Billy Horschel withdraws on first day of 3M Open with illness

BLAINE, Minn. — Billy Horschel, who tied for second finally week’s Open Championship after holding the 54-hole lead, withdrew from the 3M Open on Thursday morning attributable to sickness.

“I wasn’t feeling nice late final night time and took some drugs,” he informed 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 do some warmup within the gymnasium, simply did not reply. Tried to exit to the golf course and hit some balls, physique’s simply not eager 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 Long changed Horschel within the 156-player discipline.