{"id":768145,"date":"2026-06-29T16:51:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/768145\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T16:51:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T16:51:11","slug":"the-clubs-viktor-hovland-used-to-win-the-2026-travelers-championship-australian-golf-digest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/768145\/","title":{"rendered":"The clubs Viktor Hovland used to win the 2026 Travelers Championship \u2013 Australian Golf Digest"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Andrew Redington<\/p>\n

The Travelers is known for memorable finishes and this year\u2019s edition continued that trend. Despite some Sunday runs, most notably Collin Morikawa with a closing 61, the tournament came down to the last pairing as Viktor Hovland and Scottie Scheffler provided the large galleries plenty of momentum swings; one or the other picked up or lost ground on nine of the 18 holes. They carried things over to a Monday playoff, where the final swing\u2014a birdie by Hovland and a short miss by Scheffler on the first extra hole\u2014proved the difference.<\/p>\n

Now an eight-time PGA Tour winner, Hovland is familiar with the TPC River Highlands layout, having made his professional debut there in 2019. After finding the fairway on the first extra hole, he hit a 9-iron from 146 yards to inside seven feet, then made the clinching putt (one he described as \u201ctricky\u201d) with his custom Ping PLD DS-72 mid-mallet putter. For the week, Hovland was ninth in strokes gained\/putting and fourth in putts per green in regulation.<\/p>\n

At the other end of the bag, driver was a big weapon for Hovland as he led the field in strokes gained\/off the tee. That ranking was well earned as he was T-8 in accuracy and eighth in distance.<\/p>\n

false Ping G440 LST $650 | Golf Galaxy 5.0 GD SCORE GD HOT LIST SCORE Hot List Gold $650 The LST is for players with faster swings who are looking to reduce spin, and it still maintains one of the highest ratings for stability on off-center hits. Allows faster swings to maintain ball speed without unwanted increases in trajectory or spin. A carbon-composite piece wraps into the back half of the crown to save mass that is repositioned low and forward of the other G440 models. A 29-gram adjustable weight in the rear perimeter fits into neutral, draw or fade positions. A redesigned interior portion of the hosel creates room for that area of the face to flex better while lowering the center of gravity. The head has a flatter lie angle than the G440 Max to reduce draw bias. The titanium-alloy face is thinner and more flexible to optimize ball speed across a broader area. The stock-length shaft is stretched to 46 inches to create more potential swing speed. MOI Rating: HIGH Top 5 in Performance, low- and high-handicaps 9, 10.5 degrees (with an eight-way adjustable hosel) BUY NOW DETAILS <\/p>\n

Hovland\u2019s driver is a 9-degree Ping G440 LST, the lowest-spinning version in the G440 line. The shaft is a Fujikura Ventus TR Black.<\/p>\n

The scene at 18 on Sunday was Ryder Cup-esque, with fans of Norway\u2019s World Cup team raucously cheering for Hovland and chants of USA! USA! for Scheffler matching the decibel level. There was a good crowd there Monday morning, too, with a similar vibe. In the end, however, Scheffler needed to match Hovland\u2019s birdie and couldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

Driver: Ping G440 LST (Fujikura Ventus TR Black), 9 degrees<\/p>\n

3-wood: TaylorMade Qi4D, 15 degrees<\/p>\n

Hybrid: Ping G440, 19 degrees<\/p>\n

Irons (4-PW): Ping i210<\/p>\n

Wedges: Ping s259 (50, 56 degrees); Ping Glide 2.0 (60 degrees)<\/p>\n

Putter: Ping PLD DS-72<\/p>\n

This article was originally published on golfdigest.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Andrew Redington The Travelers is known for memorable finishes and this year\u2019s edition continued that trend. Despite some…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":768146,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[566],"tags":[4225,64,63,17016,755,138747,85],"class_list":["post-768145","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-article","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-equipment","tag-golf","tag-golf-digest","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768145","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768145"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768145\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768146"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768145"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768145"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768145"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}