Viktor Hovland isn’t taking time to celebrate his win at the Memorial Tournament just yet. One day after defeating Denny McCarthy in a one-hole playoff, he was caddying for friend and ex-Oklahoma State teammate Zach Bauchou at U.S. Open final qualifying.
Hovland’s win at Memorial moved him to No. 4 in the FedEx Cup standings and fifth in the world ranking.There are plenty of detractors for many of golf’s biggest names and how they can be when the camera is not on them, but I’ve never found one for Hovland. So for the morning after winning the biggest tournament of his life to be looping for 36 holes for his college buddy? It seems entirely in character.
But this story is also part of what makes this day so rich — at qualifiers throughout the country everyone from former U.S. Open winners to high school kids have made it through rounds of qualifying and now are one good day away from teeing it up at Los Angeles County Club. Bauchou is No. 1,859 in the world and is probably best known for a putt that did not go in — in the 2018 NCAA championships. BauchouPro golf has been a struggle.
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