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Hovland Reports Best Range Session in Two Years as UFO Curiosity Becomes Talking Point at Ryder Cup

The world No. 12 details a swing change meant to keep him more centered at Bethpage.

Golf - The 2025 Ryder Cup - Bethpage Black Golf Course, Farmingdale, New York, United States - September 25, 2025 Team Europe's Viktor Hovland during the press conference REUTERS/Paul Childs
Golf - The 2025 Ryder Cup - Bethpage Black Golf Course, Farmingdale, New York, United States - September 23, 2025 Team Europe's Viktor Hovland during a practice round REUTERS/Paul Childs

Overview

  • Viktor Hovland said his interest in UFOs serves as a mental break from golf, expanding on the topic after teammate Ludvig Aberg mentioned it to reporters.
  • A now-deleted European Ryder Cup social video showed Hovland telling Shane Lowry and Robert MacIntyre that he just had his best range session in two years.
  • Hovland explained that recent work focused on feeling more dynamic while moving up and back to stay centered, after over-rotating and getting stuck in the downswing.
  • The Norwegian, ranked No. 12, is a captain’s pick for his third straight Ryder Cup after going 0-3-2 in 2021 and 3-1-1 in 2023.
  • He ended a 19-month win drought at the Valspar Championship in March and said his swing looked different on video this week, which he hopes to validate in further practice.