Viktor Hovland is a professional golfer from Norway who competes on the PGA Tour. He was the first Norwegian to win on both the PGA and European Tours. Hovland won the 2020 and 2021 Mayakoba Golf Classics, his second and third PGA Tour victories. He also won the 2018 United States Amateur.
Is Viktor Hovland joining LIV golf series?
Hovland is not joining the LIV golf series yet.
Following the 2019 U.S. Open, Hovland turned professional and made his professional debut at the Travelers Championship in June. He so forfeited his automatic entrance into the 2019 Open Championship.
Hovland finished tied for second at the Albertsons Boise Open, part of the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, in August. This performance earned him a PGA Tour card for the 2019-20 season. Hovland established a PGA Tour record by playing 19 straight rounds in the 60s at the CJ Cup in South Korea.
In January, Hovland finished fifth in the European Tour’s Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship. The next week, he won the Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic, defeating Richard Bland with a birdie on the opening hole of a sudden-death playoff.
The victory propelled him to third place in the Official World Golf Ranking. Ping announced on July 7th that Hovland has struck a multi-year relationship with the brand.
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