Billy Horschel sends out a ‘classy’ message for fans after losing The Open Championship
Billy Horschel lost the Open Championship title to Xander Schauffele by two strokes. Horschel was leading the Open Championship tournament after round three with 4-under and Schauffele’s score was 3-under at that point.
But after Sunday's game, things turned in Xander Schauffele's favor, and Horschel couldn't bank the $3.1 million paycheck. On Sunday, the latter dropped six birdies and three bogeys to settle his score at 68 whereas Schauffele carded six birdies and no bogeys on the same day.
Eventually, Schauffele won with 9-under while Horschel finished with a score of 7-under. Although Horschel lost the game, he sent a classy message via X.com. On July 23, he shared a video thanking his fans and followers for all the support.
In the clip, he also explained how the Open Championship week was memorable but disappointing at the same time after being so close to winning it. Brandel Chamblee reshared this video and also carried a caption.
“Great playing Billy. All class,” Chamblee wrote.
This is the closest that Horschel has reached to winning the Open Championship. He had to settle for a second position along with Justin Rose after the Major.
How much Billy Horschel won at the Open Championship?
Billy Horschel received $1.443 million for a second-place finish at the Open Championship. Justin Rose also got the same payout after Sunday. Winner Xander Schauffele was given $3.1 million. Here's how much each player received according to position:
1. Xander Schauffele — $3.1 million
2. Justin Rose, Billy Horschel — $1.443 million
4. Thriston Lawrence — $876,000
5. Russell Henley — $705,000
6. Shane Lowry — $611,000
T7. Jon Rahm, Sungjae Im, Scottie Scheffler — $451,833
T10. Matthew Jordan, Adam Scott, Daniel Brown — $317,533
T13. Jason Day, Alex Noren, Ben An — $248,666
T16. Mackenzie Hughes, Collin Morikawa, John Catlin — $202,700
T19. Shubhankar Sharma, Dean Burmester, Daniel Hillier — $176,366
T22. Sepp Straka, Ewen Ferguson, Padraig Harrington — $151,066
T25. Ryan Fox, Corey Conners, Jordan Spieth, Joe Dean, Patrick Cantlay, Laurie Canter — $124,583
T31. Guido Migliozzi, Eric Cole, Cameron Young, MK Kim, Brendon Todd, Matteo Manassero, Dustin Johnson, Chris Kirk, Justin Thomas, Sam Burns — $90,220
T41 Kurt Kitayama, Matt Wallace — $70,050
T43. Brooks Koepka, Thorbjorn Olesen, Jorge Campillo, Si Woo Kim, Max Homa, Emiliano Grillo, Calum Scott* — $57,200
T50. Matthieu Pavon, Matt Fitzpatrick, Richard Mansell, Robert MacIntyre, Harris English, Aiden Meronk, Gary Woodland, Sean Crocker — $45,237
T58. Joaquin Niemann, Abraham Ancer — $42,150
T60. Tommy Morrison*, Jeung-Hun Wang, Rasmus Hojgaard, Jacob Skov Olesen*, Phil Mickelson, Brian Harman — $41,325
T66. Tom McKibbin, Hideki Matsuyama, Nicolai Hojgaard, Austin Eckroat, Davis Thompson — $40,280
71. Rickie Fowler — $39,700
T72. Younghan Song, Marcel Siem, Tom Hoge — $39,233
T75. Darren Clarke, Aaron Rai, Alex Cejka — $38,525
78. Luis Masaveu* — $0
79. Andy Ogletree — $38,400
80. Darren Fichardt — $38,275