Billy Horschel on slow play, his Masters chances and his passion for West Ham United | Golf News

The conditions were tough, with the wind blowing all over the place, so it was sometimes tough to figure out what we wanted to do.”The majority of the time, when it was my turn I was ready to hit. But my pre-shot routine was longer than it normally is. I’ve been working on some stuff and I was uncomfortable with the feeling I had over the golf ball, so I had to back off a couple of times.”I apologise that it took so long, but I’m really not a slow player. I read what Colin Montgomerie was saying, about all the guys having yardage books and using the green books to line up putts. But I don’t carry a yardage book, and I haven’t for four years. And I never used a greens book to line up my putts. Scheffler and Horschel were hampered by blustery conditions in Austin “Obviously it was a long round of golf, and with only two matches going on it’s going to look like it takes a lot longer. That’s an unfortunate situation as the TV has nothing else to fill when we’re not playing shots. I understand it took longer, but the conditions were really tough and I don’t think the TV really showed just how hard it was blowing out there.”We were grinding out pars, so it wasn’t like we were hitting it close. We were hitting it to 30 or 40 feet and trying to two-putt for par, and the greens are very similar to Augusta, although not quite as severe.”So I do apologise that the round took longer. I’m not a fan of slow play and everyone knows I’m not a slow player. I guarantee you that, next time I’m in the final group, I won’t be taking as much time as I did on Sunday.