Viktor Hovland goes back-to-back in the Bahamas with Hero World Challenge win

Viktor Hovland successfully defended his Hero World Challenge title on Sunday (Fernando Llano/AP)

Norway’s Viktor Hovland brilliantly held his nerve to see off a spirited challenge from Scottie Scheffler and successfully defend his Hero World Challenge title in the Bahamas.

Hovland was in danger of squandering a two-shot lead on the final hole when he pulled his second shot from an awkward lie on the edge of a bunker into the water, but the Ryder Cup star got up and down to salvage an unlikely bogey.