Viktor Hovland withdrew because of a neck injury two holes into the final round of the Travelers Championship.
Hovland, in visible discomfort Sunday at TPC River Highlands, felt a crack in his neck while warming up on the practice range, five minutes before his tee time.
“I was just going to hit a little bit last couple drivers before I was going to go to the first tee, and hit one shot and then felt a little bit in my neck, but it didn’t – it felt fine, didn’t feel hardly anything at all, just felt like something was maybe brewing,” Hovland said. “Then the next shot that I hit with a driver it just felt like, yeah, it just cracked. I don’t know exactly what happened, but there’s something that happened and just couldn’t move.”
Hovland parred the first hole and bogeyed the second.
“Tried to play, but just wasn’t doable,” Hovland added. "... It was just moving around. I could hardly just stand over the ball and move my neck. Couldn’t really do anything.”
He was coming off a 63 on Saturday and was tied for 14th entering the final round.
This was the fourth WD of the week as Jordan Spieth (shoulder) and Si Woo Kim (back) pulled out Friday while Eric Cole (illness) withdrew Sunday morning.
