Viktor Hovland will tee up on Thursday as part of a six-strong amateur contingent.
NORTH CAROLINA: It speaks to Viktor Hovland’s youth that his first vivid memory of watching the Masters was as recently as 2013, when Adam Scott became the first Australian to win a Green Jacket.
Hovland earned a trip to this year’s Masters – and the US and British Open events – by winning the US Amateur championship in dominant fashion at Pebble Beach last year. “Frankly, I didn’t feel like I played that well, yet I was able to finish 40th with a game that was average, or below average,” he said in a telephone interview with Reuters.Hovland comes from a nation whose men’s golf history is almost non-existent.
By age 11, Hovland was hooked. He decided he wanted to play the game all year round, even if it meant spending the winter at an indoor driving range. He nevertheless was good enough to play in the European Boys’ Championship, where he came to the attention of American collegiate scouts, which is how he ended up at Oklahoma State.
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