Dramatic ending in Hero World Challenge 2022

Hovland entered the par4 18 hole with Scottie Scheffler - the US golfer who is ranked second in the world and is also the biggest opponent in the final round of the Hero World Challenge on December 4. At that time, Hovland held the top of the table with a score of -17, two strokes above Scheffler.

After the shot, Hovland's ball was on the slope, directly in front of the bunker and in the grass. With that position, the Swiss player uses a 6 iron to put the ball on the green. However, the ball's path veered to the port side, hit the stone embankment, and then splashed into the lake.

Hovland's mistake was an opportunity for Scheffler to at least level the point gap and drag the opponent into the extra hole. If he defeats Hovland, Scheffler will finish first and regain the top of the world golf table from Rory McIlroy. Last time, he finished second, and Hovland won, only one stroke apart. But on this occasion, Scheffler missed the green on his second shot, even though the ball was on the fairway.

After dropping a new ball 120 yards from the flag with a penalty stroke, Hovland hit his fourth (real) shot 7.6 yards from the hole while Scheffler chipped in from the starboard side of the green (third shot). In that situation, Scheffler met with unfortunate results. The ball hit the rim of the hole and then flew away, up to 3.3 meters away.

At this time, Hovland added pressure when it took "one push of the hole" to hold the cup with the tiger statue. And he calmly finished.

With the last hole bogey, Hovland finished first with the final mark -16. After Hovland finished, Scheffler also scored a bogey and finished second at -14.

Hovland received a million USD, Scheffler received 375,000 USD, and Tommy Fleetwood who finished last on the list of 20 people also received 100,000 USD.

The Hero World Challenge has been on the PGA Tour calendar since 2000, always hosted by Woods, in conjunction with fundraising for the charity he founded. "Super Tiger" holds the cup a total of five times. This year's award brings together 17 faces in the world's top 20. Woods intended to join the war but withdrew at the last minute due to a foot injury.

With the results of the last period, event history records only Woods and Hovland can defend the defending champion. When informed of this feat, Hovland grinned and said: "Pretty classy".