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What do the initials BDO on Billy Horschel’s golf hat represent?
The American golfer is leading the British Open this weekend and is thriving in the difficult conditions at Royal Troon, but what’s that on his hat?
Horschel is sponsored by BDO, a professional services company that specializes in tax and business services for companies. The golfer has been seen wearing the logo on his left collar of his shirt or outerwear during tournaments, but the hat he’s wearing today has caught all of our attention.
We first thought it was LBDO, but realized immediately that the “L” isn’t really a letter and is just part of the design. He was playing yesterday with his hat on backwards as the rain was complicating things for everyone on the course.
Who is Billy Horschel? Getting to know the international golfer
He has won eight times on the PGA Tour and once on the European Tour, where he plays frequently. He is currently ranked No. 62 in the Official World Golf Ranking. Horschel is married to Brittany, and they have three children.
This year Horschel has played in 18 tournaments with a win in April at the Corales Puntacana Championship. He has four top 10s in 2024 and has missed six cuts. His T8 at the PGA Championship was impressive and so far has earned $2.5 million this year.
Why is Billy Horschel a West Ham fan?
Horschel has played on both the DP World Tour and PGA Tour with wins on both sides of the Atlantic. He lives in Florida, but is a big West Ham soccer (football) fan. He supports the team from London because of the movie ‘Green Street’. “During my sophomore year of college I moved into a new apartment and the cable wasn’t going to be hooked up for a couple of days so we went to Best Buy and bought a couple of DVDs, one of those DVDs was Green Street,” he said in an interview on Sky Sports in 2021.
He added: “I loved the movie, I loved Charlie Hunnam as an actor and obviously the film is about the firms at Millwall and West Ham, from there I started following them. Since about 10-12 years ago I’ve been paying really close attention to them since NBC Sports starting showing Premier League games.”
His bag is the color of the soccer team and has the team’s logo on it as well.