{"id":53829,"date":"2025-08-02T01:07:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-02T01:07:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/53829\/"},"modified":"2025-08-02T01:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-02T01:07:13","slug":"viktor-hovland-jokes-hell-take-youtube-star-to-court-during-latest-golf-challenge-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/53829\/","title":{"rendered":"Viktor Hovland jokes he’ll take YouTube star to court during latest golf challenge match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Viktor Hovland brought both the skills and the jokes in the pouring rain as he joined YouTube star Peter Finch for his latest 14 club challenge video.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finch and Hovland<\/a> met each other recently while over in the United States.<\/p>\n

They played a par-3 hole measuring 165 yards, or 150 metres as Hovland prefers to equate it.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The match was made all the more challenging as a result of torrential downpours.\u00a0<\/p>\n

If you are new to 14 club challenge matches, when a player chooses to hit a certain club, that club is no longer in play for the rest of the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

You then go through the rest of the bag hitting seven shots each to determine a winner.\u00a0<\/p>\n

As you can imagine, it gets trickier as you move further away from the typical clubs for the yardage.\u00a0<\/p>\n

We won’t spoil the result of the chalenge match for you, which you can watch by scrolling to the bottom of this page.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But we will tell you Hovland brought the jokes, as you might expect for one of the funniest players on the PGA Tour<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The most comical part of the video came towards the end when Hovland got down to hit a lob wedge.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He needed to thin it in order to reach the green, but he unfortunately came up short.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“Oh my god, nowhere close,” said Hovland.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finch<\/a> replied: “Just think you’ve trained all your life not to thin it and it’s come back to haunt you…”\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I can just see a full lob wedge I’m gunna hit next week just go flying over the green because of you. I’ll see you in court, I’m coming after your whole production,” joked Hovland.<\/p>\n

Finch, who has one of the biggest golf YouTube channels in the world, concluded: “Well when you do that let us know cos that’s when we’ll release the video and we’ll be like this is what he’s talking about…”<\/p>\n

Make sure you watch the video below through to the very end as Hovland hits an unbelievable putter off the tee!<\/p>\n

Watch Peter Finch vs Viktor Hovland here:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hovland has not been at his best so far this season but he still managed to register a victory at the Valspar Championship in March.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That marked his seventh career win on the PGA Tour and his first in more than 18 months.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hovland is currently ranked 10th in the European Ryder Cup team standings<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But if he doesn’t make the automatic top six into Luke Donald’s team, he is fully expected to earn one of his six captain’s picks.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hovland finds himself on the 13th rung of the world ladder at the end of July 2025.\u00a0<\/p>\n

He finished a disappointing T63 at The Open two weeks ago at Royal Portrush.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Hovland <\/p>\n

Hovland is likely to make Ryder Cup team<\/p>\n

Hovland’s best result in the majors this season was an impressive solo third at the US Open.\u00a0<\/p>\n

But his wait for a first major title lingers on.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hovland is considered one of the best players in the game without a major to his name.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finch on the other hand is not just a YouTube star but also a very good golfer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The popular influencer recently won his Regional Open Qualifier over at Caldy.<\/p>\n

He carded an impressive 1-under 71 to get the job done and become eligible for Final Open Qualifying at Dundonald Links.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Finch didn’t make it through to The Open but he gave it one heck of a go.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Watch how he got on here:\u00a0<\/p>\n

Subscribe to Peter Finch’s YouTube here<\/a><\/p>\n

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