Viktor Hovland reveals how US Open near miss ended golf 'grind' as he battles back
Perfectionist Viktor Hovland has vowed to stop tearing himself down as he maintains his push back to the summit of golf.
The Norwegian star made a strong run at the US Open and before just failing to get the job done behind JJ Spaun.
However, Hovland's display on the tough Oakmont circuit was another massive move in the right direction.
The 27-year-old endured a dismal form slump last year, but victory at this term's Valspar Championship signalled his comeback towards peak.
Hovland has backed it up again at the Major in Pennsylvania and believes he'll keep trending the right way if he's less hard on himself.
He explained: 'I've been working on that a little bit. I've been tearing myself down a little too much. Even though I do know I need to work on some stuff and get back to where I used to be in a way mechanically, but in the interim, I can still perform at a really high level and there's a lot of good stuff. Just got to take that with me and be a little bit kinder to myself.
'It was a grind, but happy to battle back at least and it was a very nice week. I keep progressing in the right direction and to have a chance to win a major championship without my best stuff and not feeling very comfortable, it's super cool. So I'm going to take a lot of positives with me this week.'
Hovland's next major assignment is The Open at Royal Portrush and and he'll build for the big one in Northern Ireland with encouraging signs throughout the week at Oakmont.
He said: 'I wouldn't say I found something, but it was at least re-establishing the pattern a little bit, got back to some of the things that kind of ruled out some of the feels that, Okay, I shouldn't try this and kind of go back to closer to where I was the first couple of days. Just didn't time it up very well today [Sunday]. I gave it a good go. I think I missed three five-footers and you can't be doing that if you're going to win a major championship.'
Meanwhile, bemused Jon Rahm reckons he endured a crazy experience at Oakmont. The Spanish star, a Ryder Cup team-mate of Hovland, rocketed up the final US Open standings with an excellent last round of 67 to ascend up the field.
It was Rahm's best effort of the 125th Championship as he looked to repeat his 2021 success, but the LIV star couldn't help but think it was not much different from the previous three outings around the Pennsylvania circuit.
That added to the former Masters champion's puzzled feel as he said: 'It's crazy because it doesn't feel like I played that different to every other round.'
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