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 on account of sickness.
“I wasn’t feeling nice late final evening and took some drugs,” he instructed the tour’s communications workers about an hour earlier than his tee time. “Had respectable 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 perform a little warmup within the gymnasium, simply did not reply. Tried to exit to the golf course and hit some balls, physique’s simply not desirous to cooperate.”
Horschel shot 3-under 68 in final Sunday’s remaining 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 yr’s occasion on the TPC Twin Cities.
Coming 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 area.
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