The PGA Tour continues this week with the Tour Championship, which completes the FedExCup Playoffs schedule.
The Tour Championship field stands at 30 PGA Tour players, having been progressively cut from the St. Jude Championship and the BMW Championship.
A total of 70 players took on the St. Jude Championship, which was won by Justin Rose at TPC Southwind.
Scottie Scheffler then returned to winning ways at the BMW Championship at Caves Valley, where 50 players made the cut.
He is now one of 30 players in the field at East Lake, where the world number one will be looking to defend his title.
PGA Tour player to return from lengthy injury layoff at the BMW PGA Championship
But one PGA Tour player who has missed the entire Playoffs and indeed much of the season is Billy Horschel.
Horschel announced hip surgery in May, with the eight-time PGA Tour winner now providing a very positive update amid his injury layoff.
He said in a video on his Instagram: “Hey everyone Billy here. I’m excited to share some great news. I will officially be returning to the game of golf next month at the BMW PGA at Wentworth to defend my title.
“I think I’ve talked about for many years how special this place is, growing up watching on TV, and then to finally play it six, seven plus years ago for the first time, and then to call myself now a two-time champion is surreal.
“I love playing in front of the fans, the energy and excitement that you bring, not only for myself, but for everyone involved, all the players, we are truly appreciative and grateful for it. So I’m excited to experience that again for another special week at Wentworth.”
Billy Horschel explains temporary DP World Tour resignation
The BMW PGA Championship is run by the DP World Tour, with the action getting underway at Wentworth in mid-September.
A long list of star names will be involved alongside Horschel, including Rory McIlroy, Justin Rose, Tommy Fleetwood, Shane Lowry and Ludvig Aberg among others.
But Horschel’s absence from the tour has resulted in a slight change to his status, with the American noting: “I’m also proud to be able to call myself a DP World Tour member as well as a PGA Tour member.
“Unfortunately due to my injury, I will not be able to fulfil my minimum requirement for the 2025 season. After consulting with the DP World Tour and their member regulations, the best course of action is for me to resign my membership for 2025.
“But I am committed to being a full DP World Tour member in 2026 again. I’ve enjoyed being a DP World Tour member over the last handful of years, I enjoy playing around the world and competing with the best players.
“I remember my college coach Buddy Alexander saying, if you want to consider yourself a world-class player, you have to play around the world, and you’ve got to play well, and you’ve got to win.
“And that’s something I’ve taken to heart over the last five years. So I look forward to getting back to doing that in 2026 and representing both tours around the world.
“But yeah, I look forward to getting back to Wentworth. It’s going to be a special week. And also want to say thank you to my friends, my family, my colleagues, partner, sponsors for their support over the last several months.
“Obviously it wasn’t ideal to be injured, but we’re going to come out better from it. And thank you to everyone for all your support, all the fans, everyone, all the messages truly mean a lot, and look forward to seeing everyone here in a couple of weeks playing golf again.”
Horschel is unsurprisingly very excited to get back on the course, with a fitting return to Wentworth first on his agenda.
The American won the BMW PGA Championship in 2021 and 2024, having also won the 2021 WGC – Dell Technologies Match Play.
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