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– No, he’s burning it. It’s that day. The ones that have been so simple all week. He has put all of the pillows you should have in, but then nothing really worked as it should, said Viaplay commentator Joakim Mikkelsen after today’s third bogey was a fact on hole 16. After several heavy tournaments, Hovland had delivered great play on the first three days in Scottish St. Andrews, especially Saturday when he took on a shared lead with former world number one Rory McIlroy. The two went together on the last day, but it turned out early to not be Norwegian’s day. Already on hole 4 it was bogey, while he had to wait until hole 12 for the day’s first and only birdie. There were later two more bogeys. – There has been no flow for Viktor today, Mikkelsen said. 470 years of golf Despite the heavy closing day, this weekend’s result is Hovland’s clearly the best in a major tournament. He already had two 12th places, in the US Open in 2019 and in The Open last year. The Open Championship is the oldest of the four major golf tournaments, and this year, in the tournament’s 150th year, the tournament was played at The Old Course in Scottish St. Andrew, the world’s oldest golf course with history dating back to 1552. LONG HISTORY: Golf has its roots in the Scottish university town of St Andrews. Photo: GLYN KIRK / AFP Australian Cameron Smith ended up as the winner of this year’s tournament and can take with him 2.5 million dollars, or just over 25 million kroner. Cameron Young followed in second place, while McIlroy dropped to third on the final day. Hovland will receive more than NOK 7 million. Bunker When Hovland hit a birdie on the 12th hole, there was hope that he would reverse the trend. But already on the first stroke after the birdie was a fact, he struck straight into the bunker. He settled in again, but did not manage to save the couple. He never managed to get on the birdie track again, and with a bogey on hole 16, the Oslo man had to focus on keeping fourth place. He ended up sharing it with Tommy Fleetwood. BUNKER: Viktor Hovland went straight from birdie to bunker. Photo: GLYN KIRK / AFP



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