– Must be heavy to swallow – VG

Working on the green was the biggest problem for Hovland on the last day of the Tour Championship. The road there was almost spotless. He played to several good opportunities for birdie, but did not get the putts to sit.

Still, he managed to take advantage of two of the many opportunities, but it was also bogey at two holes. With that, he ended the day on par.

The statistics after the tournament will be both good and bad reading for Hovland. When he completed today’s 18 holes, he was at the very top of the list of who has played to the most birdie opportunities when input on the green. At the same time, he was the tournament’s weakest on the green, giving away the most strokes of all the players there.

– It must be hard to swallow, because then he probably feels that he has left a lot on the field. But to finish the top 20 in the Tour Championship in its first season is fantastic, says Eurosport’s golf expert Marius Thorp in the channel’s broadcast.

– Then you will be left with a feeling that you have left a good deal of blows. He has high expectations of himself now. It is allowed to be dissatisfied, but it is also allowed to enjoy what he has delivered, says former golf professional Suzann Pettersen.

Monday’s result means that Hovland ends up at −4 in total after the tournament. It provides a huge sum of money. Despite a modest 20th place, Hovland is recording as much as 4.5 million kroner this weekend.

– Extremely good bottom level

Still, he avoided the big mistakes over the weekend, as so many times before. That is exactly what has impressed “Tutta” Pettersen this season. She believes that stability is Hovland’s great strength.

– The top level gives him the opportunity to win, and at the bottom level he keeps up well. His bottom level is extremely good. That’s why he’s here in the Tour Championship. Even in the weeks when it is not true, he collects points. It’s really cool to see that the work he puts in pays off, Pettersen said in Eurosport’s broadcast.

The tournament is the end of the FedEx Cup, which is the overall competition at the top level in the world of golf, the PGA Tour. Only the 30 best players in the world this season can participate in the tournament, and Hovland has through his very first professional year played in that company.

After the extremely strong debut season, the victory in the Puerto Rico Open and the third place from the Workday Charity Open remain as the real top places, in addition to an impressive stability.

PS! Dustin Johnson, who has been absolutely superb in recent weeks, won the Tour Championship. In the end, he finished three strokes ahead of Justin Thomas and Zander Schauffele, and ran away with a prize money of over 130 million kroner.