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Viktor Hovland spent years as golf’s most famous bachelor. Then there was the 2026 Masters Par-3 Contest, a kiss, and the internet went crazy. Meet Tuva Dahl Jensen, Viktor Hovland’s girlfriend, the woman who ended the mystery.

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Who Is Viktor Hovland’s Girlfriend, Tuva Jensen?

Tuva Dahl Jensen is 27 years old and a school teacher from Fredrikstad, Norway. Hovland brought her to Augusta National as his caddie for the Par-3 Contest, where they were photographed kissing. This ended years of speculation about the golfer’s love life.

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Jensen is not a public figure by any stretch. Her Instagram (@tuvajensen) is private with 84 posts, 1,836 followers, and 834 following, and her profile picture shows her outdoors in a red jacket against a mountain backdrop, fully consistent with her Norwegian roots. Hovland follows her on the platform, and her locked account confirms she has no interest in public attention despite the sudden global recognition.

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Her family is connected to the Norwegian entertainment industry. Atle Jensen is her father, and Jeanett Dahl Jensen is her mother. Ola Dahl Jensen is her twin brother. He is a musician and singer in Norway.

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How Did Viktor Hovland and Tuva Jensen Meet?

There is no verified story of how Viktor Hovland met his girlfriend. Sources in Norway say the couple had been together for a few months before the Augusta appearance, but neither has talked about it directly.

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The Par-3 Contest moment stood out because it was so different from Hovland’s past. He was the only single player on Europe’s winning team at the 2023 Ryder Cup in Rome. He posed for a picture with all of his teammates’ wives, fully playing along with the joke. He did the same thing at Bethpage Black earlier in 2026, standing in front of the team photo while everyone else stood with their partners.

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During the Par-3 Contest, Jensen caddied for Hovland as he played alongside Matt Fitzpatrick, accompanied by wife Katherine, and Ludvig Aberg, joined by girlfriend Olivia Peet. All three WAGs wore matching white caddie jumpsuits at Augusta National, and Jensen later commented on Katherine Fitzpatrick’s Instagram post of the trio, writing “I had the best time with you guys,” collecting 33 likes.

The moment confirmed Viktor Hovland’s girlfriend had already bonded with the partners of the golfers’ European Ryder Cup teammates.

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Tuva Jensen’s Ethnicity

Viktor Hovland’s girlfriend, Tuva Dahl Jensen, is Norwegian. Fredrikstad, a city in southeastern Norway, is where she was born and raised. Atle Jensen and Jeanett Dahl Jensen, her parents, are also Norwegian. This could mean that she is Norwegian by heritage and has no known mixed or international background. However, no verified information exists about the same.

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Tuva Jensen’s Career and Education

Viktor Hovland’s girlfriend teaches Norwegian at Children’s International School in Moss, which is close to Oslo. She teaches kids in grades 5, 6, and 7. Children’s International School is the name of the school where she works most of the time. It was one of the first things that were confirmed about her after the Augusta reveal.

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Jensen has a master’s degree in primary school teacher education for grades 5 through 10 from Østfold University College. She finished her thesis in 2023, which means she was still in the early stages of her professional teaching career when she made her Augusta debut.

Her identity was confirmed by Norwegian publication Dagbladet shortly after the Par-3 Contest footage circulated online. Despite the sudden public attention and 33 likes on a single Instagram comment pulling her into the spotlight, Jensen has kept her account locked at 1,836 followers, with no indication she plans to trade her classroom in Moss for any kind of public profile.

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Vishnupriya Agrawal is a Golf Writer at EssentiallySports, covering the PGA Tour and LPGA with a focus on breaking news, player controversies, and the stories that run alongside competitive golf. Her reporting moves across player movement, ranking shifts, and the moments that generate fan debate alongside the quieter human ones that tend to get buried in a tournament week. She covered the 2026 U.S. Open at Shinnecock Hills extensively, reporting on Jon Rahm's on-course outburst and the USGA's response, the crowd confrontations involving Rory McIlroy and Wyndham Clark, and Miles Russell's Father's Day caddie arrangement, which the USGA approved as a one-off exception. Before joining EssentiallySports, Vishnupriya worked as a freelance sports writer, developing a research-driven approach across formats and audiences. At ES, that carries through to her full range of golf coverage, from prize money breakdowns and earnings profiles to the off-course developments and player decisions that often explain what happens on the course.

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