{"id":121340,"date":"2022-01-30T21:13:58","date_gmt":"2022-01-30T19:13:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mygolfway.com\/?p=121340"},"modified":"2022-01-30T21:13:58","modified_gmt":"2022-01-30T19:13:58","slug":"ping-the-arsenal-of-viktor-hovland-to-recover-and-win-the-2022-dubai-desert-classic-at-the-play-off","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mygolfway.com\/en\/ping-the-arsenal-of-viktor-hovland-to-recover-and-win-the-2022-dubai-desert-classic-at-the-play-off\/","title":{"rendered":"PING – The arsenal of Viktor Hovland to recover and win the 2022 Dubai Desert Classic at the play-off"},"content":{"rendered":"

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January 30, 2022 – Viktor Hovland<\/strong> won his first Rolex Series<\/strong> title as he completed a sensational finish with a play-off victory over Richard Bland<\/strong> at the 2022 Slync.io Dubai Desert Classic<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

The Norwegian was barely in the picture when he missed a short putt and made a bogey on the 15th but he finished birdie-eagle-birdie to sign for a 66 and post the target at 12 under.<\/p>\n

Bland joined him in the clubhouse with a birdie-birdie finish of his own in a 68, with two-time champion Rory McIlroy finding water on the last to fall out of the play-off.<\/p>\n

Hovland made a two-putt birdie on the first trip back up the 18th and when Bland failed to get up and down after finding a tricky lie with his second, it was the 24-year-old who was left holding the Dallah trophy at Emirates Golf Club<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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Hovland becomes the first Norwegian to win a Rolex Series event and adds this title to his maiden DP World Tour<\/strong> victory at the 2021 BMW International Open<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It is his third win in five starts after back-to-back victories in November and December at the World Wide Technology Championship<\/strong> at Mayakoba and Hero World Challenge<\/strong>, and could move him up to third in the Official World Golf Ranking.<\/p>\n