Hovland won the Memorial Tournament for the first time

Hovland was born in 1997, has been on the PGA Tour since 2019 and has won 91 prizes with a combined prize of $ 22 million, including achievements at the 2023 Memorial Tournament, which just ended on June 4.

This tournament, the Norwegian golfer was just crowned after defeating Denny McCarthy with a par on the first extra hole, on the par4 18 hole, from a 2.1-meter putt. Before that, McCarthy bogey because of a putt 3.6 meters away, the ball went over the left rim of the hole.

The duel occurred by Hovland and McCarthy with the same score of -7 after four standard rounds. In the final round, only Hovland recorded a birdie on the 17th hole with a distance of 6 meters. That put him up to -7 and just one shot behind McCarthy.

In contrast, the American player did not take advantage of that in his quest to find his first title after 157 PGA Tour tournaments. On the last hole, McCarthy scored a bogey, sending the score down to Hovland.

Memorial Tournament founded and hosted by the legendary Jack Nicklaus since 1976, "resident" on the par72 also designed by him in Muirfield Village in Dublin, Ohio.

After 37 years of being a regular, the eight-year prize has been upgraded to "Invitational" and then into a special group on the PGA Tour from 2023.

Moving to a new position, the Memorial cup went to Hovland. Before that victory, Hovland won the first place three times, but all wore regular, and all on the field in the tropical resort.

"Sometimes I tease Viktor that it's time for him to stop holding trophies in tourist spots, to win on the field that requires top-notch expertise. Now Viktor has succeeded," said Edoardo Molinari, analyst. Hovland's professional analysis on Golfweek after his client won the 2023 Memorial Tournament.

The last period recorded a few players hitting 65 strokes (Hideki Matsuyama, Keegan Bradley) or 66 strokes (Xander Schauffele, Justin Suh) over 18 holes, but none were as high or consistent as Hovland. In the grand final, only Hovland scored negative in all four rounds (71-71-69-70 strokes). Runner-up McCarthy hit 71-72-68-70 in turn. World number one Scottie Scheffler had enough points through the knockout (+3), finished third (-6) with 68 and 67 strokes remaining in the two games.

Matsuyama finished T16 (even par), one place above Schauffle while Bradley was at T30 (+2), and Suh was at T41 (+4).