Viktor Hovland Out for the Rest of the Year Due to Injury
10/04/2024 by Golf Post Editors
Viktor Hovland has to end his 2024 season early due to an injury. As a result, he will miss several top tournaments on the DP World Tour.
Viktor Hovland at the 2024 Tour Championship. (Source: Getty)
As bunkered.co.uk reports, Viktor Hovland will have to take the rest of the season off due to injury and will not compete in any more tournaments this year. His injury has not been specified and no further details are known. Although he is therefore short of the required minimum number of four DP World Tour tournaments, he will probably not have to worry about losing his tour card thanks to an exemption.
Viktor Hovland 2024 With a Mixed Season
Hovland had already cancelled his participation in the BMW PGA Championship in Wentworth in September. He was last seen at the Tour Championship, the final of the PGA Tour‘s FedEx Cup, which he finished in a tie for twelfth place. He had crowned his successful 2023 season with victory at this tournament.
However, the Norwegian was unable to build on his success in 2024: he went the whole year without a win, missed the cut in three of the four majors and only reached the top 10 in two tournaments, including the PGA Championship.
Due to his injury, the eight-ranked player in the world will no longer be able to compete in the Race to Dubai. He will miss both the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and the DP World Tour Championship in November.
Viktor Hovland’s “miserable” year has a miserable end. Understand he’s been sidelined for the rest of the season with injury.
— Ben Parsons (@_benparsons) October 3, 2024
Story here – including what that means for Ryder Cup – for @bunkeredgolf: https://t.co/heI5TYlgv0
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Hovland’s Ryder Cup Eligibility Probably Not Jeopardised
For European players, membership of the DP World Tour is a condition of participation in the 2025 Ryder Cup, which can only be maintained by playing at least four tournaments on the DP World Tour. Although Hovland is now unable to play the required number of tournaments due to his injury, this is unlikely to be his undoing: The DP World Tour announced that an exception could be made due to the medical reason and that Hovland would be exempted from the playing obligation.
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