“I’m happy we’re, we have been together and we’re a very good fit, we kind of think a lot of the same way.” “He’s helped me a lot,” Hovland said after Round 1 at the Arnold Palmer Invitational. This season, Hovland ranks inside the top 10 in SG: Tee to Green and SG: Off the Tee, and he ranks inside the top 25 in SG: Approach, a key element of his excellent 2021 campaign.

Together, the two have fine-tuned a powerful and reliable move that has transformed Hovland into one of the top ball strikers on the PGA Tour. Much of the success Hovland has credited to work over the past six months with his swing coach, GOLF Top 100 Teacher Jeff Smith. And this week at the Arnold Palmer Invitational, he’s continued that stellar play as he sits seven under and just two shots back through two rounds. Starting with a T2 finish at the Farmers Insurance Open, Hovland has finished inside the top five in three straight events. Viktor Hovland has been one of the hottest golfers on the planet over the past month.

Viktor Hovland has three straight top-five finishes on the PGA Tour.

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