Viktor Hovland had the best round of his career at a good time. He set the course record at Olympia Fields with a 61.
“That has to be the best round I’ve ever played,” Hovland said. “Given the circumstances — a playoff event, this golf course — the way I played the last holes was pretty special.”Jordan Spieth bogeyed his last two holes for a 71 and was on the verge of falling out of the top 30 in the FedEx Cup who make it to East Lake next week for the Tour Championship. But then Denny McCarthy made three bogeys over his last seven holes to fall out.
The world’s No. 1 player missed a 6-foot birdie putt on the par-3 16th that would have tied him with Hovland. On the next hole, Scheffler’s 20-foot birdie putt ran 4 1/2 feet by the hole, and he missed the par putt to fall two shots behind. “Can’t do anything about 61. I did just see Viktor — I called him a little ,” Fitzpatrick said with a grin. “But for me, just really pleased again that I played really well, final round in contention with world No. 1, and I didn’t lose it. Someone else came from behind and won it.”
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