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Viktor Hovland

Viktor Hovland

26-Year-Old Golfer
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2024 Stats
Rank
51
Winnings
$2,077,525
Winnings/Entry
$207,753
Entries
10
Rounds
33
2024 Fantasy Outlook
Hovland has always been one of the most consistent players on Tour thanks to his world-class ball-striking. He reached a new level in 2022-23 thanks to big improvements in the short-game department. Hovland doubled his PGA Tour win total to six with victories at the Memorial Tournament, followed by wins at both the BMW Championship and the TOUR Championship to close the season. The 26-year-old has also not missed a cut on the PGA Tour since July of 2022. The next thing on Hovland's radar is a major championship and he has contended at quite a few of them already across his short career. Hovland has No. 1 overall upside, but also an extremely high floor that makes him a great early selection in any fantasy format. Read Past Outlooks
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Handedness Right
Status Pro
Height 5'10"
Weight 165 lbs
DOB 9/18/1997
Birthplace Oslo, Norway
College Oklahoma State
Country Norway
Back to form at PGA Championship
May 19, 2024
Hovland fired a five-under 66 in the final round to finish in solo third place at the PGA Championship.
ANALYSIS
Hovland felt like he was playing so bad coming into the week he contemplated withdrawing prior to Thursday's first round. But the wonders one quick stop in Las Vegas to meet up with former swing coach Joe Mayo did for the reigning FedExCup champ. He said it took 30 minutes to take the tips and start feeling like his old self. It certainly was great to see him play well again, and not just play well, nearly win his first major championship title. Hovland closed the week with three straight rounds of 66 to post 18-under-par. It took two of the six players to every finish at least 20-under-par in major championship golf to beat him. Hovland's time will come at a major, but his outlook for the rest of the season certainly improved quite a bit this week. Hovland was slated to tee it up next week at Colonial, but after a long week of contention at a major he will take a week off to mentally recover.
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Past Fantasy Outlooks
2023
2022
2020
2019
Hovland has been a top-five ball-striker in the world since he started on Tour three years ago. The one thing that will continue to stand out until changes are made is his short game. It was really bad this past season, as he lost over 0.65 strokes per round, which ranked 191st on the PGA Tour. Hovland's putter has gone from a weakness to a stregnth now, so if he can find a way to just not be terrible around the greens then his results will be very scary. Hovland has won in all three seasons and has only missed seven cuts in that timespan. His T4 finish at the Open Championship after fading on Sunday is his only top-10 finish in a major to this point, however. Hovland's ball-striking makes his floor very high, but his ceiling is still a question until he can figure out the short game.
There's never been a shortage of hype surrounding Hovland and while he's been a solid player on the PGA Tour since day one, entering his second full season on tour, he'd yet to really show what he had. Sure, he won the Puerto Rico Open as a rookie, but he didn't splash like many expected ... until 2020-21. Hovland not only picked up another win in year-two, but he added two runner-ups and two 3rd-place finishes on his way to more than $5 million. The jump to the $5 million club was quick, after all, the 2020-21 season was just his second on the PGA Tour and although the bar was set high, Hovland has the game to take it even higher. Considering his number for this season, Hovland can't be considered a great salary cap play, but he's definitely in the "good" camp.
Many young players on the PGA Tour struggle with consistency, but that's never been the issue for Hovland. Hovland has finished inside the top 25 in half of his 24 starts as a professional on the PGA Tour. He also picked-up his first win on the PGA Tour this past season and while that win came against a weaker field, the "real" wins are coming. Hovland's cap number is not discounted much from the shortened season, but he's still a bargain at his current price.
Hovland doesn't need much of an introduction after a T12 at the U.S. Open in June preceded four consecutive finishes of T16 or better to end the regular season, culminating with a solo-fourth at the Wyndham Championship. The Oklahoma State product failed to record a win like his fellow Class of '19 compadres, Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa, but expect Hovland to land in the winner's circle soon enough. He gained at least 8.4 strokes from tee to green throughout his last three starts on the PGA Tour before securing his card with results of T11-T2 at the Korn Ferry Tour Finals.
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Medicore at Quail Hollow
May 12, 2024
Hovland shot a two-under 69 in the final round of the Wells Fargo Championship to finish in a tie for 24th place.
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Teeing it up at Quail Hollow
May 6, 2024
Hovland (not injury related) is listed in the field for this week's Wells Fargo Championship.
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Collapses in Round 2
April 13, 2024
Hovland shot a nine-over 81 on Friday at The Masters to miss the cut at the event and has withdrawn from next week's RBC Heritage.
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Going into Masters without form
March 27, 2024
Hovland will not add the Valero Texas Open next week and will make his next start at The Masters April 11-14, Marius Thorp of Eurosport Norge reports.
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Still looking to find form
March 11, 2024
Hovland fell into a share of 36th place after a three-over 75 in the final round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational.
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