The 2019 World Golf Championships – FedEx St. Jude Invitational was held from July 25th to 28th in Memphis, Tennessee. This event brought out some of the best golfers in the world, including Tiger Woods, Brooks Koepka, Justin Rose and Rory McIlroy. After four intense days of competition, here’s a recap of who won the bronze medal. Learn Who Won the Bronze Medal in Golf?
Who Won the Bronze Medal in Golf?
The Bronze Medal Winner – Billy Horschel
Billy Horschel was the winner of the bronze medal at this year’s WGC-FedEx St. Jude Invitational. Horschel entered the tournament ranked 19th in the Official World Golf Rankings (OWGR). He had an impressive performance throughout the tournament, finishing with a score of 18-under par 266 after four rounds of play. This placed him in a tie for third place overall with Kevin Kisner and Russell Henley at -18 for the tournament.
Horschel started his first round strong with a seven under par 65 that put him into contention early on in the tournament. He followed this up with another solid round on Friday to enter Saturday’s final two rounds in third place overall and only two strokes behind leader Dustin Johnson at -12 for the tournament. Though he was unable to make up any ground on Johnson on Saturday (shooting even par), he played consistently well enough on Sunday to secure his bronze medal finish at -18 for the tournament and just three strokes behind Johnson’s winning score of 15-under par 263.
This is Horschel’s second career win in an official PGA TOUR event and his first top-three finish since winning THE PLAYERS Championship back in 2014. It also marks his highest individual finish in a WGC event to date, as he had previously finished tied for fourth place twice but still had yet to earn a top-three finish entering this week’s competition.
Conclusion
Billy Horschel earned himself a bronze medal at this year’s WGC-FedEx St Jude Invitational after shooting 18 under par over four days of competition, putting him three strokes behind champion Dustin Johnson at -15 under par overall for the tournament. This marks Horschel’s second career win as well as his highest finish ever at a WGC event; it also marks his first top three finish since winning THE PLAYERS Championship back in 2014. Congratulations to Billy Horschel!