Thanks to an almost perfect finish on Sunday, Viktor Hovland corrected what led to a very approximate golf section.
Hovland, who was three shots from the advance at one point on the new back, carded three birdies in his last five holes to exceed Justin Thomas and claim the Valspar championship from Innisbrook Resort in Palm Harbor, Florida, Sunday afternoon. This marks his seventh career victory over the PGA Tour, and came after the 27 -year -old missed three consecutive cuts.
“It's always a bit sunk. It was really cool,” said Hovland on NBC. “I think that when I did a stewed over there by 15 and he had three shots, I always felt really calm and I was not really stressful even if I knew that I had to do my putt on 14. When it came, I really felt, really calm there. I just hit good shots, I made putts, it was great.”
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Hovland started on Sunday for a part of the head, although it was Justin Thomas who jumped. Thomas, who has just been cup on Friday, posted a 65 on Saturday to grant in the mixture. He then reached 7 under his round on Sunday after doing four birdies in a section of five holes, but he stumbled on the finish. Thomas Bogeyed twice in his last three holes, which has completely opened the door to Hovland.
Hovland's back, however, was roughly perfect. He cut the deficit after walking in a 8th Birdie, then he did another birdie after stuck his approach to 16.
Hovland then emptied a nearly 12 feet to give him a solo advance on the 17th after Thomas Bogey has in front of him. It gave him a two -stroke lead, which allowed him to bogey last and to leave with victory at a time. He finished with a 4-mine of 67 to close his week.
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Hovland's victory came after what was a very chaotic start to the tournament earlier this week. Three golfers absolutely broke out on the course during the first two laps. Patton Kizzire tried to kick his putter Through green after missing a putt on Thursday. He then withdrew due to an injury. Sahith Theegala then launched a club on the fairway After erupting a right shot, although he has always saved the peer on the hole.
Best The incident came from Adam HadwinHowever, after having released his anger on a guile's head after having made a double bogey. The watering then left, which left Hadwin standing above his completely defeated gaze.
Thomas finished second to 10 within the week with his last round 66. The winner of 15 times has not won the tour since his victory in the PGA 2022 championship. Jacob Bridgeman finished alone in third with 9 sous.
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The victory has been the first of Hovland since the 2023 season, when he won three times on tour and won the Tour championship and the Fedex Cup titles. However, he had only two TOP-10 last season and missed the Cup three of the four major championships. He missed the Cup at Genesis Invitational, the Arnold Palmer Invitational and the Championship of players before this week's event.
On Sunday’s victory also intervened just two days after Hovland was incredibly critical of his own game. He moved away from the second round, talking about his frustration with his game in recent years.
“It's pretty frustrating and you are starting to think of things you've never thought before,” he said on Friday. “And this game becomes infinitely more difficult, and it's already really difficult …”
I'm hard with myself, yes. But that's also why I'm fine. If I was not hard with myself, I would probably not be here. And yes, I know that even with a terrible mechanics, I can always go out here and pull some good scores, but it can also lead to 80 shots for players because I just have no control over what I do. “”
His return, however, is now complete.
