On Sunday at Wentworth Golf Club, Billy Horschel capped a season of nearlies and almosts with a cathartic BMW PGA Championship victory. Horschel drained a lengthy eagle putt on the second playoff hole to top Rory McIlroy—another recent victim of the “so close” syndrome—and raised both hands to the sky in a show of relief as much as triumph.

Billy Horschel came from behind to defeat Rory McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence in a playoff at the BMW PGA Championship.

Rory McIlroy admitted golf is "testing" him more than usual after enduring yet another near miss at the BMW PGA Championship, losing to Billy Horschel in a play-off