His swing is so out of sorts that Hovland has gone through five coaches since he won the FedEx Cup in 2023. He had gone eight months without making a 36-hole cut against a full field and felt so lost he wasn’t even sure he was going to play this week.
And then he delivered one world-class shot after another, none more impressive than a 7-iron from 186 yards over a bunker to 5 feet on No. 16, the toughest hole on the Copperhead course.
Three shots behind with five to play, he rallied with three birdies to pass Justin Thomas and close with a 4-under 67 for a one-shot victory.
