Viktor Hovland Joins Wild Norway Fans for Viking Row After Winning Travelers Championship Anna Lazarus CaplanMon, June 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM UTC 0 Viktor Hovland and fansCredit: Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Viktor Hovland celebrated his Travelers Championship win his home country&x27;s nowfamed Viking Row move The Norwegian golfer joined fans moments after winning the Travelers Championship on Monday Hovland beat Scottie Scheffler in the sudden death playoff Norway’s soccer fans guided Viktor Hovland to victory! On Monday, June 29, the newly crowned winner of the Travelers Championship celebrate...
Viktor Hovland Joins Wild Norway Fans for Viking Row After Winning Travelers Championship
Anna Lazarus CaplanMon, June 29, 2026 at 6:08 PM UTC
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Viktor Hovland celebrated his Travelers Championship win his home country's now-famed Viking Row move
The Norwegian golfer joined fans moments after winning the Travelers Championship on Monday
Hovland beat Scottie Scheffler in the sudden death playoff
Norway’s soccer fans guided Viktor Hovland to victory!
On Monday, June 29, the newly crowned winner of the Travelers Championship celebrated with his fellow countrymen — by doing the Viking Row.
In a video taken moments after the 28-year-old former Oklahoma State golfer bested Scottie Scheffler in a sudden death playoff — pushed to Monday morning due to a Sunday rain delay — Hovland joyfully participated in the World Cup-rooted tradition.
Moments after he drained a birdie and Scheffler couldn’t do the same, Hovland gave an interview, and then sat on a hill next to the 18th hole and rowed the imaginary Viking boat.
Viktor HovlandCredit: Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty
Hovland credited the Norwegian fans as one of the reasons why he was able to win his eighth tournament on tour.
"Obviously, it helps when you've got people like this cheering you on as well," Hovland said after the win. "So, yeah, it was a blast."
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So was the back-and-forth between the Norwegian golfer and Scheffler, who briefly flirted with a 59 on Friday.
Entering the weekend, Hovland managed to catch up the 2024 winner of the Travelers, and he had a one-shot lead heading into Sunday.
As the final pair traded birdies and bogeys — and waited out a rain delay — Scheffler gained momentum and then capitalized with an eight-and-a-half-foot putt to send the tournament to a playoff.
With daylight fading, the playoff was scheduled for Monday morning. And Hovland quickly dispatched Scheffler in about 15 minutes of play just after 9 a.m. ET.
"Winning in the playoff against Scottie — best player in the world — that was pretty satisfying," Hovland said.
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Published: June 29, 2026 at 09:27PM on Source: RED MAG
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