Hovland suddenly won the BMW Championship
Hovland won the cup with $ 3.6 million when the 2023 BMW Championship closed the curtain this morning, August 21, Hanoi time. This is the result of Hovland's stellar performance in the finish line with 61 strokes, thereby breaking the court record, considering a record of 18 holes. The old mark was at 62, set by Max Homa in round 2 and then caught up by Sam Burns in round 3.
On closing day, Hovland crossed the first half of the field with three birdies and a bogey. In the second half of the course, the 25-year-old Swiss golfer added seven birdies to score -9 for the last game while the combined score of the previous three games was only -8.
And when it reached -8, Hovland stood at T5 while the lead was at -11, belonging to the reigning world number one American Scottie Scheffler and British Matt Fitzpatrick and the 2023 US Open major owner. In that situation, the set The T1 pair entered the final round in the last leg, two holes behind Hovland.
When Hovland finished -17, Scheffler reached -16, and Fitzpatrick -15 at the end of the 16th hole. On the 17th hole, Fitzpatrick kept par while Scheffler searched for a birdie from a putt six yards away but the ball was 1.2 meters over the target. and from there could not finish and had to score bogey. This negligence dragged Scheffler down to -15, level with Fitzpatrick. With the remaining par, both finished in T2, two strokes behind Hovland. Scheffler and Fitzpatrick shared a $1.76 million bonus.
The last BMW Championship 2023 was only for the top 50 FedEx Cup tables, from which to filter the top 30 for the Tour Championship grand final at East Lake par70 in Atlanta, Georgia from August 24 to 27 to determine the overall champion. PGA Tour 2022-2023.
In the race to the throne of the arena after the penultimate tournament, Scheffler was leading, and Hovland jumped five places to second. And so, Scheffler will enter the Tour Championship with the top of the table, at -10 points while Hovland -8. The first place competitor will win the FedEx Cup and $18 million.
Next season's PGA Tour will be wrapped up in an administrative year with 36 prizes divided into four groups in the usual schedule and the owner of the FedEx Cup will bring up to $ 25 million.
