Billy Horschel Hits Back At Troll Shortly After Securing Runner-Up Finish At The Open

Billy Horschel's T-2 finish in The Open at Royal Troon marked the second Top 10 finish in a major championship of his career. While he would have very much preferred hoisting the Claret Jug instead of watching Xander Schauffele do so, the former FedEx Cup champion undoubtedly picked up some big-time confidence during his run in Scotland.

Horschel's ‘I Don’t Give A Damn' meter may have been emptied after the grind at Royal Troon as well, and one user on X, formerly Twitter, found out.

A guy who goes by the name Pro Golf Critic instead of his real name (so brave) claimed that Horschel is "fake and inauthentic" and that unless he owned up to being fake, which nobody in the history of mankind has ever done, he'll continue to dislike him.

Weird behavior, but it's 2024, and we're talking about a person unwilling to put their name on the Internet so it checks out.

Horschel was tagged in the conversation that began Saturday, but didn't engage until he wrapped up his runner-up finish at The Open on Sunday. The eight-time PGA Tour winner of course defended himself and told the anonymous person to ask around about his reputation while subtly hinting that he'd been in his mentions quite frequently over the past year.

This then led the person on X to casually invite Horschel to this week's LIV Golf event and "have a chat" about whether he's a fake and inauthentic person. The weird back-and-forth got even weirder.

Horschel declined the invite by explaining that he'll be teeing it up in this week's 3M Open in Minnesota.

If anything, this is just a unique example of how access to professional athletes has never been better, but that's not always a good thing when you decide to call out their character.