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Viktor Hovland had another grueling day on the golf course and dropped to 40th with a new round three strokes above par.
Viktor Hovland fell further down the charts at the PGA Playoffs tournament in Illinois, and his place in the tour championship next weekend is in jeopardy. Charles Rex Arbogast, AP / NTB scanpix
The tournament at Olympia Fields is the second of three in the PGA Playoffs, and Hovland is fighting to become the first Norwegian to participate in the PGA Tour Championship in Atlanta next weekend.
Only the top 30 in total on the tour make it there, and even the system at that tournament raises around four million crowns according to golfsiden.no. According to the PGA Tour’s own charts, Hovland is now likely to drop to 31st on the points list if he doesn’t play on the final day.
You can also climb in good company if other players fall.
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The Norwegian golf star was ranked 14th in the tournament after a first day of 71 rounds. Friday’s 73rd round sent him to a shared 23rd spot, and Saturday was a new 73rd round. In total, that’s seven shots over par, which would normally have resulted in a lower tier spot in a PGA tournament. .
However, the Birds are a long way off on the Olympia Fields field, and on Saturday night there were no below par players overall in the tournament. The leaders were in pairs, but none of them had finished playing Saturday’s round.
Hovland had to endure bogey on holes 2, 6, 11 and 15, but decorated the score with a birdie on holes 4 and 14. He was around 30th before a new bogey on the last hole sent him ten more places. down.
On Sunday he faces a big task in the attempt to qualify for the final of the tour.
