Hovland played great at the U.S. Open, finishing T-12, before finally turning pro the following week at the Travelers Championship. It was the first of five PGA Tour events Hovland played on sponsor’s exemptions. In those events, the 21-year-old from Norway continued to shine, earning the equivalent of 305 FedEx Cup points. But that was not enough to crack the top 125 in the FedEx Cup points standings (he was 143rd), to be able to secure a PGA Tour card for 2019-’20, and now must play in the Korn Ferry Tour Final Series to try to get on the PGA Tour next season.