{"id":665576,"date":"2026-06-30T06:18:20","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T06:18:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/665576\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T06:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T06:18:20","slug":"viktor-hovland-breaks-tradition-with-girlfriend-tuva-before-travelers-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/665576\/","title":{"rendered":"Viktor Hovland Breaks Tradition With Girlfriend Tuva Before Travelers Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\" class=\"mt-[18px] md:mt-0 mb-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5s\">Viktor Hovland pushed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/relationships\/scottie-scheffler-wife-meredith-son-bennett-world-no-1-protege-travelers-championship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">past the World No. 1 golfer, Scottie Scheffler<\/a>, to enter the final round of the 2026 Travelers Championship in first place.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5v\">Hovland has little wiggle room on Sunday with just a one-shot lead over Scheffler. However, after shooting 6-under 64 on Moving Day to reach 20 under for the tournament, the Norwegian golfer appears ready to pull off the upset.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"5y\">In addition to a large crowd of Norwegian fans in town for the World Cup cheering on the 28-year-old in Cromwell, Connecticut, Hovland also has the support of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/onsi\/athlete-lifestyle\/relationships\/viktor-hovland-new-teacher-girlfriend-turns-heads-at-masters\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">his girlfriend, Tuva Dahl Jensen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A home away from home \u2764\ufe0f<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Hovland got plenty of love from the Norwegian fans surrounding the 18th green <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/TravelersChamp?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">@TravelersChamp<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kuhx7I9b9Y\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/kuhx7I9b9Y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 PGA TOUR (@PGATOUR) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/PGATOUR\/status\/2071015538860449898?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 27, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-4\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"64\">\u201cIt\u2019s been awhile since I\u2019ve been in this position,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/GolfChannel\/status\/2071004786812477547\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Hovland told reporters<\/a> of being atop the leaderboard. \u201cFor me, to go up against the No.1 player in the world in front of so many people out here today, it was really cool. Also, just see that my game held up, as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"67\">Fans hope to spot Jensen in the crowd at TPC River Highlands when he tees off on June 28.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/01kw5v2xtf44239s80fk.jpg\" alt=\"Viktor Hovland and his girlfriend, Tuva Jensen\" title=\"Viktor Hovland and his girlfriend, Tuva Jensen\" width=\"360\" height=\"240\" class=\"undefined w-full w-full blur-[5px]\" q:id=\"6h\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Viktor Hovland of Norway with girlfriend Tuva Jensen. | IMAGO \/ Bildbyran<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6l\">Fans did a double take when Hovland and Jensen hard launched their relationship at the Masters Par 3 Contest in April. Prior to debuting his romance with the 27-year-old Norwegian school teacher, Hovland was famously single. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6o\">Since turning pro in 2019, this marks his first public romance. Hovland traditionally kept his private life private before he started dating the fellow Norwegian. <\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"6v\">While it&#8217;s not clear when Hovland, who&#8217;s from Oslo, and Jensen, who&#8217;s from Fredrikstad, first started dating, their romance must&#8217;ve blossomed sometime between Oct. 2025 and April 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Viktor Hovland will no longer be the one single golfer on the European Team<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"71\">As the only single golfer on Team Europe for the Ryder Cup in 2023, he hilariously posed with all the wives of his teammates following their big win in Rome. He <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/golfweek\/status\/1972701147057000700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">recreated the same photo again<\/a> in 2025 after Team Europe won at Bethpage Black.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Viktor Hovland was the only single player on Team Europe during their victorious Ryder Cup photoshoot.<\/p>\n<p>So the Norwegian made sure to get a photo with all the wives and girlfriends before he left Rome \ud83d\ude05 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/jE1WUkJR4e\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/jE1WUkJR4e<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ESPN UK (@ESPNUK) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ESPNUK\/status\/1708783886522564637?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">October 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-14\" class=\"my-[18px] [&amp;_a]:text-primary my-f-1.5\" q:key=\"0\" q:id=\"77\">While it&#8217;s sad to see the biennial photo op come to an end, when the Ryder Cup kicks off in Ireland in 2027, Hovland can happily pose next to Jensen.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"22\" height=\"22\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.minutemediacdn.com\/platform\/google_discover_icon.svg\" class=\"shrink-0\"\/>Add us as a preferred source on Google<a aria-label=\"Follow si.com on Google News\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=si.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"flex h-[30px] w-[30px] shrink-0 items-center justify-center rounded-full bg-primary font-group-large text-sm font-medium text-white transition-colors hover:bg-secondary focus:bg-secondary md:w-auto md:gap-2.5 md:px-4 md:py-[5px]\">Follow<\/a><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Viktor Hovland pushed past the World No. 1 golfer, Scottie Scheffler, to enter the final round of the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":665577,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-665576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665576","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=665576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/665576\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/665577"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=665576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=665576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=665576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}