It took a little extra golf, but Viktor Hovland earned the biggest win of his young career on Sunday.
The 25-year-old former OSU star edged out Denny McCarthy in a one-hole playoff to take home the 2023 Memorial Tournament victory.
Hovland was one of 13 players within two shots of the three-way tie for the lead entering the final round at Muirfield Village Golf Club. His weekend-best 3-under 69 on Saturday set Hovland just one shot behind Rory McIlroy, Si Woo Kim and David Lipisky to start Sunday. Then in crunch time, Hovland was nails.
On 17, he made a 27-foot putt to pull within one shot of McCarthy.