They would grow as people…’ Horschel fires message to Scheffler and other PGA Tour stars

Billy Horschel believes a number of fellow PGA Tour players such as Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele would “grow as people” if they took a leaf out of his book and competed in more tournaments on the DP World Tour. 

Horschel, 37, made his feelings be known after travelling from Florida to Dubai to compete in this week’s season-ending DP World Tour Championship at Jumeirah Golf Estates.

To the American’s credit, this week’s event on the Earth Course will mark his eighth of the 2024 DP World Tourseason.

Horschel played in three of the four majors (he missed out on competing in The Masters) and he added the Genesis Scottish Open, BMW PGA, Dunhill Links, Open de France and DP World Tour Championship to his packed schedule.

He has more than just made up the numbers too as he took down Rory McIlroy – much to the disappointment of the majority of fans at Wentworth – to win a second BMW PGA title since 2021 on the famed West Course.

The World No.15 also nearly took out his first major title with a T2 at The 152nd Open.

That marked Horschel’s best major

Meanwhile, runaway World No.1 Scheffler played in just two events outside of his homeland this season – The Open (Scotland) and Olympics (France).

Scheffler went on to win his first Olympic gold medal in Paris this summer, something that reduced him to tears on the podium.

That marked one of eight victories for a dominant Scheffler this season, who was deservedly crowned FedEx Cup champion.

Elsewhere, World No.2 Schauffele, World No.4 Collin Morikawa and World No.6 Wyndham Clark all played just three events in Europe – Scottish Open, The Open, Olympics.

Schauffele of course went on to win The Open at Royal Troon, marking the second major of his career and the 2024 season.