Viktor Hovland Believes UFOs Keep Him Relaxed on the Course

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European Ryder Cup golfer Viktor Hovland has revealed his secret to keeping calm at Bethpage Black: UFO conspiracy theories. While other golfers rely on swing coaches, sports psychologists, or light day-drinking, Hovland has turned to aliens. And so far it’s working, which raises the uncomfortable question of whether Bryson DeChambeau is secretly in contact with Area 51 every time he pulls out a calculator.

Hovland insists that focusing on unidentified flying objects clears his mind and keeps him from obsessing over his swing mechanics. Which is impressive, because the average golfer can’t even stop obsessing over whether someone two holes over is playing the wrong brand of tees.

Teammate Ludvig Aberg told reporters that UFO chatter has become a regular part of locker-room conversation. 

According to Hovland, “the more you go into it, you just get more questions.” Which makes UFOs the perfect preparation for golf, a game where you can be penalized for dropping in the wrong place, replacing your ball incorrectly, or even thinking too hard about whether the rough is technically in another time zone.

And the obsession seems to be paying off. Hovland claimed his best practice session in years happened right after a night spent watching grainy Pentagon footage of what might have been advanced aircraft, or might have been a bug on the camera lens. Either way, his driver suddenly straightened out. Somewhere in a bunker, Jordan Spieth is Googling, “Do aliens help with putting yips?”

Rory McIlroy, meanwhile, tried to play diplomat, calling the U.S. “the greatest country” just before remembering that the U.S. is also where most alien abductions are reported. He quickly clarified that he was talking about “golf,” not “probing.”

Hovland has gone full believer. He says UFO research “challenges your beliefs,” which is a bold statement from a man whose profession already depends on believing that paying $600 for a putter actually helps.

Whether aliens are guiding his shots or just laughing at us from orbit, Hovland insists he’s never been more locked in. And if he wins the Ryder Cup, expect him to thank the tall gray humanoid who fixed his slice with nothing but a beam of pure light and a three-hour lecture about wormholes.

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