OAKMONT, Pa. — Viktor Hovland might become the first golfer in history to win the U.S. Open and immediately head to the driving range. In a sport of trophy hunters and check chasers, Hovland is a seeker, perpetually drawn to the game like it’s a book he can’t stop reading. He is 1 under par, three shots off the lead after three rounds. He knows that he can win this, but he is more fascinated by how.
“We’d all like to win,” Hovland said Saturday evening. “There is also a deep passion in me that I want to hit the shots. I want to stand on the tee and hit the shots that I’m envisioning. When the ball’s not doing that, it bothers me.”
