn't spoken to him yet about his beloved Quail Hollow. Anyway, what difference could that make? What McKibbin needs now is the wisdom of experience.
Yahoo
09-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
PGA Tour Star to Miss Next 3 Majors After Revealing Devastating Injury News
Some disappointing news struck the golf world on Tuesday, May 6, ahead of this week's Truist Championship and the upcoming PGA Championship, which begins on May 15. Billy Horschel, 38, who finished eighth at the 2024 PGA Championship, announced he will be sidelined until 'late summer' after consulting with doctors following the Masters—where he missed the cut—and the RBC Heritage. He is scheduled to undergo hip surgery early next week in Colorado. Advertisement The procedure will force him to miss the next three majors of the 2025 season, unless he experiences a rapid recovery and is able to return in time for The Open Championship, which begins on July 17. "Health update. After consulting with doctors and my team, I have decided to have right hip surgery early next week out in Colorado," Horschel posted on X. "It's an unfortunate situation with so many great events left on the calendar but this is a preventative measure. I'm already itching to start rehab, get back to practicing and I look forward to returning to the course sometime around late summer/early fall." He continued, "I would like to thank my family, friends, sponsors and partners for their continued support of me. I will share positive news on my rehab as I progress and I look forward to seeing everyone at the course again soon!" Check it out: Horschel's last win on the PGA Tour came at the 2024 Corales Puntacana Championship, and he is currently ranked 24th in the world according to the World Golf Ranking (WGR). His most recent performance, at the RBC Heritage in late April, saw him finish tied for 27th. Billy Horschel reacts to his putt on the no. 2 green during the first round of the Masters Tournament.© Michael Madrid-Imagn Images His best finish in 2025 came at the Valspar Championship, where he tied for fourth. However, out of the 10 tournaments he's competed in this year, Horschel has missed the cut four times. Related: Major Rickie Fowler Announcement Made Ahead of the 2025 PGA Championship
The Hindu
08-05-2025
- Sport
- The Hindu
PGA Championship — Who made it to the field list of second major in 2025? Are LIV Golf players allowed?
The PGA Championship released its field Tuesday for next week at Quail Hollow, leaning heavily on the top 100 in the world ranking. Who participates in the PGA Championship? The PGA Championship tries to get the top 100 in the world ranking, which won't be the case because No. 24 Billy Horschel announced on social media he will have hip surgery next week. The PGA Championship does not have a specific category for the top 100 in the world ranking. It's more of an unwritten tradition to fit them under 'special invitations.' Unlike the U.S. Open and British Open, the PGA chose not to create a category for LIV. That's similar to the Masters, which can invite players through its special exemptions. The world ranking formula was changed in 2023 and is more heavily weighted toward PGA Tour events because of stronger fields. When is the PGA Championship happening? The PGA Championship is scheduled between May 15-18 at Quail Hollow in Charlotte, North Carolina. Are players from LIV Golf allowed? Yes, the PGA Championship will give full consideration to players from the Saudi-funded LIV Golf League. LIV Golf will have 16 players in the 156-man field, the same number as last year. That includes John Catlin, a reserve who has played three LIV tournaments this year. He qualified through his Asian Tour performance. Who is the defending champion of the PGA Championship? Xander Schauffele is the defending champion, and Justin Thomas is the last PGA Championship winner at Quail Hollow in 2017. Among the LIV players getting a spot was Tom McKibbin of Northern Ireland, who joined the rival league this year. He is No. 115 in the world ranking. His lone victory was the European Open in Germany in 2023, and he spent only two weeks in the top 100 before joining LIV. ALSO READ: Scheffler ties 72-hole PGA record at CJ Cup Byron Nelson, wins first title in 2025 Also getting special invitations were Joaquin Niemann, a three-time winner on LIV this year, and Sergio Garcia. They were notified months ago. Patrick Reed sewed up his spot with his third-place finish in the Masters. Why is Dustin Johnson getting a special invitation? Dustin Johnson required a special invitation because the PGA takes the last five winners of the Masters, instead of a Masters champion getting a five-year exemption. Johnson won the Masters in November 2020 during rescheduling due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Who are the other names in the PGA Championship? Patrick Fishburn was bumped out of the top 70 in PGA points the final week to No. 71. He is also No. 110 in the world. Fishburn winds up getting in with the Horschel withdrawal. Rico Hoey is the first alternate and is likely to get in. The PGA is reserving two spots for the winners of the Truist Championship and the Myrtle Beach Classic this week on the PGA Tour if they are not already eligible. In the Truist Championship, a signature event in Philadelphia, Michael Thorbjornsen is the only player not yet eligible for Quail Hollow. The PGA Championship also offered an exemption to Rickie Fowler, who has plunged to No. 125 in the world. There is a category for players in the most recent Ryder Cup — Fowler was at Marco Simone in Italy — provided they are among the top 100 in the world. Fowler's first PGA Tour victory was at Quail Hollow in 2012.
