Thanks to a career-low 62 in the third round, the 24-year-old won in style by using a borrowed driver from fellow tour pro James Hahn on the eve of the tournament after his own driver broke into pieces after a friendly mishap.
Hovland, who flew to Europe after the US Open and promptly won the BMW International Open in Munich, is back in Norway, where word got out that his name appeared on the timesheet for what was a planned quiet home game.