Viktor Hovland: WATCH: Viktor Hovland's signature golf swing returns for The Sentry 2025

Viktor Hovland is competing at the Sentry in Hawaii for the first event of the 2025 PGA Tour season. The Norwegian golfer had to miss out on the latter half of the 2024 season due an injury. However, he seems to be back to his form at the Kapalua Plantation Course as he was seen doing his signature golf swing.

Hovland is currently placed T26 in the ongoing Round 3 of the Sentry with a total score of 10-under. The PGA Tour recently posted a video of him on X doing the double-pump. The shot landed a few feet away from the whole. The caption read:

"A return of the double-pump for Viktor Hovland."

In a throwback, the PGA Tour posted the double-pump video in response to an old video where Hovland explained why it was his signature swing. He said that his "good ones will go up fifteen yards further". And since the shots don't go "whole lot" off the line, the golfer figured "why not?".

Who is Viktor Hovland grouped with in the Round 3 of The Sentry?

Viktor Hovland is grouped with Patrick Cantlay and Patton Kizzire for the Round 3 of the Sentry in Hawaii. The trio formed a part of the first set of pairings and teed off at 1:12 pm ET.

In the first two rounds, the 27-year-old was paired with Rafael Campos and Byeong Hun An. Here's the full list of the Round 3 tee times.

Tee No. 1

1:12 p.m. – Patrick Cantlay, Viktor Hovland, Patton Kizzire
1:24 p.m. – Max Homa, Matt Fitzpatrick, Sam Burns
1:36 p.m. – Cam Davis, Peter Malnati, J.T. Poston
1:48 p.m. – Robert McIntyre, Max Greyserman, Adam Scott
2:00 p.m. – Jhonattan Vegas, Taylor Pendrith, Austin Eckroat
2:12 p.m. – Sungjae Im, Tony Finau, Adam Hadwin
2:24 p.m. – Wyndham Clark, Sepp Straka, Will Zalatoris
2:36 p.m. – Keegan Bradley, Harry Hall, Cameron Young
2:48 p.m. – Maverick McNealy, Tom Hoge, Thomas Detry
3:00 p.m. – Hideki Matsuyama, Collin Morikawa, Corey Connors

Tee No. 10

1:12 p.m. – Stephan Jaeger, Russell Henley, Denny McCarthy
1:24 p.m. – Aaron Rai, Ludvig Aberg, Byeong Hun An
1:36 p.m. – Jason Day, Brice Garnett, Kevin Yu
1:48 p.m. – Billy Horschel, Chris Kirk, Chris Gotterup
2:00 p.m. – Matt McCarty, Nico Echavarria, Davis Thompson
2:12 p.m. – Justin Thomas, Eric Cole, Xander Schauffele
2:24 p.m. – Christiaan Bezuidenhout, Akshay Bhatia, Rafael Campos
2:36 p.m. – Matthieu Pavon, Sahith Theegala, Si Woo Kim
2:48 p.m. – Jake Knapp, Nick Taylor, Nick Dunlap
3:00 p.m. – Brian Harman, Davis Riley

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