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Oct 15, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Viktor Hovland hits on the first fairway during the second round of the CJ Cup golf tournament at The Summit Club. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports

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Oct 15, 2021; Las Vegas, Nevada, USA; Viktor Hovland hits on the first fairway during the second round of the CJ Cup golf tournament at The Summit Club. Mandatory Credit: Joe Camporeale-USA TODAY Sports
Viktor Hovland is one of the most promising young golfers on the PGA Tour. Currently, the Norwegian is having an incredible season as he has registered three wins in three months. Hovland firstly won the Mayakoba Classic, then the Hero World Challenge, and lastly, the Dubai Desert Classic.
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As a result of these results, fans and experts consider him to be the next big thing in golf. And he has already started his journey towards it. Hovland is currently competing at Arnold Palmer Invitational. Moreover, going into the final round, he is in contention to lift the trophy.
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Hovland is just a stroke behind going into the final round. While Billy Horschel and Talor Gooch are at the top with a score of -7. Given the way the Norwegian has performed in the past few months, he will be a top contender to register his fourth PGA Tour win.
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Recently, Brandel Chamblee made a tweet and made an interesting comparison of Hovland with a legendary golfer. So let us have a look at it and see which golfer is it exactly.
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Brandel Chamblee compares Viktor Hovland with Arnold Palmer
Brandel Chamblee is a well-known name in the golfing world. He is a golf analyst on the Golf Channel. Recently, he made a tweet and compared Viktor Hovland’s impact position with Arnold Palmer’s impact position. He found the similarity between these two and tweeted about the same.
He wrote, “Arnold Palmer. Viktor Hovland. Some things have not changed a bit in this game.” Additionally, he posted images of both these golfers’ impact positions to make it clear.
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Arnold Palmer. Viktor Hovland. Some things have not changed a bit in this game. pic.twitter.com/MviPven5C2
— Brandel Chamblee (@chambleebrandel) March 5, 2022
Meanwhile, not many golfers have a similar impact position, but when it comes to Arnold Palmer and Viktor Hovland, they look quite similar. But what do fans think about these similarities or comparisons between Viktor Hovland and Arnold Palmer’s impact position? Let us have a look at it.
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Golf fans react to the similarities between Viktor Hovland’s and Arnold Palmer’s impact position
Speith has this impact, too. Maybe more exaggerated? What makes this such a powerful impact position ?@chambleebrandel
— Francis (@Francis69509892) March 5, 2022
And Westwood ….
— Peter Stacey (@montypro) March 6, 2022
Arnold is the coolest guy to ever play the game!
— DividendGrowth42021! (@BillyTa03352980) March 5, 2022
VH’s head is a little further behind the ball. I’m guessing this is because of the premium on height today.
More ought to be made how much the preferred trajectory has changed in a generation.
— Dean Stewart (@pastoratlabelle) March 5, 2022
“But his arms are not straight at impact” 😂😂. Good post brandel. Cringe when students I meet get so stuck on their arms being straight
— Garrett Harding (@gharding21) March 5, 2022
Westwood had something similar a few years back, I’m assuming it’s still the same without checking
— Daltsy (@Daltsy93) March 5, 2022
Looks like Victor is hitting a iron and Arnie is hitting a wood.
— Garrett Garland (@GarrettGarland7) March 6, 2022
The hands are quite different.
— Gregg Schwinn (@605erLBM) March 5, 2022
What’s right gone always be right 😂 https://t.co/1Z9RDZSyxM
— Ju banks (@banks_ju) March 6, 2022
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