Relationship to his newbie days, Viktor Hovland has at all times been a curious cat.
He as soon as spent 20 minutes on his cellphone studying a philosophical debate about affirmative motion earlier than scarfing down some lunch and heading again out to finish the second half of his 2018 U.S. Beginner victory at Pebble Seashore.
So, as Hovland has spent a lot of this 12 months looking for solutions to his golf swing, it’s come as little shock the reasoning: “I’m a curious man,” Hovland instructed the Occasions of London final week, including that he “had slightly an excessive amount of management” of his golf swing after a scorching end to final 12 months that noticed him win twice and never end outdoors the highest 10 in every of his last 5 begins.
“For my very own sake,” Hovland defined, “I wished to know what’s on the opposite aspect.”
Hovland cut up with teacher Joe Mayo late final 12 months, then reunited in Could after lacking the minimize on the Masters and withdrawing from the RBC Heritage the next week. He completed third on the PGA, his first occasion again with Mayo, however that is still his solely top-10 end thus far. But regardless of his struggles, Hovland is among the many favorites for this week’s Open Championship at Royal Troon. In three begins within the sport’s oldest championship, Hovland hasn’t completed worse than T-13. He’s coming off a T-46 exhibiting on the Genesis Scottish Open, which adopted a run of three top-20s in 4 occasions sparked by that PGA efficiency. Although the brief sport has been unpleasant, Hovland is No. 10 in strokes gained off the tee whereas rating inside the highest 50 on method and in placing.
With some discoveries seemingly made together with his golf sport, it’s certainly given Hovland extra time to digest different info. Hovland’s interview with the Occasions additionally revealed the Norwegians present curiosities past golf, whether or not or not it’s with extraterrestrials or the afterlife.
“It’s like, what’s the take care of all of the aliens?” Hovland mentioned. “There appear to be some pilots and commanders that designate what they noticed and have video footage of it, so it’s like, ‘Huh, what’s that?’ I discover the reluctance to speak about that stuff fascinating. The conspiracy is one factor however then additionally the response to it. What do you suppose occurs after we die? We don’t know. The institution will say, ‘Your neurons will cease firing. Your physique will rot.’ OK, that’s one clarification however, in the event you take a look at our ancestors, there’s an enormous tradition that goes into getting ready for the afterlife. Have been they simply idiots or had been they onto one thing? I’m simply curious to search out out. We’ve gotten offered that we now have all of the solutions however there’s simply a lot we don’t know.
“I discover these questions tremendous motivating and I simply need to determine it out.”
