Ludvig Åberg has skyrocketed into stardom through the previous 12 months. He is not the Texas Tech no-name beginner who was the primary to earn standing by the PGA Tour Univeristy program however an skilled winner.
The Swede gained the RSM Classic final November after taking part on a profitable Ryder Cup crew.
He and Viktor Hovland traditionally destroyed World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka in Saturday foursomes 9 & 7. His reputation grows by the day as the previous Texas Tech Red Raider continues to play nicely on the PGA Tour.
The Eslov, Sweden native will make his second begin this week on the Genesis Scottish Open. However, he could have much more folks following him all through the event than final 12 months.
“It feels just a little bit totally different,” Aberg stated on Wednesday. “I’m extra acquainted with the golf equipment now and I do know just a little bit extra what to anticipate and what’s happening.”
“I nonetheless really feel lucky to have the ability to play these occasions, and it’s been an awesome 12 months. If somebody instructed me this might occur in 12 months, I’m unsure I might consider that man. On the opposite hand, I really feel like I’ve at all times had nice folks round me, those that I belief, the those that helped me loads.”
Ludvig Aberg stated he spent the “lengthy winters in Sweden” repping the identical anti-early extension drill.
He’d place a chair towards his butt, then made it stayed towards it whereas he swung.
“That’s nonetheless my tendency…I get just a little bit on the within, and I’ll simply flip my palms.” pic.twitter.com/L2JKPmKucC
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Åberg made his skilled PGA Tour debut final 12 months on the Travelers Championship. He completed T24 that week. From there, issues continued to occur for him.
By the top of final 12 months’s PGA Tour season, Åberg amassed a win, one runner-up end, 4 high 10s and eight high 25s. In 11 occasions, he made 10 cuts. The lone occasion the 24-year-old didn’t play the weekend was on the Genesis Scottish Open.
Åberg additionally recorded a DP World Tour victory on the Omega European Masters. That victory helped him obtain a choose from Team Europe’s captain, Luke Donald.

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Plenty of change occurred in his world over the previous 12 months, however Åberg remains to be extraordinarily humble about all of it. No matter the end result on the course, he at all times desires to maintain his ardour alive and nicely golf.
“I attempt to maintain onto that as firmly as I can as a result of it’s a totally different atmosphere taking part in golf right here and on Tour and I strive to not do it as my job,” he stated. “I simply wish to be that 16-year-old child that performs golf and completely loves it. So I attempt to maintain holding onto that, and I believe that’s essential. But yeah I really feel very lucky to do that for a residing.”
His rookie marketing campaign was particular, however his sophomore season on the PGA Tour has not been disappointing.
He has made 14 begins and 13 cuts. Åberg already has two runner-up finishes, six Top 10s and 10 Top 25s.
One of these second locations got here at Augusta National behind Scottie Scheffler in Åberg’s first main begin. He additionally captured a T12 at a tough Pinehurst No. 2 for the U.S. Open. So far, Åberg is 2-of-3 in majors, as his lone missed reduce of the season got here at Valhalla Golf Club for the PGA Championship.
The No. 4 participant on the planet sits within the sixth spot within the FedEx Cup rankings, placing him in a wonderful place to make it to Atlanta for the Tour Championship. Before any playoff ideas can happen, he could have two weeks in Scotland to deal with.
Can he bounce again from lacking the reduce on the Genesis Scottish Open and carry that momentum into the Open Championship subsequent week at Royal Troon? Åberg performs with Hideki Matsuyama and Collin Morikawa for the primary two days. They tee off at 8:43 a.m. ET for Round 1 and three:28 a.m. ET for Day 2.
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