Billy Horschel is an American professional golfer, husband and father of two, who currently plays on the PGA Tour. He is ranked 78th in the Official World Golf Ranking, OWGR, with 82.5 points.

Despite his drop in the golf rankings, Horschel is a four-time All-American, including three first-team honors, and won the Southeastern Conference Player of the Year honors in 2007 and 2009.

Biography of Billy Horschel

William John Horschel was born on December 7, 1986. He grew up in Grant, Florida, where he attended Bayside High School in nearby Palm Bay. He attended the University of Florida, Gainesville, where he studied track and field. From 2006 to 2009, he played on the Florida Gators golf team in competition with the NCAA. He then earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management.

While playing in the NCAA, Billy Horschel played at the 2006 US Open and won the title of Individual Amateur Tournament Medalist of the Year. His Round of 60 was an 18-hole tournament and a USGA record, but he failed to advance to the third round of match play and missed the cup.

Horschel’s professional career kicked off in 2009, and in December of that year, he managed to secure a 2010 PGA Tour card through a qualifying school to back up his medical extension in case he didn’t earn enough points to get his circuit board.

In 2011, Horschel made his first cut on elevenThe PGA Tour begins at the Mayakoba Golf Classic and ends in T13. He finished the season at No. 140 on the cash list, granting him conditional status for 2012. His best finish on the Web.com Tour that year was a 4th place finish at UGA’s Stadion Classic.

Over the years as a professional golfer, Horschel has gone back and forth on the Official World Golf Rankings. In 2014, he took his second BMW Championship victory, which propelled him to 23rd place in the world rankings. As if to further increase his position, he won the Tour Championship at East Lake Golf Club along with the FedEx Cup and moved up to 14th in the OWGR rankings.

Career Earnings and Net Worth

In 2015, Forbes named Billy Horschel the highest paid golfer, with a net worth of $19 million and earnings/earnings of $16 million.

By September 2014, Horschel had made $13.5 million within three weeks. First, he won $597,333 for finishing second in the Deutsche Bank Championship; $1,440,000 for winning the BNW Championship on Sunday, September 8; and $11,440,000 for winning the Tour Championship and FedEx Cup at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta. It was marked as the biggest success for Horschel and while all that money was his to his liking, the champion’s generosity knew no bounds. He gave $1 million to his caddie, Micah Fugitt, making his mate an instant millionaire.

In addition, Horschel allegedly paid locker room attendants at the East Lake Golf Club $10,000.

During his interview with Golf Digest, Horschel made no attempt to shirk the satisfaction of winning such a large sum. On his website, he revealed that he was from a “blue-collar” family where there was no excess money and he was not a country club kid. He said he always wanted to make it big so he could repay his family for everything they had done for him.

Billy Horschel’s wife

Horschel and his wife Brittany were married in 2010 and the couple have two daughters. Their first child, Skyler Horschel, was born in 2014, shortly after the golfer won the Tour Championship, which came with a $10 million bonus. Their second daughter Colbie arrived in April 2017.

The Horschels met in Florida and started dating after they first met in a junior golf tournament in 2004. Brittany was also a golf player at the time, but her wrist injury ended her competitive career , which was more traumatic for Brittany than they anticipated. Like most couples, their marriage was not without its difficulties and difficulties. They recounted Brittany’s struggle with alcoholism during an appearance on ‘Good Morning America’.

Prior to this, she took to her Twitter page to express the challenges of their young family. She began by saying that she was an alcoholic, who had fought with the support of her family and friends to regain her life and her family. Brittany explained how she would start the day with a cocktail, regularly mixing orange juice and vodka, before continuing to drink throughout the day.

With unwavering determination, the Horschels got their lives back together and Brittany hopes her story will inspire other alcoholics to seek help, as she bravely did.