Viktor Hovland admitted Sunday afternoon that he isn’t the biggest fan of being in pressure situations.
Well, everyone in the golf world wouldn’t have known. Hovland drained a 13-foot birdie putt on the final hole for a final-round 6-under 65 to win the Mayakoba Golf Classic presented by UNIFIN. It was the second PGA TOUR win for Hovland, 23, who joined an impressive group.
The Norwegian who played his college golf at Oklahoma State became just the fifth European player to win multiple PGA TOUR titles before age 24 since 1945.
The others are Seve Ballesteros, Rory McIlroy, Sergio Garcia and Jon Rahm. “I’m just very proud of myself,” said Hovland, who won the Puerto Rico Open last season. “I was playing very solid all day.
The start was great and the bogey on No. 12 set me back. Obviously, there is a lot of up and down in your body that you’re feeling.” Hovland moved to No. 3 in the FedExCup standings in the final FedExCup event of 2020 before the season gets back to action in January.
