Fittingly as things would later transpire, it was on the ninth tee in the final round of the BMW PGA Championship on Wentworth’s West Course that things started to go south for Matteo Manassero and north for the eventual champion,

Billy Horschel won the BMW PGA Championship after beating Rory McIlroy and Thriston Lawrence in a three-man playoff at Wentworth on Sunday to take home the winner's cheque of $1.53 million. The three golfers finished at 20-under overall and in the first playoff at the event in 11 years,

Billy Horschel couldn’t help but feel a little guilty. He was just seconds removed from canning a 35-footer for eagle to win the BMW PGA Championship in a playoff, his second time capturing the DP World Tour’s flagship event and at the expense of Rory McIlroy, who for the fourth time this year was exiting with a runner-up finish.