""I didn't want to risk it for the match in case it got worse and I couldn't continue, especially in fourballs when you are hitting every shot," Hovland said."
""I'm going to get some treatment this afternoon and tonight and hopefully I will be OK for the singles tomorrow.""
""I took some painkillers on the seventh hole and then got some treatment from Matt Roberts, the physio, on the tenth tee box," Hovland said. "It stayed the same for the remainder of the match after that. But I came in and rested up and got some more treatment and when I went back out onto the range, I tried hitting some shots trying to build up to the driver. I hit three or four hard ones and it just got worse.""
Viktor Hovland withdrew from his scheduled Saturday fourball at the Ryder Cup because of a persistent neck injury. He had previously missed the Travelers Championship in June for the same issue. Hovland and Robert MacIntyre won a earlier foursomes match, helping Europe build an 8.5-3.5 lead. England's Tyrrell Hatton replaced Hovland in the anchor fourball against Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay under the captains' injury-substitution agreement. Hovland received on-site treatment, took painkillers during play, rested, and will undergo further treatment with the hope of competing in Sunday singles.
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