With the Ryder Cup looming large, European skipper Padraig Harrington will be thrilled at Hovland’s continued excellence.
That is, of course, the preeminent circuit in world golf and the European Tour lives largely in its considerable shadow.
Having been denied our summer of sport last year by the Covid pandemic, the coming weeks are long awaited by golf fans in the UK and Ireland.
The bubble widens further the following week with all of the world’s best due to congregate at Royal St George’s for the first Open in two years.