Top 5 Under 25: Viktor Hovland Joins Tiger Woods in Exclusive World Ranking Record

Published 01/25/2022, 7:00 AM EST

As there are hundreds of good golfers in the world, it is a privilege to be included in the Top 100 list. Viktor Hovland made it not only into the Top 100 but to the Top 5 at such a young age. Find out how he became part of the records and joined Tiger Woods in doing so.

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Viktor Hovland is only the 10th player to reach Top 5 in the world rankings before the age of 25, since the inception of #OWGR. 🇳🇴
The first player under 25 to reach Top 5 was JM Olazabal. 🇪🇸
The youngest player ever to reach Top 5 was Tiger Woods. 🐯
— Nosferatu (@VC606) January 24, 2022

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Viktor Hovland is a Norwegian golfer who turned pro in 2019. The 24-year-old joined PGA Tour in 2020 and has three titles under his hood. By winning the 2021 BMW International Open, he established his presence in the DP World Tour.

Recently, he competed at the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship conducted by the DP World Tour and finished at T4. This led to Hovland’s promotion to the 5th position in the Official World Golf Rankings. He ranks just after the American golfer Dustin Johnson.

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Although Viktor is not the first golfer to achieve this milestone, he made history by becoming the tenth golfer, under the age of 25, to rank in the top 5 list.

Viktor Hovland joined Tiger Woods and others on the list.

The first player to achieve this milestone was the Spanish golfer Jose Maria Olazabal. The now 55-year-old, golfer joined PGA Tour in 2000 and PGA Tour Champions in 2016. He had won the Masters title two times, in 1994 and 1999.

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It won’t be accurate if there is a record in golf and Tiger Woods’ name is not included in it. Tiger became world no. 1 while he was 21 years and 167 days old. He is the youngest to achieve this milestone, and nobody could break the record ever since. Tiger also holds the record of holding first place for most consecutive weeks; He has spent 683 weeks as the world no. 1.

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Rory McIlroy is the second youngest to reach this position; He was 22 years and 312 days old. Although the 24-year-old Viktor couldn’t break the record of Tiger or Rory, he became the tenth golfer, under 25, to be included in the Top 5 list of OWGR since its inception.

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Anjana Prabhakaran is a Golf content writer at EssentiallySports. She has completed her Master's degree in Public Administration and considers researching as one of her hobbies. As her family is interested in sports, Anjana grew up watching every sport on television.

Top 5 Under 25: Viktor Hovland Joins Tiger Woods in Exclusive World Ranking Record

Viktor Hovland joined Tiger Woods and others on the list.

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