Two weeks after being removed from the final Sunday singles session at the 2025 Ryder Cup, Viktor Hovland is back in action at the India Championship on the DP World Tour. Forced to withdraw from his match against Harris English after an MRI revealed a disc bulge in his neck, Hovland became the center of discussion around the rarely used "envelope rule."

That rule requires the United States and Europe captains -- the night before Sunday singles -- to submit the name of one player in a sealed envelope. In the case of injury or absence by an opposing team member, the enveloped player serves as the designated abstention from singles play.

"The whole situation was pretty upsetting, just the fact that I didn't get to play, and I felt really bad for Harris [English], who also didn't get to pla

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