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The Bradenton tournament is one of four in the World Golf Championship, and only the 72 best in the world can participate. The winner will receive $ 1.82 million.
It was number seven after the first three rounds. After 13 holes on Sunday, he had played completely on the back of leader Collin Morikawa. But he slipped a bit at the end, and Hovland finished his round in second place, 15 strokes below par.
But then several of the competitors were out of the round, so the position was not final. But in any case, it is a great new achievement for Viktor Hovland.
Despite a very good final round, he failed to catch up with the lead Morikawa had acquired.
– Even if it wasn’t completely shed, it’s incredibly strong what Hovland does. This is a tournament where you meet all the best and to get that high is fantastic. This is the “cream of the crop” involved, says Øyvind Rojahn, sporting director of the Norwegian Golf Association.
– Hovland is also incredibly stable. Play at the highest level in tournament after tournament, Rojahn says.
The second place in the tournament is 1.15 million dollars, or almost 10 million crowns, if you get the place alone. If second place is shared, the prize will also be slightly less.
Last year, Hovland was not high enough in the rankings to participate in this tournament. But since then he has won two PGA tournaments and played up to 14th in the world rankings. This year he was in the tournament by a good margin.
– It’s so good that we may be in the process of setting expectations too high for it to be able to deliver at the highest level every time, Rojahn says.
You could say it was Friday night that he lost the tournament. He was on his way to a round seven shots below par. Then he really screwed it up on the last hole and got a quad ghost. He used eight strokes on a par 4 hole.
But otherwise, he delivered golf from the top shelf. Although he begins cautiously with one during the first round of the pair. Friday’s round even at three under par, even with the giant missing on the last hole.
On Saturday, he responded strongly. He passed the round six strokes below par. On Sunday, he opened with two birdies and was in the close fight. He crawled closer and closer to the leader. He got a bogey on the sixth hole, but responded with three birdies in a row.
Birdiar was also 12 and 13 years old, and then came second, just one stroke behind Morikawa.
Then came the bogey bogey on holes 14 and 16, and he fell to fourth place. Particularly annoying was probably the mistake on a short putt on the 16th hole.
But once again, Hovland showed strength. Hol 17 made a new birdie and Hovland was back in second place. He finished with par and five shots below par in the round, 15 under par overall.
