Viktor Hovland may have fallen short (67 FedExCup points to be exact) of earning his PGA Tour card during the Tour’s regular season like his friends and Tour winners Matthew Wolff and Collin Morikawa.
But Hovland still has a chance to join them on Tour next season – and the 21-year-old Norwegian is making the most of that chance so far.
Hovland, who turned pro after his junior year at Oklahoma State and earned enough points through Tour exemptions to qualify for the Korn Ferry Tour Finals, shot 7-under 64 Thursday to grab a share of the first-round lead at the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Championship in Columbus, Ohio.