Former Gator All-American golfer and current PGA Tour pro Billy Horschel
captured a top-five finish at the 2013 U.S. Open Sunday afternoon at
the Merion Golf Club in Haverford Township Ardmore, Penn. Horschel
finished tied for fourth with a final score of five-over (285), four
shots back of eventual winner, Justin Rose.
After finding himself
tied for the lead after the second round in which he hit every green in
regulation, Horschel stayed in the hunt over the weekend and started
today’s final round only two shots off the lead. This week’s U.S. Open
was only Horschel’s second major start and first made major cut.
The
former All-American is having his best year as a pro this season as he
already captured his first tour victory at the Zurich Classic in New
Orleans back in late April. Overall this year, Horschel has played in 16
events and now has 10 top-ten victories and has missed only one cut.
Before
this week’s open, Horschel had accumulated over $2,500,000 in earnings
and stood in fourth place in the FedEx Cup standings. Both of those
numbers are expected to go up when the official scores are written down
as the PGA Tour has reached its mid-way point of the season.
The
next event that Horschel has a chance to play in is the Travelers
Championship at the TPC River Highlands in Cromwell, Conn. That
tournaments is slated to played this week, June 20-23.
