Viktor Hovland blacked out at the again 9 as he demolished the entirety in his trail. He shot a final-round 61 to win the BMW Championship and set the route document at Olympia Fields Nation Membership.
Max Homa had set the route document Friday with a 62, which was once then matched by way of Sam Burns Saturday.
This victory is his 2nd at the season after he received The Memorial, and it marks his first FedEx Cup playoff win. Additionally it is the bottom around of his skilled occupation.
The previous Oklahoma State golfer made 10 birdies and one bogey at the day. He went out in 33 strokes and sat 4 again of chief Scottie Scheffler when he made the flip.
Hovland treated the hardest portions of the route conveniently as he got here house in 28 strokes. It’s like he was once enjoying some other route than the remainder of the sphere.
He made 3 instantly birdies on holes 10-12. Then he made par at the par-3 thirteenth. The 25-year-old added two extra birdies at the par-4 14th and par-5 fifteenth. Every other par got here on the par-3 sixteenth, however then he treated the 2 toughest holes conveniently.
Hovland made two birdies to near out his around and sit down at 17-under, and the ready sport started. Scheffler made a bogey at the par-4 seventeenth, and at that time, the five-time PGA Excursion winner’s destiny was once sealed.
Going into Atlanta for the Excursion Championship, Hovland shall be No. 2 within the FedEx Cup standings. He’s going to get 8 strokes to begin the general tournament of the season.
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