Viktor Hovland withdraws in group with Scottie Scheffler during final round of Travelers Championship

Viktor Hovland has withdrawn from the final round of the Travelers Championship at TPC River Highlands.

Hovland, 27, was playing alongside Scottie Scheffler and Taylor Pendrith in Sunday's final round.

But the European Ryder Cup star was seen struggling with neck pain in the early stages of the round.

After making bogey on the 2nd after a couple of duffed chips, Hovland then flung his tee shot way to the right on the 3rd. 

As he trudged down the fairway, he decided to shake hands with Scheffler and Pendrith.

Hovland's WD marks the fifth of the week at the Travelers Championship, the final Signature Event of the PGA Tour season.

Jordan Spieth withdrew in the first round, before Si Woo Kim pulled out in round two. 

Eric Cole and Matt Schmid also withdrew due to illness on Sunday. 

Hovland has been enjoying a return to form on the PGA Tour in recent months. 

He fired a brilliant 7-under 63 on Saturday to vault up to 6-under par at the Travelers Championship. 

The Norwegian won his seventh career title on the PGA Tour at the Valspar Championship in March.

He then notched four top-25 finishes in his last six starts, highlighted by a solo third at the US Open last week, ahead of this week's event.

That result at Oakmont nudged Hovland back inside the world's top 10 to ninth. 

Hovland will now look to recover from his neck injury and get himself ready for The Open in four weeks' time.    

Keep up to speed with live scores and updates from the final round of the Travelers Championship.

The field are playing for a huge $20m prize purse with $3.6m going to the winner at the Travelers Championship. 

England's Tommy Fleetwood holds a commanding three-shot lead over Russell Henley and Keegan Bradley starting the final round.

Fleetwood is seeking a first win on the PGA Tour in his 159th start on the circuit.

He has five runner-up finishes among 41 top-10s in his PGA Tour career.