Viktor Hovland is in rivalry to win one other Tour Championship this 12 months.
Hovland received his first FedEx Cup, capturing the PGA Tour Championship earlier this fall. Now he has a shot at profitable one other, the DP World Tour Championship.
“It could be actually cool. It’s been a loopy 12 months. You already know, it feels prefer it has been the low season. I’ve had six weeks off,” Hovland stated after his spherical Saturday. “That is one other huge one and could be good to have on the resumé, and I really feel like I’m enjoying some good golf.”
Hovland sits one shot behind the 54-hole chief Matt Wallace.
The Norwegian carded a bogey-free 66 on Saturday to sit down at 15-under. He made six birdies on the day and got here near a hole-out eagle on the ten.
Hovland has gone 69-66-66 to maintain himself within the hunt. He could have taken a while off for the reason that Ryder Cup, however his sport remains to be pretty much as good as ever.
The 6-time PGA Tour winner has been practically excellent in his final 4 begins. Hovland received the BMW Championship, took residence the Tour Championship win, tied for fifth at Wentworth and went 3-1-1 on the Ryder Cup.
He and Ludvig Aberg destroyed Brooks Koepka and Scottie Scheffler in a historic 9 & 7 Foursome match to safe some extent for the Europeans.
Hovland has an argument for being the very best participant on the earth proper now.
It could solidify that title much more if he had been to run down Wallace. Wallace fired off a bogey-free 60 on Saturday, together with 9 straight birdies to come back residence in 27 strokes. He received’t simply have to fret about Wallace although, as fellow Ryder Cup teammate Tommy Fleetwood is tied with him in second.
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