It’s the most delicious shot of a golfer’s career, but there was a bittersweet aftertaste to Viktor Hovland’s extraordinary hole-in-one on Thursday – it arrived 24 hours too early.
It’s the most appealing shot of a golfer’s career, but there was a bittersweet aftertaste to Viktor Hovland’s extraordinary hole-in-one on Thursday – it arrived 24 hours too early. Playing in the final practice session before the 44th edition of the Ryder Cup gets underway on Friday, the Norwegian lit up Rome’s Marco Simone Golf Club with a sensational ace on the par-four fifth hole.
4 and given him the confidence to improve his record at the tournament. “I felt like I played okay [in 2021], but I lacked the special things in the matches where you really flip the momentum around,” Hovland told reporters Tuesday. “I think this time around with all the work that I’ve done on the short game and some of the accomplishments that I’ve made in the last few tournaments and throughout the year, I feel like I’m a lot more accomplished.
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