Viktor Hovland talks about his decision-making process: People misconstrued it

Viktor Hovland can’t be satisfied with the season behind him, aware that he could have done much more. However, taking into account that he is a 27-year-old who still has a lot of room for improvement, we have no doubt that this year will represent something quite different for him. Mistakes are a chance to learn something new, right? Hovland is a golfer who wants to have such a mindset, aiming for the year 2025 to be one of the best seasons in his career.

Speaking to the media, the Ryder Cup player admitted that the changes he made in the game last year didn’t bring positive results. In the earlier stages of his career, he always profited by making changes. Not this time. The Norwegian was close to success in some of the tournaments last year, but far from his goals. In an interview with the media, Viktor stressed that he had to make some changes, which did not result in positive outcomes. “A lot of people have it maybe misconstrued a little bit that I made a conscious decision to go down this rabbit hole,” Hovland said, as quoted by CBS Sports.

“It’s just [that] your golf swing is an ever-evolving organism, and every week you’re out here playing, you have intentions and feels that would seem relatively innocuous. But you keep those intentions and feels in there, and then might morph into something else. I just didn’t address it.”

Viktor Hovland shares his mistakes
The 27-year-old admitted that adding the draw pieces created additional problems for his swing. Although he is aware of the mistake he made, many golfers before him had the same fate, but managed to change some things. Looking at the history of the sport, it is clear that every golfer has encountered obstacles and made mistakes, even the greatest ones like Tiger Woods. This could be an important lesson for him, and an opportunity for 2025 to be a springboard for him.

“I added a lot of draw pieces in my golf swing because I’d always been a cutter, and I wanted to see the ball not cut as much. And then you add more draw pieces in there, and then suddenly I get sick and tired of it missing left and now I’ll want to cut it — and that compensation was not good for my swing. It’s just a process of, you know, * happens. Like I didn’t go down there and say, ‘No, this is better.’ I made a poor decision. That’s the game of golf for you. It’s hard to play golf 20 years great.”