Viktor Hovland is a professional golfer from Norway. He is currently 24 years old and plays on the PGA Tour.
Hovland won the 2018 US Amateur Championship, becoming the first Norwegian player to do so, and earned invitations to the 2019 Masters Tournament, 2019 US Open, and 2019 Open Championship.
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The 5ft 10 inches tall pro golfer set the record for the lowest 72-hole score by an amateur in the US Open with a score of 280, breaking Jack Nicklaus’s previous record of 282 set in 1960.
In 2019, he received the Ben Hogan Award, which is given to the best college player in the United States.
Hovland became the first Norwegian to win on the European Tour. At the World Wide Technology Championship in Mexico, he set a tournament record of 23 under par.
At Whistling Straits, he represented Europe in the 2021 Ryder Cup against the United States.
In February 2022, Hovland won the Dubai Desert Classic in a sudden-death playoff over Richard Bland.
The victory propelled him to third place in the Official World Golf Ranking. It was announced in July that he had signed a multi-year contract with Ping.
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