Another hole-in-one! Viktor Hovland celebrates at the Players Championship
03/14/2022 by David Wellenbrock
In the third round of the Players Championship 2022 Viktor Hovland makes another hole-in-one on the PGA Tour at TPC Sawgrass.
Viktor Hovland celebrates the second ace at PGA Tour’s Players Championship 2022. (Photo: Screenshot Twitter/@PGATOUR)
Viktor Hovland scores the second ace at this year’s Players Championship on the PGA Tour! In his third round, which was finished on Monday due to the weather, the Norwegian holes for eagle, his second of the round.
There are a total of four par-3 holes at TPC Sawgrass, the most notorious of which is 17 with the iconic island green. On this hole Shane Lowry scored the tenth ever hole-in-one in round 3 on Sunday, sending the crowd into a frenzy.
Players Championship: Viktor Hovland with the ace
Now Viktor Hovland hits another ace at the flagship event of the PGA Tour, this time at the 8th hole. For the 24-year-old, who had started at the 10th tee, it was the second-last hole and he sank the ball from 219 yards. The shooting star had already scored an eagle on hole 2. Hovland finished the round with a total of 68 strokes and climbed a few places on the leaderboard. Before the final round, the three-time winner on the PGA Tour is at four-under-par.
Afterwards, Hovland celebrated with Kevin Streelman, similar to what Lowry and Poulter had done the day before.
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