ATLANTA — Viktor Hovland finally got a little separation Saturday at the Tour Championship, and all he had to do was finish with six consecutive putts of seven feet or longer for a 5-under-par 65 in the third round at East Lake Golf Club.
All that got Hovland was a one-shot lead in a FedEx Cup postseason finale very much up for grabs.
Four of those putts were for birdie, two of them for par, all of them important going into a final round on a course where every shot can seem so important.
Scoring has felt low. With some of the pins, it hasn’t felt easy. Rory McIlroy and Ludvig Aberg each referenced similarities to Aronimink Golf Club in the Philadelphia suburbs for the PGA Championship, where 28 players were separated by two shots midway through the third round at the year’s second major tournament.
Only 29 players are at East Lake, and everyone is under par.