ATLANTA — We’re living in Viktor Hovland’s world at the moment.
The 25-year old Norwegian shot a 4-under-par 66 at East Lake Golf, Atlanta to improve his score to 20-under-par and to open up a six stroke lead at the Tour Championship. This is the final leg of FedEx Cup Playoffs.
Hovland recorded back-to-back birds at Nos. The latter was a 12-foot putting. When play was stopped due to lightning, he had a four stroke advantage.
Frank Nobilo, CBS’s Frank Nobilo, said: “We thought that last Sunday was great.” “This is just as good.”
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Hovland returned to the course when play resumed, and made two consecutive birdies on Nos. Hovland made back-to-back birdies at Nos. He made a double-bogey on 14, but hit a 6-iron into 15 feet from the water-guarded par-3 15, which is 212 yards long.
He said, “The pin was to the right and that made the green seem a bit bigger.” “It was the perfect 6-iron.”
Scottie Scheffler, who won the $18 million prize last year, blew the same lead in the previous year. Hovland has won over 192 millions Krone.
“That’s quite a sum of money,” he said. “But we are here to win tournaments. There are a lot more players who will shoot 61 tomorrow. “I’ve got be ready.”
