Team Europe has Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, but Viktor Hovland might be the world’s hottest golfer heading into the Ryder Cup.
And yet, even though Hovland’s grin looks ripped from a high school yearbook, here’s what Luke Donald had to say about him: “I think he is an assassin.”When the team showdown between Europe and the United States kicks off with foursome matches on Friday morning, Norway’s affable assassin stands to play as big a role as anyone for the European squad — including teammates Rory McIlroy and Jon Rahm, the Nos.
“He's consumed with trying to see how good he can be,” said Alan Bratton, the longtime coach at Oklahoma State who started recruiting Hovland from Norway a decade ago. “Viktor is very confident and isn't afraid to try new things. And if they don't work, he scraps them and moves on to the next.”Though Hovland has posted tour wins in each of his first four seasons as a pro, his game continues to take giant leaps from one year to the next.
“He basically just explained the physics of why I didn’t have a great short game before. It wasn’t because I wasn’t talented enough or I didn’t have the ‘hands’ to do it,” Hovland said. “I was essentially just getting a little too shallow into the ball and getting way behind it.”Hovland still lives in Stillwater, Okla.
He can be as serious practicing as he is walking down the 18th fairway on a Sunday. That’s where Donald notices that steely-eyed assassin look.
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