Viktor Hovland Trying Not to Lose His Mind While Avoiding ‘Dumb’ Mistakes at BMW Championship 2025

The $100 million playoff field is not reduced to the top 50 players in the BMW Championship. With the second leg of the three-tournament series, the pressure to find a place in the top 30 for the TOUR Championship is immense. Although for the rest, staying in the top 30 is the goal, for Viktor Hovland, the challenge is even bigger, as he is hovering close to the qualification line for the top 30. The golfer, after the St. Jude Championship’s T32 finish, is placed at the 28th spot.

Now with the BMW Championship, his performance will be the sole factor that decides whether he will qualify or not. Even he knows how crucial the performance will be. Recently, during the press conference, the moderator asked, “Do you come in with a different mindset being so close to that 30 number heading in?”

Replying to that, Hovland said, “Not really. It’s still another tournament. I’ve still got to play well, and then we’ll see how it shakes up. If I play halfway decently, that top 30 shouldn’t be an issue. Just trying not to lose my mind out there if it goes south. Try to mitigate it a little bit and try to just plug along and keep it going.” Hovland in the first two rounds of the St. Jude Championship struggle with bogeys and double bogeys, but he made a comeback in the final two rounds. He reduced the count of 6 bogeys or worse to three in the final two rounds. Now, with his performance to step up in the standings to have a safe spot, he will have to be among the top in the leaderboard from the beginning.

In fact, he knows it too. Further, when asked about his mistakes, he cleared up his dumb mistakes. The moderator, quoting his lines, asked, “You said you made a few dumb mistakes, but what were you happy with today?” For that, he said, “Yeah, the irons were pretty solid. Hit a lot of really nice iron shots, especially kind of coming down the stretch because there’s some pretty tough finishing holes in there, like 17 and 18, hit a nice 5-iron into 17, made the putt, and even 18 I’m there with a 6-iron into a pretty narrow green and the pin is all the way back.” 

This is a developing story…