Viktor Hovland has made another instructor change ahead of this week’s Arnold Palmer Invitational at Bay Hill.

The seven-time PGA Tour winner has split with Grant Waite and reunited with instructor T.J. Yeaton, who he briefly worked with earlier in 2025.

According to an interview with Golfweek, Yeaton walked the course with Hovland during Wednesday’s practice pro-am at Bay Hill, and the Norwegian revealed he travelled to Nashville last week to work with him.

“He’s someone that I’ve worked with before and communicated with at times and I think he’s really smart,” Hovland told the publication.

“Golf is a complicated puzzle and sometimes it just takes a different perspective or hearing things explained a different way. What T.J.’s been telling me has resonated and I’ve been seeing good things in practice.”

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Hovland, 28, started working with Waite after missing the cut at Bay Hill last year, before winning the Valspar Championship two weeks later.

The World No. 17 has made four starts this season, including a T14 at the Hero Dubai Desert Classic and a T10 at the WM Phoenix Open, but said he is still searching for more control off the tee.

“I get the most satisfaction from hitting the shots I want,” Hovland added. 

“I know I’m a very good golfer and can overcome things, but it’s hard to feel confident week to week when you’re always fighting something.”

Hovland experimented with fixes during the West Coast Swing, including using a shorter driver to improve accuracy, but said the change cost him too much distance. He plans to return to his PING G425 driver this week.

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The Norwegian has changed coaches several times since winning the 2023 FedEx Cup, previously working with Joe Mayo, Dana Dahlquist, Denny Lucas and Waite.

“I don’t care too much about what people think,” Hovland concluded. 

“From the outside it might look strange, but things change in golf and you’re always trying to get back to where you were.”

Hovland believes if his driver behaves at Bay Hill, he can contend again.

“If the driver behaves this week and things go my way, I absolutely believe I can win.”

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Ahead of Thursday’s first round, Hovland is priced up at odds of 40/1 to win the Arnold Palmer Invitational. 

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