NY Times · Sep 18, 2024
The Evolution of the BMW PGA Championship
As a child, Billy Horschel dreamed of one day playing the BMW PGA Championship. Here, in 2022, he putted on the 18th hole, known for its water hazard and roaring fans.Billy Horschel remembers watching the BMW PGA Championship as a child.
Unlike this week’s tournament, the event was played in May, which coincided with the first week of school summer break in Grant, Fla., a fishing town midway down the state’s east coast where Horschel, 37, grew up.
Instead of heading to the golf course that week, the 10-year-old Horschel said he asked his mother to let him stay home and watch the televised golf at the Wentworth Club in Surrey, England, where the idea of the Ryder Cup was born in 1926.