Viktor Hovland won the Hero World Challenge for the second consecutive year, becoming the second player in tournament history to successfully defend a title and first since Tiger Woods in 2007.
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Hovland and Scottie Scheffler finished Nos. 1 and 2 on the leaderboard for the second year in a row.
With the victory, Hovland moved to No. 9 in the Official World Golf Ranking; Scheffler would have returned to World No. 1 with a win.
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Making their tournament debuts, Korea’s Sungjae Im and Tom Kim finished T8 and T10 respectively.
Hovland (-16), who won by two strokes over Scheffler, held at least a share of the lead after each of the first three rounds (T1, led by 1, led by 3).
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His third-round 64 was the lowest score recorded by any player in any round.
No. 9 at the Official World Golf Ranking with the win, this is the first time Hovland is in the top 10 since September 11, 2022.
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He has one successful title defence in an official PGA TOUR event: 2021 World Wide Technology Championship.
Scheffler (2nd/-14) led the field in eagles with three (No. 15/R1, No. 15/R3, No. 6/R4).
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Would have returned to World No. 1 with a win; Rory McIlroy moved to No. 1 on October 23, snapping Scheffler’s streak of 30 consecutive weeks in the top position.
He has two top-10s in three starts on TOUR during the fall portion of the 2022-23 season (T3/World Wide Technology Championship, T9/Cadence Bank Houston Open).
2022 PGA TOUR Rookie of the Year Cameron Young finished third, his best result worldwide since finishing runner-up in back-to-back starts at the 2022 Open Championship and Rocket Mortgage Classic.
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Justin Thomas finished fifth for the third consecutive year (T5/2019, T5/2021, 5th/2022).
