‘It has been terrible’: FedEx Cup winner offers season ‘F’ grade after sizzling Wyndham begin

Billy Horschel just isn’t thrilled along with his play on the course to date this season. The eight-time PGA Tour winner was ranked a dismal 107th within the FedEx Cup rankings heading into this week’s Wyndham Championship.

Even a sizzling begin was not sufficient to fulfill the veteran Tour professional.

Following his opening-round 65 at the Wyndham, Horschel stated he didn’t suppose he “did something significantly particular” and his wedges weren’t “sharp.” Total, he referred to as it a “fairly boring 65,” aside from that one bomb for eagle, in fact.

“There wasn’t actually a lot pleasure besides making a 45-foot eagle putt on No. 15,” Horschel stated in his press convention after Spherical 1.

However Horschel saved his harshest critiques for his season-long stretch of poor play.

Billy Horschel torches his personal play: ‘It’s an F, there’s little doubt about it’

At 39 years previous, Horschel has in all probability entered the twilight of his profession, however he’s made his mark. Along with his eight Tour wins, Horschel is a former FedEx Cup champion, having gained the Cup again in 2014.

Not a lot this yr.

Horschel has missed 10 cuts in 23 begins within the 2026 season. He’s solely earned one top-10 end, although that got here on the Zurich Basic of New Orleans, a crew occasion.

All of that’s to say that his FedEx Cup rank of 107 is justified by his outcomes. However you don’t want to inform him that.

When a reporter requested Horschel to grade his season after his opening-round 65 on the Wyndham, he took himself to job.

“I feel they grade now from A to E, proper? There’s an E in there? If there was under an E, it could be that. It’s been terrible,” Horschel stated.

He went on to clarify that he’s a “very harsh critic” of himself.

“My crew understands that, I’m sensible,” Horschel defined.

After which he proved it by lastly providing up a grade for his season: “It’s an F.”

“It’s an F, there’s little doubt about it,” Horschel stated of his misplaced season. “I might attempt to make it sound higher or discover one thing good, however I’m going to place it as it’s proper now, it’s an F. And there’s just one method to go and that’s up, in order that’s the wonderful thing about it.”

Given his poor rating, Horschel would wish to win this week’s Wyndham to qualify for the FedEx Cup playoffs. However he stated he’s not placing any stress on himself, describing the potential of lacking the playoffs as “not the tip of the world.”

As an alternative, he hopes to construct momentum for subsequent season.

“Been out right here for 17 years, I’ve seen every little thing, I’ve executed every little thing for essentially the most half. I simply have to make use of my expertise to grasp that, yeah, it’s been a nasty yr,” Horschel stated.

He continued: “Yeah, I imply, there’s no stress. I imply, if I don’t make the FedEx Cup Playoffs — I didn’t make it in ’23. I didn’t make it final yr, I used to be injured. So it’s not the tip of the world. You realize, when it’s all stated and executed with my profession, nobody’s going to be wanting again and say, hey, Billy didn’t make the FedEx Cup Playoffs in ’26 probably and reduce my profession by that side,” Horschel defined on Thursday. “To me, it’s roughly simply getting myself again to the standard of golf I used to be enjoying in ’24 and early in ’25 and taking that momentum into the remainder of this yr, then beginning off ’27 actually robust and getting myself again to the place I need to be on this recreation of golf and that’s competing for tournaments, that’s being up there in world rating, that’s competing for majors like I did in ’24 and type of have a robust previous few years of my profession out right here.”

After a 65 that left him within the high 20 early on the Wyndham Championship, Horschel’s technique of deliberately not placing stress on himself appears to be paying off. It might even result in a season-extending victory.