When Europe walked into Whistling Straits in 2021, there was insurmountable pressure on them, playing in the enemy territory. The United States eventually crushed them by 19-9, the heaviest defeat since the format expanded to include Continental Europe in 1979. Captain Padraig Harrington’s team looked helpless, and in the middle of it all was Viktor Hovland , his young shoulders carrying the pressure of the first Norwegian playing in a Ryder Cup. Unfortunately, he collapsed, giving a rookie record of 0-3-2. “ We obviously got smacked. That was an interesting experience, just having all the fans root against you. Yes. That was a bit weird,” he told Wayne “Radar” Riley , on A Round with Radar .

Looking back, Hovland admitted just how heavy the occasion had been. “ You’re representi

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