McIlroy, Horschel and Day: Tour Championship Is Kind of a Big Deal

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Published: September 12, 2014

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To borrow a phrase from Ron Burgundy, for today’s players, the Tour Championship is kind of a big deal.

Sure they are tired. Sure they have aches and pains. Sure they have other things going on in their lives at home that need attention. But they really want to be at the Tour Championship, and they really want to win it because if they win the golf tournament, they could win the FedExCup.

Take Billy Horschel, for instance. His wife is 8.5 months pregnant, and he’s hoping she doesn’t deliver over the weekend. However, they have already decided that if she does go into labor, he should stay and finish the event because of the chance for $10 million. Horschel said several times today that it would give them a secure future forever. To them, the family security a victory could bring is worth staying and playing.

This is a new way of thinking. We are used to Tiger Woods and Phil Mickelson needing to be encouraged to play in the final events, and typically, they skip one. This year, Mickelson had an uncharacteristically poor season, and that did not make his interest in the series better. Woods is out with injury. Again. 

However, the change afoot isn’t confined to Horschel. Rory McIlroy wants to win, and in his case, the man does not need another dime.

“It would be the icing on the cake, really,” McIlroy said, acknowledging four victories in 2014, including two majors and a World Golf Championship. “I wanted to cap it off in style, and I’ve given myself a chance to do that.”

He likes the format and the timing.

“In years gone by, after the PGA Championship, guys just shut it down for the rest of the year,” he explained. “It gives you another incentive for the next sort of five or six weeks going on."

As he said, he has nothing to lose, and that frees him up to just play golf.

“I just ...
Article Source: Bleacher Report - Golf

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