Defending champion Viktor Hovland closed with a 70 on another windy day in the Bahamas to take a one-shot lead into the weekend of the Hero World Challenge.
Defending champion ✅
Solo leader ✅Viktor Hovland is ready for the weekend. pic.twitter.com/vrja8vweeo
— PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) December 2, 2022
“It’s kind of strange, like I knew it was windy and I feel like I missed so many putts,” said the Norwegian. “And I still don’t feel like I’m hitting it very good. I’m not comfortable over the ball, but the ball’s going straight and I’m giving myself looks.”
Masters champion Scottie Scheffler lies in a share of second place at 4-under and could move back to World number 1 with a win on Sunday.
Fellow Americans Scottie Scheffler, Cameron Young and Collin Morikawa are tied alongside him.
| Pos. | Player | To Par | R1 | R2 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Viktor Hovland | -5 | 69 | 70 | 139 |
| T2 | Xander Schauffele | -4 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| T2 | Scottie Scheffler | -4 | 72 | 68 | 140 |
| T2 | Cameron Young | -4 | 71 | 69 | 140 |
| T2 | Collin Morikawa | -4 | 69 | 71 | 140 |
| 6 | Tom Kim | -3 | 69 | 72 | 141 |
| 7 | Justin Thomas | -2 | 72 | 70 | 142 |
| T8 | Billy Horschel | -1 | 73 | 70 | 143 |
| T8 | Sepp Straka | -1 | 69 | 74 | 143 |
| T10 | Matt Fitzpatrick | Par | 74 | 70 | 144 |
| T10 | Jon Rahm | Par | 73 | 71 | 144 |
| T10 | Tony Finau | Par | 72 | 72 | 144 |
| T13 | Sungjae Im | +1 | 74 | 71 | 145 |
| T13 | Sam Burns | +1 | 70 | 75 | 145 |
| 15 | Kevin Kisner | +2 | 74 | 72 | 146 |
| 16 | Tommy Fleetwood | +3 | 71 | 76 | 147 |
| 17 | Jordan Spieth | +4 | 76 | 72 | 148 |
| 18 | Max Homa | +5 | 71 | 78 | 149 |
| T19 | Corey Conners | +7 | 75 | 76 | 151 |
| T19 | Shane Lowry | +7 | 74 | 77 | 151 |
Simon Bale
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