The Memorial: Viktor Hovland joins Rory McIlroy, Jon Rahm with epic win

Viktor Hovland had been knocking on the door currently for his fourth PGA Tour victory. On Sunday, it lastly got here to fruition as Hovland carded a 2-under 70 last spherical. That was adequate to land him in a playoff with Denny McCarthy.

Following McCarthy lipping out a prolonged par putt on the primary playoff gap, Hovland sank a five-footer to take house the victory. With the win, he joins solely Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm as the one gamers to win out tour in every of the final 4 seasons.

Hovland beforehand turned the primary Norwegian participant to win on the PGA Tour again in 2020, taking house the Puerto Rico Open trophy.

The next yr, he captured the Mayakoba Golf Basic and eventually received the World Large Expertise Championship final yr.

The younger Norwegian is proving that he is among the greatest gamers on the planet.

Hovland has had very sturdy showings on the majors. He completed runner on the PGA Championship final month. That got here on the heels of ending tied for seventh on the Masters Match in April.

Final yr, he completed T4 at The Open Championship and notched a T12 on the U.S. Open in 2019. These two occasions are nonetheless left on the schedule this summer season, starting in two weeks on the Los Angeles Nation Membership for the 123rd U.S. Open.

With the victory, Viktor Hovland has moved all the way in which as much as 4 on the FedEx Cup factors standings. He trails solely Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and Max Homa, per PGATour.com.