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Viktor Hovland did enough during the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields to ensure he was in the top 30 in the FedExCup standings after everyone had finished playing.
Late on Sunday night, he’s number 27 on the standings.
That secures him a place in the final tournament of the PGA: Tour Championship in Atlanta next week.
It is lucrative. Even a final place in that tournament will be rewarded with $ 395,000 (3.5 million crowns). The victory gives 15 million dollars (130 million crowns).
But Hovland made it unnecessarily exciting with a weak finish to the tournament.
After the 71-73-73-71 series, he finished eight shots above par in a tournament where birdies lagged far behind for all players. That gives him a 40th place in the tournament.
That was enough to keep him in the top 30 in the rankings.
Hovland was two strokes below par in the middle of Sunday’s round, but finished with one more stroke after the bogey on the final hole.
Bogey on the 12th hole and double bogey on the 13th hole sent Hovland above par for the day, but a birdie on the 15th hole brought him back to par. Five strokes on the last hole, Hovland denied the first round of par in the tournament at Olympia Fields.
(© NTB / TV 2)
