Viktor Hovland won the BMW Championship on Sunday and he set several records with his insane performance down the stretch.
Hovland shot a 61 in his final round at Olympia Fields County Club in Illinois. The score was a personal low for Hovland and a course record. It was also the lowest final round in FedExCup Playoffs history.
Hovland did much of his damage by firing an absurd 28 on the back nine. He moved into first place ahead of Scottie Scheffler with his course record-setting birdie put on 18.
Hovland’s final round was littered with mind-boggling stats. He hit all nine greens and putted only 11 times over the final nine holes.
If you want to go even deeper, Hovland gained 6.49 strokes over the field on the back nine alone. He has only eight full rounds of 18 holes in his entire career where he has accomplished that feat, let alone doing it over a nine-hole stretch.
Almost everything Hovland accomplished was downright wild. The fact that he did it during a FedExCup Playoff event and came from behind to win makes it that much more impressive.
Hovland jumped into second in the FedExCup Playoff standings with the huge win at Olympia Fields. He now trails Scheffler by fewer than 200 points.
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