Team Europe forced into last-minute change as Viktor Hovland suffers bizarre injury

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Team Europe have been forced into a last-minute change for Saturday’s fourballs, with Tyrrell Hatton replacing Viktor Hovland.Hovland has suffered a neck injury, meaning he has had to withdraw from Saturday afternoon’s Ryder Cup action.Hovland is alleged to have injured himself celebratingThe incident is said to have happened on Saturday morning when he celebrated pulling off a putt on the 17th hole.Alongside his partner Robert MacIntyre, Hovland sealed a huge win over Russell Henley and Scottie Scheffler.However, he can take no part this afternoon, with Hatton stepping in to play alongside Matt Fitzpatrick in the Saturday fourballs against Sam Burns and Patrick Cantlay, with Team Europe leading 8.5 to 3.5 in the race to 14 for the Ryder Cup.There has been no official confirmation from Team Europe or Luke Donald around Hovland’s withdrawal.But no matter what, it is a blow for the Europeans, who had planned to rest Hatton after helping Europe win another point this morning with his trusty partner Jon Rahm.The Englishman and Spaniard were selected by captain Donald to get things underway on day one, and they came up trumps in their contest versus Bryson DeChambeau and Justin Thomas.The Americans were hoping that pair would get them off to a great start, but it was Rahm and Hatton who did the business.Hovland has played a key role for Europe so farGettyMeanwhile, Hovland has one win and one defeat so far.The Norwegian was partnered with MacIntyre and lost out out to Patrick Cantlay and Xander Schauffele.But in the foursomes this morning, the Scotsman and Hovland delivered even if it is likely the reason the latter is now injured.The reason it was such a big putt was because MacIntyre missed a difficult one to hand Henley the chance to level the match.He missed, opening the door for Hovland to keep Europe one up heading into the last hole, and he nailed a very difficult putt.On hole 18, the points were shared ensuring that Hovland and MacIntyre took the win, and there were big celebrations as Europe made history.In the 98 years of the Ryder Cup, it was the first time they’ve ever won the first three of foursomes matches on US soil.View Tweet: https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamEurope?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5EtfwBlow, but Europe cruisingIt remains to be seen if Hovland will be fine to play tomorrow during the singles.If he can’t compete tomorrow, it is unclear what would actually happen, given all players are meant to compete in the singles.