Key to Hovland’s success was his magical touch on the greens. Using his PING PLD DS72, he ranked first in Strokes Gained: Putting and had more one putts across the four rounds than any other player in the field.

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The 23-year-old was also mightily impressive off the tee, ranking 15th in Strokes Gained: Driving using his PING G425 LST driver.

The Norwegian’s iron game was on point at Golfclub München Eichenried, finding the putting surface on 73.6% of approaches. He uses a mix of the PING iBlade model at the long end of the set, while his mid and short irons are the prototype i59 model.

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Around the greens he relies upon two PING Glide Forged Pro wedges and a single Vokey SM8.

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His golf ball of choice is the 2021 Titleist Pro V1.

Viktor Hovland – What’s in the bag

Driver: PING G425 LST (9˚, Project X HZURDUS Smoke RDX Black 6.5)
Fairway wood: TaylorMade SIM (15˚, Mitsubishi Tensei Blue AV  Raw 85 TX)
Hybrid: PING G425 (19˚)
Irons: PING iBlade (4-6), PING i59 (7-PW)
Wedges: PING Glide Forged Pro (50˚, 56˚) Titleist Vokey SM8 (60˚)
Putter: PING PLD DS72
Ball: Titleist Pro V1