Viktor Hovland

Hayden Wood

/ Cowboy Golf

Image Taken at the 2018 NCAA Men's Golf Championship Second Round, Saturday, May 26, 2018, Karsten Creek Golf Club, Stillwater, OK. Bruce Waterfield/OSU Athletics

April 7, 2018; Texas A&M Aggies Men's Golf vs in the Aggie Invitational at Traditions Club in College Station, TX. Photos by Thomas Campbell/Texas A&M Athletics

Photo by: Texas A&M Athletics/Thomas Campbell

Height:
5-10
Weight:
null
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Oslo, Norway
High School:
WANG Toppidrett

2017-18 (Sophomore): Was named a first team All-American by the Golf Coaches Association of America … also earned first-team All-America recognition from Golfweek … was named to the All-Nicklaus Team as well … was a first-team All-Big 12 selection … named a first-team Academic All-Big 12 pick … tabbed as a semifinalist for both the Jack Nicklaus Award and the Ben Hogan Award … tied for 23^rd place at The Carmel Cup … carded a closing 69 to finish at 3-under 213 … tied for 12^th place at the Inverness Intercollegiate with a 2-under total of 140 … tied for 12^th place at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate … closed with a 69 to finish at 5-under 211 … posted a 12-under total of 204 that included scores of 67 and 65 to tie for second place at the Amer Ari Invitational … carded a 2-under total of 140 to tie for fourth place at The Prestige at PGA West … finished at 4-under 209 to tie for third place at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate … posted a closing 64 to finish at 13-under 203 and alone in second place at the Lamkin San Diego Classic … earned the first collegiate victory of his career at the Valspar Collegiate … carded rounds of 67, 65 and 68 to finish at 13-under 200 … closed with a 65 to finish at 4-under 212 and tied for third place at the Aggie Invitational … posted a 286 total at the Big 12 Championship to tie for seventh place … closed with a 69 to finish at 1-under 212 and tied for seventh at the NCAA Columbus Regional … carded a 1-under total of 287 to tie for 11^th place at the NCAA Championship … defeated Chandler Phillips of Texas A&M in 19 holes during OSU’s NCAA quarterfinal match … knocked off Jovan Rebula, 4&3, in OSU’s semifinal win over Auburn … took down Alabama’s Lee Hodges, 4&3, in the NCAA title match.

2016-17 (Freshman): Was named to the All-Freshman Team by the Golf Coaches Association of America … also received honorable mention All-America status from the GCAA as well as Golfweek … was named a first-team All-Big 12 pick as well … closed the year with five consecutive top-10 finishes … tied for eighth place at the Aggie Invitational … posted scores of 73 and 69 for a 2-under total of 142 … was runner-up at The Maxwell after turning in an even-par total of 210 that included scores of 71, 69 and 70 … tied for sixth place at the Big 12 Championship with a 14-over total of 294 … tied for fifth place at the NCAA Austin Regional … carded scores of 71, 72 and 67 for a 3-under score of 210 … tied for eighth place at the NCAA Championship … signed for scores of 68, 74, 68 and 75, giving him a 3-under total of 285 … tied for 14^th place in his OSU debut at The Carmel Cup, posting scores of 70, 75 and 66 for a 5-under total of 211 … tied for 12^th place at the Paintbrush Invitational after opening with a 69 en route to a 3-under tally of 214 … posted an even-par score of 216 to tie for 19^th place at the Golf Club of Georgia Collegiate … fired a final-round 68 to finish at 1-under 212 and tied for 21^st place at the Querencia Cabo Collegiate … defeated Oregon’s Wyndham Clark, 2 and 1, in the first round of match play at the NCAA Championship.

Amateur: Became OSU’s fifth U.S. Amateur champion in 2018 … defeated UCLA’s Devon Bling, 6&5, in the 36-hole final at Pebble Beach Golf Links … trailed for just one hole during his six matches … also played just 104 holes over the course of the week, matching the mark for fewest holes played by a champion since 1979 … additionally, he did not trail over his final 86 holes and won 44 of the 104 holes he played … competed at the European Tour’s Porsche European Open in 2018, posting rounds of 68 and 80 … competed for the International side at the 2018 Palmer Cup … was runner-up at the 2018 European Amateur Championship … posted rounds of 71, 71, 73 and 67 to finish at 282 … carded rounds of 70 and 65 to tie for ninth during stroke play at The Amateur Championship in 2018 … advanced to the fourth round (round of 16) of the match play portion of the event … competed with teammate Kristoffer Ventura for the European side at the 2017 Palmer Cup … finished second at the 2016 European Amateur Championship after falling on the seventh playoff hole … carded rounds of 67, 73, 63 and 69 for a 16-under total of 272 to share the top spot on the leaderboard … finished ninth at the 2015 Spanish Amateur Championship … finished seventh at the 2015 Titleist Tour Finale … finished ninth at the Junior Players Championship and seventh at the AJGA Thunderbird International Junior in 2015 … won the 2015 Norwegian International Trophy … competed as a member of the Norwegian National Team, helping his squad to a top-five finish at the 2015 Spirit International … finished second during the stroke play portion of the 2015 U.S. Junior Amateur with rounds of 68 and 71 … posted a 3-0-1 mark as a member of the Continent of Europe squad at the 2015 Jacques Leglise Trophy.

Personal: Son of Galina and Harald Hovland … born Sept. 18, 1997 … hobbies include watching movies and hanging out with friends … also considered Tennessee, Texas Tech and TCU.