BLAINE, Minn. — Billy Horschel, who tied for second eventually week’s Open Championship after holding the 54-hole lead, withdrew from the 3M Open on Thursday morning because of sickness.
“I wasn’t feeling nice late final evening and took some drugs,” he advised the tour’s communications employees about an hour earlier than his tee time. “Had first rate sleep however awakened and simply have a fever, physique is simply not wanting to reply, each muscle feels prefer it’s locked up. Tried to do some warmup within the health club, simply did not reply. Tried to exit to the golf course and hit some balls, physique’s simply not eager to cooperate.”
Horschel shot 3-under 68 in final Sunday’s ultimate spherical at Royal Troon and completed tied for second with Justin Rose, two strokes behind Xander Schauffele. He arrived in Minnesota on Monday.
Horschel completed thirteenth in final 12 months’s occasion on the TPC Twin Cities.
Getting into the week twenty eighth within the FedEx Cup standings, Horschel has 5 top-10 finishes this season, together with a win on the Corales Puntacana Championship in April.
Adam Lengthy changed Horschel within the 156-player discipline.
