![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/pga-tour-championship-winner-viktor-hovland-gets-brutally-honest-about-spending-14m-prize/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_GOLF-AUG-27-PGA-TOUR-Championship-23240027383451-1.jpg&description=Ryder Cup-bound Viktor Hovland sealed the biggest win of his career at the season-ending PGA Tour Championship and also received a huge £14million in prize money Viktor Hovland is £14million richer after winning the PGA Tour Championship and FedEx Cup, but doesn't seem too prepared to splash the cash. Hovland, 25, won the final event of the playoffs by five strokes on 27 under after holding off pressure from American player Xander Schauffele. A bogey-free seven-under-par 63 from the Norwegian was enough to triumph at East Lake in Atlanta. The win takes his total earnings this year from the sport to a record £27.4m. Hovland has also won the Memorial Tournament and BMW Championship during a successful summer that continues for him with a spot at the Ryder Cup. However, he is hardly letting these newfound riches change who he is. The World No.3 admitted as much after this latest feat. "Obviously, it's a lot of cash you're playing for," he told reporters at a press conference after the win. "I mean, it's in the back of your mind. "But I live in Stillwater, Oklahoma [the tenth-largest city in the state with a population of less than 50,000]. Money goes a long way there. It's not like I'm spending money out the wazoo every week. I don't need a lot to be happy. I don't need a lot to live within my means. "So obviously it's nice, you know, for my family to have that protection and my, you know, eventual kids that I'll have in the future. It's nice to have that, but it's not something that drives me. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US. "It's not something that gives me, you know, meaning. I find meaning in other places. But obviously, with how society works, money is something you need." Addressing the victory itself earlier on Sunday, Hovland could not quite believe what he had achieved. "It's pretty surreal to be standing here right now," he said. The Norwegian added: 'This is for all the hard work I have done. I hav){kind=link}
Ryder Cup-bound Viktor Hovland sealed the biggest win of his career at the season-ending PGA Tour Championship and also received a huge £14million in prize money
Viktor Hovland is £14million richer after winning the PGA Tour Championship and FedEx Cup, but doesn’t seem too prepared to splash the cash.
Hovland, 25, won the final event of the playoffs by five strokes on 27 under after holding off pressure from American player Xander Schauffele. A bogey-free seven-under-par 63 from the Norwegian was enough to triumph at East Lake in Atlanta.
The win takes his total earnings this year from the sport to a record £27.4m. Hovland has also won the Memorial Tournament and BMW Championship during a successful summer that continues for him with a spot at the Ryder Cup.
However, he is hardly letting these newfound riches change who he is. The World No.3 admitted as much after this latest feat.