ATLANTA (AP) – Billy Horschel is playing his sixth straight tournament, a schedule he hasn’t kept in three years. His wife is at home in Florida, expecting their first baby in the next two weeks. There was no place he would rather be than the Tour Championship.
Not with the way he’s been playing the last few weeks.
And not with $10 million on the line.
Full of energy – or at least looking that way – Horschel matched birdies with Chris Kirk on Thursday at East Lake and both players kept bogeys off their cards. They each opened with a 4-under 66 to share the lead at the Tour Championship.
“This is my sixth week in a row. I haven’t played more than three events in a row this year,” Horschel said. “But I have no issues with that. Listen, this is the FedEx Cup playoffs. If you can’t get yourself in shape and get up for it on a daily basis, they why are you playing this game?