Shane Lowry couldn’t hide his delight as Viktor Hovland shared a hugely positive update about the state of his golf game at the Ryder Cup.
Hovland stood alongside Lowry and Robert MacIntyre as the trio waited patiently to walk onto the stage for the Opening Ceremony at Bethpage.
The Opening Ceremony was brought forward by 24 hours as a result of forecast storms on Thursday.
It proved to be an Opening Ceremony where European captain Luke Donald mocked Team USA for chasing prize money, and US captain Keegan Bradley fudged a player’s name.
Team Europe
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As the Ryder Cup Europe social media camera panned to the Norwegian, he turned to Lowry and MacIntyre to say: “Yeah, it was good on the range… I haven’t had a range session like that for two years!”
Lowry replied: “F*** yes… now that’s what I was hoping for.”
The Irishman then gave Hovland a hug as MacIntyre put his hand to his face.
Watch the hilarious moment here:
Hovland is making his third straight appearance on the European Ryder Cup team.
He has a 45% strike rate with a playing record of 3-4-3.
Viktor Hovland Ryder Cup Record
Appearances
Matches
Record
Points %
Top Points Combined
Top Points Europe
Viktor Hovland
2
10
3–4–3
45.00
22/1
11/1
Hovland has endured mixed results on the PGA Tour in 2025.
He won the Valspar Championship earlier in the season but he has since registered just three top-10 finishes since then.
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Thankfully though, two of those top-10s have come in two of his last three starts entering Bethpage.
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