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Sam Burns vs Viktor Hovland: PGA Tour comparison

Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland have played 116 of the same PGA Tour events in StatsNext’s records (2019 to 2026). Sam Burns finished ahead in 52 of them and Viktor Hovland in 50. They finished level in 7. Sam Burns is No. 10 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

Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland: 2026 PGA Tour season
MeasureSam BurnsViktor Hovland
Starts2019
Wins01
Top-10 finishes64
Cuts made1715
Best finish2nd1st
Average per round69.1569.47

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

Since 2015

Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland: every stored PGA Tour start
MeasureSam BurnsViktor Hovland
World rankingNo. 10No. 13
Starts199150
Wins510
Top-10 finishes4735
Cuts made150129
Best finish1st1st
Average per round69.6069.45

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

Strokes gained per tournament, 2026

Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland: average weekly strokes gained, 2026
MeasureSam BurnsViktor Hovland
Strokes gained: total+2.74+2.91
Off the tee+0.34+0.14
Approach+0.91+1.54
Around the green-0.60+0.39
Putting+2.10+0.84
Tournaments with strokes gained1716

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

Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland: strokes gained per round over the last 8 and 24 measured rounds
CategorySam Burns, last 8Viktor Hovland, last 8Sam Burns, last 24Viktor Hovland, last 24
Total-0.31+0.31+1.18+1.49
Tee to green-0.45-0.80+0.70+0.81
Ball striking-0.13-0.29+0.77+0.85
Off the tee-0.08+0.03-0.01+0.29
Approach-0.05-0.31+0.78+0.56
Around the green-0.32-0.51-0.07-0.04
Putting+0.14+1.11+0.48+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 116. Sorting a column reorders these 20 rows only.

Sam Burns vs Viktor Hovland: shared PGA Tour events, latest first
DatesTournamentSam Burns finishViktor Hovland finishFinished ahead
Aug 27, 2026TOUR ChampionshipT182Viktor Hovland
Aug 20, 2026BMW ChampionshipT28T33Sam Burns
Aug 13, 2026FedEx St. Jude ChampionshipT3T19Sam Burns
Jul 16, 2026The Open Championship3CUTSam Burns
Jun 25, 2026Travelers ChampionshipT121Viktor Hovland
Jun 18, 2026U.S. Open2CUTSam Burns
Jun 11, 2026RBC Canadian OpenT203Viktor Hovland
May 14, 2026PGA ChampionshipT26CUTSam Burns
May 7, 2026Truist ChampionshipT37T31Viktor Hovland
Apr 30, 2026Cadillac ChampionshipT38T38Level
Apr 16, 2026RBC HeritageT16T42Sam Burns
Apr 9, 2026Masters TournamentT7T18Sam Burns
Mar 12, 2026THE PLAYERS ChampionshipT13T13Level
Mar 5, 2026Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by MastercardCUTT13Viktor Hovland
Feb 19, 2026The Genesis InvitationalCUTT41Viktor Hovland
Feb 12, 2026AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-AmT6T58Sam Burns
Feb 5, 2026WM Phoenix OpenCUTT10Viktor Hovland
Aug 21, 2025TOUR ChampionshipT712Sam Burns
Aug 14, 2025BMW ChampionshipT4T7Sam Burns
Aug 7, 2025FedEx St. Jude ChampionshipT28T32Sam Burns

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

Sam Burns: last 8 starts
DatesTournamentFinish
Aug 27, 2026TOUR ChampionshipT18
Aug 20, 2026BMW ChampionshipT28
Aug 13, 2026FedEx St. Jude ChampionshipT3
Jul 16, 2026The Open Championship3
Jun 25, 2026Travelers ChampionshipT12
Jun 18, 2026U.S. Open2
Jun 11, 2026RBC Canadian OpenT20
Jun 4, 2026the Memorial Tournament presented by WorkdayT4
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 57 by starts. Sorting a column reorders these 12 rows only.

Sam Burns and Viktor Hovland: records on courses both have played
CourseSam Burns startsSam Burns bestViktor Hovland startsViktor Hovland best
Arnold Palmer's Bay Hill Club & Lodge99th82nd
East Lake Golf Club67th71st
Muirfield Village Golf Club74th61st
TPC River Highlands712th61st
Augusta National Golf Club57th77th
The Riviera Country Club73rd54th
TPC Sawgrass (THE PLAYERS Stadium Course)613th63rd
TPC Scottsdale (Stadium Course)83rd410th
Harbour Town Golf Links79th413th
Innisbrook Resort (Copperhead Course)71st41st
Quail Hollow Club613th53rd
Pebble Beach Golf Links46th612th

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

How to read this

  • 116 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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