Eight days after he won the BMW Championship, another virtuoso performance gave Viktor Hovland his sixth PGA TOUR victory and the FedExCup as he became the first Norwegian in golf history to claim the PGA TOUR’s ultimate prize.
Hovland’s performance at the Playoffs Finale, the TOUR Championship was sensational, particularly on the weekend when he shot 66 on Saturday to open a six-stroke lead over Xander Schauffele. And he closed with a 63 that would have been Sunday’s low score had the American not nipped him by one in their entertaining duel.
That round of 7-under was Hovland’s 11th straight sub-70 round and one of the 37 he fired this year. Hovland, who didn’t miss a cut in 23 starts this season - and finished 25th or better in all but five - put together a 64.33 scoring average in the final round of the Playoffs, better than anyone in FedExCup history.
Hovland led the field in Driving Accuracy for the second straight week – the only player to do so at the BMW Championship and TOUR Championship in the same season since the Playoffs began in 2007. His 68.45 percentage for the three post-season events was the best ever by a FedExCup champion.
And continuing another trend, he hit 76.39 percent of his greens in regulation during the Playoffs, better than any other FedExCup champion. Hovland’s proximity to the hole average of 25 feet, 8 inches was second only to Rory McIlroy’s tally of last year among players who took home the season-ending bonus.
This story is from the September 2023 edition of Golfplus Monthly.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber ? Sign In
This story is from the September 2023 edition of Golfplus Monthly.
Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.
Already a subscriber? Sign In
VEER AHLAWAT CONTINUES FINE FORM WITH VICTORY AT NISSAN PRESENTS DELHI-NCR OPEN 2024, EXTENDS LEAD IN TATA STEEL PGTI RANKING
Gurugram's Veer Ahlawat continued his fine form with a flawless last round of six-under 66 to march to a one-shot victory at the INR 1 crore Nissan presents Delhi-NCR Open 2024 played at the Noida Golf Course.
NISSAN AND PGTI JOINTLY LAUNCH
NISSAN PRESENTS CHANDIGARH OPEN 2024 HOSTED BY CHANDIGARH GOLF CLUB
DE ROEY CRUISES TO SECOND LET TITLE
Manon De Roey can now call herself a two-time Ladies European Tour (LET) champion after the Belgian cruised to a four-shot victory at the Investec SA Women's Open.
MAGNUSSON WINS THE 2024 TERRE BLANCHE LADIES OPEN
Sweden's Anna Magnusson stormed her way through the final round to finish nine-under-par and claim her third professional victory.
BROCH ESTRUP, TSAI AND WHITTING DECLARED JOINT WINNERS
Nicole Broch Estrup, Pei-Ying Tsai and Jess Whitting were declared joint winners after the final round of the Australian Women's Classic Presented by Pacific Pay Resort Studios was cancelled.
INSIDE SCOOP ON AUGUSTA MASTERS 2024
We at GolfPlus know that you all must have kept a keen eye on the most anticipated event of the year, the event that players train for and the one that patrons watch without batting an eye.
THE STATS THAT DEFINED THE PGA TOUR IN MARCH
World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler dominates with back-to-back wins as Malnati, Jaeger and Eckroat triumph
EAT FOR A HEALTHY HEAD
THE YOGIC SCIENCE OF GOOD MOOD FOOD
HOME FAVOURITE KATSURAGAWA SEALS VICTORY
Yuto Katsuragawa continued a history-making season for players from Japan on the DP World Tour with a three-shot victory on home soil at the ISPS HANDA - CHAMPIONSHIP.
SCOTTIE SCHEFFLER WINS THE MASTERS
Scottie Scheffler has won the 88th Masters in a final-nine runaway.
