Report: Viktor Hovland denies unspecified injury is serious
European Ryder Cup star Viktor Hovland has not ruled out playing again in 2024 as the unspecified injury is 'not serious'.
Viktor Hovland has revealed the unspecified injury he sustained is 'not a serious one' and is not ruling out playing again in 2024.
bunkered reported earlier in the week that the Norwegian PGA Tour golfer would not play again in the calendar year.
But the European Ryder Cup star has told ESPN's Espen Bleker that he hasn't ruled out competing again over the next few months.
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Though he would not reveal what injury he has sustained.
Hovland was eyeing up competing on the DP World Tour in November in order to secure his membership going into 2025.
In order to retain playing rights on the European-based circuit, golfers must play at least four tournaments during the year.
Hovland has only played two DP World Tour events this year (Olympics, Scottish Open).
And therefore he needs to compete in two more by the end of the year to retain his eligibility for the Ryder Cup.
But he has been given a medical exemption and therefore doesn't have the same headache as Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton.
A forgettable year for Hovland
At the turn of the year it was reported that Hovland split with his long-time coach Joe Mayo.
In the aftermath of that split, Hovland's game completely deserted him.
He suffered a complete meltdown at The Masters and also missed cuts at the U.S. Open and The Open.
Hovland said he considered not playing the PGA Championship.
He is now back working with Mayo but described his season as 'pretty miserable' in August.
Hovland said: "When you're obviously playing bad golf, everyone plays bad golf occasionally, but I feel like I've always been very good at understanding why it's happened, and even if I understand why it happens, it's like, okay, how do I fix it?
"And that's been like a very difficult thing for me kind of throughout this year."
He added: "But I think at the end of the day, I've kind of comforted myself in the way that, like, I'm not broken.
"It's not my mind that's gone bad and I have to, like, oh, what if I can never play golf again. It's like, no, my machine is a little bit off.
"We just need to tweak the machine a little bit and then we're back to playing good golf again.
"Whereas I feel like this game is just so stressful, especially when you're playing in front of this many people, obviously everyone is paying attention, and when you struggle, it's out there in front of everyone."
