Billy Horschel can have hip surgical procedure subsequent week, he mentioned Tuesday, dealing a blow to his hopes of taking part in for america on this 12 months’s Ryder Cup.
Horschel, who’s No. 24 within the Official World Golf Rating, withdrew from the PGA Tour’s Zurich Basic of New Orleans workforce occasion two weeks in the past resulting from damage.
He made the choice to have the surgical procedure in Colorado.
“It is an unlucky scenario with so many nice occasions left on the calendar, however it is a preventative measure,” Horschel, 38, mentioned in a video posted on X. “I am already trying ahead to getting the rehab acknowledged, getting again to practising and hopefully returning to the golf course in late summer season, early fall.”
Horschel, who performed on the profitable Presidents Cup workforce in 2022, has two top-10s in 12 occasions this 12 months and is sixteenth on the U.S. Ryder Cup factors standings.
The highest six gamers from the factors listing following the BMW Championship on August 17 make the workforce whereas Keegan Bradley will spherical out his 12-player squad with six captain’s picks.
The Ryder Cup is scheduled for Sept. 26-28 at Bethpage Black in New York.
