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Golf World Reacts to a Striking Similarity Between Arnold Palmer and Viktor Hovland

Published 03/06/2022, 11:30 AM EST

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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. 

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.

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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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. 

Golf fans react to the similarities between Viktor Hovland’s and Arnold Palmer’s impact position

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Amey Kulkarni is a Golf writer at EssentiallySports. He is currently pursuing his Bachelor’s degree in mass media from HR College, Mumbai. Before joining EssentiallySports he used to write articles on Golf and Cricket on his personal blog cricgolf.
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