Ludvig Åberg has skyrocketed into stardom through the previous 12 months. He’s not the Texas Tech no-name novice who was the primary to earn standing by way of the PGA Tour Univeristy program however an skilled winner.
The Swede gained the RSM Traditional final November after collaborating on a profitable Ryder Cup group.
He and Viktor Hovland traditionally destroyed World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka in Saturday foursomes 9 & 7. His recognition grows by the day as the previous Texas Tech Crimson Raider continues to play properly on the PGA Tour.
The Eslov, Sweden native will make his second begin this week on the Genesis Scottish Open. Nonetheless, he could have much more folks following him all through the event than final yr.
“It feels a bit of bit completely different,” Aberg mentioned on Wednesday. “I’m extra acquainted with the golf equipment now and I do know a bit of 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 amazing 12 months. If somebody advised me this is able to occur in 12 months, I’m unsure I’d imagine that man. Alternatively, I really feel like I’ve at all times had nice folks round me, those that I belief, the those that helped me quite a bit.”
Ludvig Aberg mentioned he spent the “lengthy winters in Sweden” repping the identical anti-early extension drill.
He’d place a chair in opposition to his butt, then made it stayed in opposition to it whereas he swung.
“That’s nonetheless my tendency…I get a bit of bit on the within, and I’ll simply flip my palms.” pic.twitter.com/L2JKPmKucC
— LKD (@LukeKerrDineen) June 29, 2024
Åberg made his skilled PGA Tour debut final yr on the Vacationers Championship. He completed T24 that week. From there, issues continued to occur for him.
By the tip of final yr’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 Workforce Europe’s captain, Luke Donald.
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Numerous change occurred in his world over the previous 12 months, however Åberg remains to be extraordinarily humble about all of it. Regardless of the end result on the course, he at all times desires to maintain his ardour alive and properly golf.
“I attempt to maintain onto that as firmly as I can as a result of it’s a completely different surroundings enjoying golf right here and on Tour and I attempt to not do it as my job,” he mentioned. “I simply wish to be that 16-year-old child that performs golf and completely loves it. So I attempt to hold holding onto that, and I believe that’s crucial. However 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 Prime 10s and 10 Prime 25s.
A kind of second locations got here at Augusta Nationwide 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. To date, Åberg is 2-of-3 in majors, as his lone missed reduce of the season got here at Valhalla Golf Membership 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 superb place to make it to Atlanta for the Tour Championship. Earlier than 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 Spherical 1 and three:28 a.m. ET for Day 2.
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