Viktor Hovland’s first set of golf clubs came from St. Louis — an odd fact about a boy who grew up across the ocean in Norway.
Hovland’s father, Harald, was working in the St. Louis area and bought his son’s first set of clubs to bring home to him at age 11.
“I don’t know exactly where he lived and which golf course that he drove by to work every day,” Hovland said Tuesday. “But, yeah, just got introduced to the game here and bought some clubs. Brought it home back home to Norway and that’s how I got started playing golf.”…