Hovland breaks his putter after thumping it against his golf bag – and has to put with his wedge for the rest of the round!

Viktor Hovland was forced to putt with his wedge for the final 10 holes in the final round of the Northern Trust after he thumped his putter against his golf bag in rage on the 8th hole at Liberty National. (video below)

Hovland was in contention for a third PGA Tour title starting just three shots back heading into Monday’s final round, but after four pars to begin his round he then made a disastrous quadruple-bogey eight on the par-4 5th.

He calmed things down with a birdie at the par-5 6th and par at the par-4 7th, but then things reached boiling point following a double-bogey seven at the par-5 8th.

Hovland trudged off the green in disgust and proceeded to slam his putter against his golf bag. The putter had bent slightly and so Hovland was forced to use a different club to putt with from the 9th hole – and he chose to use a wedge.

Hovland bogeyed the par-4 9th to go out in 42 shots and tumbled miles down the leaderboard.

However, positioned just outside the top 10 in the FedEx Cup standings, Hovland is all-but assured of a place in the season-ending Tour Championship in two weeks time.

Watch Hovland break his putter below:

Professional golfers, they’re just like us!

Viktor Hovland won’t have a putter on the back nine 😂 pic.twitter.com/KEBki2uQHQ

— Prophet (@prophetexchange) August 23, 2021

Article originally appeared on: Golfmagic.com