AUGUSTA, Ga. – Viktor Hovland began last year’s Masters with a dreadful triple-bogey, but by the time he’d walked off the sixth green, he was back to even par. Obviously not ideal, he noted.
“Instead of freaking out and kind of not giving it up or firing at every pin that I’m not supposed to do,” said Hovland, “I try to just reset and trust my game.”
Hovland’s attitude is a particularly valuable asset at a place like Augusta National, where he tied for 32nd to earn low-amateur honors in 2019. It was then that the now No. 4-ranked Hovland learned a valuable lesson.
