‘Still not happy:’ Victor Hovland’s search continues in Pebble Beach

Victor Hovland was just as honest as they come Wednesday during his press conference in front of the tournament in 2025 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AM.

When asked about the state of his game, the 27-year-old Norwegian was open.

“In my opinion, I suck it now – but that’s all relative,” Hovland said.

“It’s not very good. It has been disappointing. I feel like making progress, and I am constantly trying to unite the pieces of puzzle together. Even if I don’t see results from day to day, which is extremely disappointing, I feel like I am learning more. Even if he does not start falling today or tomorrow or the next day, I am hoping for the cumulative effect of that knowledge and experience, eventually, I will overcome that bumps, and we will return things.

“For now, it’s very disappointing. This golf game, as I said earlier, is very elusive, it’s counterintors and it’s very hard now. But I know there is a lot of good golf in me that will be there In the future and I played in the past.

Things seemed to return during the first round of Thursday, when Hovland fired a 65-in-day opening round at Pebble Beach Golf Links, placing it a shot from Russell Henley’s supremacy.

But a 7th round under benign conditions in Iconic Pebble Beach did not make it a break to feel better about the state of his game while the PGA Tour season begins to grow.

man who described himself as “certified nuts” A few weeks ago in Dubai is still looking in the golf desert for the swing he thinks he can turn him into the elite of the golf he is accustomed to playing.

“I can still play, and today it was good conditions. I hit some really pleasant wedges and started making some strokes,” Hovland said after his round. “You know. I’m trying to lift my mind from its technical aspects and just trying to play golf. Of course, I can’t complain – whatever the statistics were today, I won probably out and in the greens .

“Just just how my mind works, of course it’s trying to extrapolate what I did today and how I would play during a season. I am still not happy with my game, it seems, but that doesn’t mean I can have days Excellent individual or excellent individual tournaments. able to overcome it today. ”

Hovland’s shaky search has led to some difficult mental moments. He knows it’s near, even if she doesn’t feel like her. His current objective is to find a way to play good golf, competitive with what he sees as a flawed pace and then continue to remove things when away from attention.

“Your expectations just start to sit drastically because I know what I’m capable of,” Hovland said when asked if it was difficult to be in the right frame of mind during this period. “In 2023 I had the best season of my career, and I know I can play again at that level. And I want to play at that level every time. But I know that while I’m hitting worse and of The worst shots, finally you need to be a little more loved by yourself and just go, well, I can hit some terrible shots, but let’s try to hit the horrible shooting in a position in order in It is a place that in the water or making ourselves short ourselves.

This is more easily said than it is, of course, especially given the Hovland standards. But he is working to mentally reassess himself so he can play his best golf on tours without his game A.

“I’m still trying to understand that. To be honest enough with you, I try to take care of a little less, “said Hovland to be in the right mental state to compete between shaky changes.” I take care of trying to play well, and when not You have enough level to match that reception, it hurts. Constantly trying to get out here and pump yourself to play well, and then you are disappointed because you can’t play at that level, you know, requires a psychologically fee.

“So just trying to have a little more fun. Don’t care so much about the outcome and just go from there.”

Maybe Hovland will find something this week along the idyllic coastline of Pebble Beach. Or maybe he will simply plot his way at a pace that is not entirely cooperative and will return again to quarrel from the eyes.

Either way, the search continues.

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