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Travelers Championship: Scottie Scheffler in play-off with Viktor Hovland

BBC Published Jun 29, 2026 Reviewed Jul 2, 2026 ✓ Reviewed by citations.press editors

Scottie Scheffler and Viktor Hovland finished tied at 21 under par, leading to a Monday play-off.

Hovland carded a one-under 69 in the fourth round.

Norway’s next World Cup game is against Ivory Coast at Dallas Stadium on Tuesday.

Scottie Scheffler shot a 68 in the fourth round to tie Hovland at 21 under.

Viktor Hovland has won seven times on the PGA Tour.

7 · PGA Tour wins

Collin Morikawa started the day nine strokes behind the lead, then shot a nine‑under 61 to set a clubhouse target of 20 under.

9 strokes · deficit behind leader61 · score for the round20 under par · clubhouse target

Scottie Scheffler recorded a 60 to take the Travelers Championship lead.

60 · Scheffler's round score

Matt Fitzpatrick finished fourth, one stroke behind Morikawa, after shooting a 64.

Hovland dropped back after a fourth bogey at the start of the back nine, then made three consecutive birdies from the 13th to tie Scheffler.

Scottie Scheffler matched Hovland on 21 under par.

21 under par · score

U.S. Open champion Wyndham Clark closed with a 65 to finish tied for fifth on 18 under.

65 · Clark's final round score5 place · Clark finish18 under par · Clark total score

Robert MacIntyre finished tied for 10th, two strokes behind Clark.

Norway played France near Boston on Friday, two hours from TPC River Highlands.

Hovland entered the final round with a one‑shot lead.

1 shot · lead over the field

Hovland dropped back after a fourth bogey at the start of the back nine.

4 bogey · bogey number

Morikawa finished third, while Matt Fitzpatrick was a shot back with a 64, and Alex Fitzpatrick tied for seventh on 17 under.

3 place · Morikawa finish64 · Fitzpatrick score7 place · Alex Fitzpatrick finish17 under par · Alex Fitzpatrick score

Matt Fitzpatrick’s brother Alex also shot a 64 and was tied for seventh on 17 under.

Robert MacIntyre shared 10th place, two strokes behind the leaders.

10 place · MacIntyre finish2 strokes · distance behind leaders

Hovland is 28 years old.

Organisers deemed there was not enough daylight for the sudden-death play-off due to a 90-minute storm delay, so the world number 30 and Scheffler will return on Monday at 09:00 local time (14:00 BST).

90 minutes · storm delay Organisers

-21 S Scheffler (US), V Hovland (Nor); -20 C Morikawa (US); -19 M Fitzpatrick (Eng); -18 W Clark (US), A Bhatia (US)

Selected others: -17 A Fitzpatrick (Eng); -16 R MacIntyre (Sco); -14 T Fleetwood (Eng); -13 S Lowry (Ire); -12 J Rose (Eng); -11 A Rai (Eng)

Norway's 'viking row' made an appearance on the golf course this weekend as Viktor Hovland played his way into a Monday play-off with Scottie Scheffler at the Travelers Championship.

Norway football fans at the World Cup have made the tribute to their viking ancestors famous this summer, performing it at games and around co-hosts the United States.

Their country played France on Friday near Boston, which is a two-hour drive from Travelers Championship host TPC River Highlands and led to a Norwegian contingent making the trip to cheer on Hovland.

Hovland had a one-shot lead going into the fourth round and was close to clinching victory on the 18th, but his birdie attempt from 25 feet narrowly missed as he carded a one-under 69.

The world number one had to save par from inside nine feet to match Hovland on 21 under and fist-pumped when the putt dropped to give him a 68.

Organisers deemed there was not enough daylight for the sudden-death play-off as a result of an earlier 90-minute storm delay so the world number 30 and Scheffler will return on Monday at 09:00 local time (14:00 BST).

"So close to getting it done on 18, but I'll take the play-off," Hovland said.

"I played a lot of great golf this week, so I'm feeling pretty good. Obviously, I would have liked to have got it done in regulation, but I have a chance again to win."

Hovland dropped back after a fourth bogey at the start of the back nine but he bridged the suspension with three consecutive birdies from the 13th to pull level with Scheffler.

"For a while there, I wasn't even in second place, so really happy that I still have a shot," said the 28-year-old.

Collin Morikawa began the day nine strokes off the lead but shot a nine-under 61 to set a clubhouse target of 20 under, with Hovland and Scheffler having six holes to play.

Morikawa eventually finished third, with England's Matt Fitzpatrick a shot further back after a 64 - the same score as his brother Alex, who was tied for seventh on 17 under.

US Open champion Wyndham Clark carded a closing 65 to finish tied fifth on 18 under, with Scotland's Robert MacIntyre in a share of 10th two strokes further back.

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