The Norwegian professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and European Tour Viktor Hovland won the 2018 U.S. Amateur and then became the first Norwegian to win on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He picked up his second and third PGA Tour wins at the Mayakoba Golf Classic in autumn 2020 and 2021.
Hovland began playing golf at the age of eleven after his father Harald had taken up golf while working as an engineer in St. Louis. Five years later, in 2014, he won the Norwegian Amateur Golf Championship as a 16-year-old. From 2016 to 2019, he played college golf at Oklahoma State University with, among others, Kristoffer Ventura.
In August, Hovland shot a final round course-record 61 to win the BMW Championship at Olympia Fields Country Club near Chicago, Illinois. His scorecard for the final round featured twelve threes. This was the second event in the 2023 FedEx Cup Playoffs. The following week, he won the Tour Championship, as well as the FedEx Cup. He became the third-youngest FedEx Cup champion.
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Viktor Hovland is now the third-youngest FedEx Cup champion in history who won the $18 million first-place prize.
Viktor Hovland estimates net worth is around $20 million. His source of wealth is the culmination of his earnings from golf, multiple sponsorships, endorsements, and strategic investments.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
