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Rory McIlroy vs Viktor Hovland: PGA Tour comparison

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland have played 103 of the same PGA Tour events in StatsNext’s records (2019 to 2026). Rory McIlroy finished ahead in 62 of them and Viktor Hovland in 35. They finished level in 4. Rory McIlroy is No. 2 and Viktor Hovland No. 13 in the Official World Golf Ranking (as of October 16, 2026).

Results through August 30, 2026 · Updated October 14, 2026 at 12:55 PM ET · StatsNext tournament records

2026 season

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland: 2026 PGA Tour season
MeasureRory McIlroyViktor Hovland
Starts1419
Wins11
Top-10 finishes64
Cuts made1315
Best finish1st1st
Average per round69.2269.47

Individual events in StatsNext’s records. Average per round is strokes over all rounds played, across different courses and pars.

Since 2015

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland: every stored PGA Tour start
MeasureRory McIlroyViktor Hovland
World rankingNo. 2No. 13
Starts185150
Wins2110
Top-10 finishes9235
Cuts made164129
Best finish1st1st
Average per round68.1969.45

Individual events in StatsNext’s records from the 2015 season. Team events are not counted.

Strokes gained per tournament, 2026

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland: average weekly strokes gained, 2026
MeasureRory McIlroyViktor Hovland
Strokes gained: total+5.19+2.91
Off the tee+2.65+0.14
Approach+1.88+1.54
Around the green+0.05+0.39
Putting+0.62+0.84
Tournaments with strokes gained1116

Each tournament’s figure is the week’s total strokes gained, averaged over tournaments with strokes-gained data (majors publish none). Positive is better than the field.

Recent strokes gained form

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland: strokes gained per round over the last 8 and 24 measured rounds
CategoryRory McIlroy, last 8Viktor Hovland, last 8Rory McIlroy, last 24Viktor Hovland, last 24
Total+1.44+0.31+1.24+1.49
Tee to green+0.87-0.80+0.82+0.81
Ball striking+1.34-0.29+0.88+0.85
Off the tee+0.79+0.03+0.57+0.29
Approach+0.55-0.31+0.30+0.56
Around the green-0.47-0.51-0.06-0.04
Putting+0.57+1.11+0.42+0.68

Per round, from each golfer’s stored rounds with every category published (majors publish no round strokes gained). Ball striking = off the tee + approach. Strokes gained leaders

Head-to-head in the same events

The latest 20 of 103. Sorting a column reorders these 20 rows only.

Rory McIlroy vs Viktor Hovland: shared PGA Tour events, latest first
DatesTournamentRory McIlroy finishViktor Hovland finishFinished ahead
Aug 27, 2026TOUR ChampionshipT42Viktor Hovland
Aug 20, 2026BMW Championship3T33Rory McIlroy
Aug 13, 2026FedEx St. Jude Championship66T19Viktor Hovland
Jul 16, 2026The Open ChampionshipT40CUTRory McIlroy
Jul 9, 2026Genesis Scottish OpenT7T13Rory McIlroy
Jun 18, 2026U.S. OpenT32CUTRory McIlroy
May 14, 2026PGA ChampionshipT7CUTRory McIlroy
May 7, 2026Truist ChampionshipT19T31Rory McIlroy
Apr 9, 2026Masters Tournament1T18Rory McIlroy
Mar 12, 2026THE PLAYERS ChampionshipT46T13Viktor Hovland
Mar 5, 2026Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MastercardWDT13Viktor Hovland
Feb 19, 2026The Genesis InvitationalT2T41Rory McIlroy
Feb 12, 2026AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmT14T58Rory McIlroy
Aug 21, 2025TOUR ChampionshipT2312Viktor Hovland
Aug 14, 2025BMW ChampionshipT12T7Viktor Hovland
Jul 17, 2025The Open ChampionshipT7T63Rory McIlroy
Jul 10, 2025Genesis Scottish OpenT2T11Rory McIlroy
Jun 19, 2025Travelers ChampionshipT6W/DRory McIlroy
Jun 12, 2025U.S. OpenT193Viktor Hovland
May 15, 2025PGA ChampionshipT47T28Viktor Hovland

A golfer who made the cut finished ahead of one who missed it, withdrew or was disqualified; two golfers tied for a position are level.

Recent finishes

Rory McIlroy: last 8 starts
DatesTournamentFinish
Aug 27, 2026TOUR ChampionshipT4
Aug 20, 2026BMW Championship3
Aug 13, 2026FedEx St. Jude Championship66
Jul 16, 2026The Open ChampionshipT40
Jul 9, 2026Genesis Scottish OpenT7
Jun 18, 2026U.S. OpenT32
Jun 4, 2026the Memorial Tournament presented by WorkdayT12
May 14, 2026PGA ChampionshipT7
Viktor Hovland: last 8 starts
DatesTournamentFinish
Aug 27, 2026TOUR Championship2
Aug 20, 2026BMW ChampionshipT33
Aug 13, 2026FedEx St. Jude ChampionshipT19
Jul 16, 2026The Open ChampionshipCUT
Jul 9, 2026Genesis Scottish OpenT13
Jun 25, 2026Travelers Championship1
Jun 18, 2026U.S. OpenCUT
Jun 11, 2026RBC Canadian Open3

Courses they have both played

Top 12 of 56 by starts. Sorting a column reorders these 12 rows only.

Rory McIlroy and Viktor Hovland: records on courses both have played
CourseRory McIlroy startsRory McIlroy bestViktor Hovland startsViktor Hovland best
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge121st82nd
Augusta National Golf Club121st77th
East Lake Golf Club111st71st
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course)111st63rd
Muirfield Village Golf Club94th61st
Quail Hollow Club101st53rd
The Riviera Country Club92nd54th
TPC River Highlands66th61st
Pebble Beach Golf Links51st612th
Austin Country Club63rd318th
The Renaissance Club41st511th
TPC Southwind43rd52nd

A course is the tournament’s listed venue. Best finish counts made cuts only.

How to read this

  • 103 shared events are the individual PGA Tour events both golfers played in StatsNext’s records. Field, course and conditions change from event to event, so a record against one golfer describes the past rather than predicting the next meeting.
  • Finishes are as the tour published them; strokes gained is the tour’s published value, compared with the field in the same round.

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