Ludvig Åberg

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Ludvig Åberg
Personal information
Full nameLudvig Noa Åberg
Born (1999-10-31) 31 October 1999 (age 22)
Eslöv, Sweden
Sporting nationality Sweden
ResidenceLubbock, Texas and Eslöv, Sweden
Career
CollegeTexas Tech University
StatusAmateur
Former tour(s)Nordic Golf League
Professional wins2

Ludvig Åberg (born 31 October 1999) is a Swedish amateur golfer. He was part of the Swedish team winning the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship, won two events in the professional 2020 Nordic Golf League and the 2021 amateur tournament Jones Cup Invitational, and rose to number 1 in the European Amateur Golf Ranking in April 2021.[1]

Early life[]

Åberg was born and grew up in Eslöv in the province of Skåne, Sweden. In 2007 he began playing golf at the local club, Eslöv Golf Club, which he has represented through his career.[2]

Amateur career[]

As an amateur, Åberg has represented Sweden on different levels since 2017. He was individual leader at the 2017 European Boys' Team Championship in La Manga, Spain[3] and was part of the Swedish team winning the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship, held on home soil at Ljunghusen Golf Club.[4]

He won the 2017 Fairhaven Trophy in England and finished third individually at the 2018 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup in Japan. He finished 7th at the Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass, and made his European Tour debut at the 2018 Nordea Masters, where he finished tied 34th.[5] In February 2019 he was runner-up at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship.[6]

Åberg was educated at the Swedish national upper secondary sports school ("Riksidrottsgymnasium") in Helsingborg before joining Texas Tech in the fall of 2019 to play collegiate golf in the United States.[7] He finished 2019 with a win at the Sun Bowl Marathon All-America Golf Classic, a 54-hole off-season event in El Paso, Texas, for the nation's top collegians.[8]

In 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic shut down college golf in the U.S, Åberg spent six months in Europe competing in the Nordic Golf League, where he won two events, earning him 4 OWGR points each. In December he represented the International Team at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup. He ended the year 569th on the Official World Golf Ranking.[9]

In February 2021 Åberg won the Jones Cup Invitational at Sea Island, Georgia after an opening round of 62 and 6 straight birdies. The win earned him a start at the RSM Classic on the PGA Tour.[10] In April he became the number one ranked amateur golfer in Europe, as tracked by the European Golf Association.[1]

Åberg was runner-up at the 2021 European Amateur in France. He took the halfway lead with total of −16, the lowest 36-hole score to par ever recorded in the championship's history. He shot 29 and 32 for a second round score of 61 (−10), the lowest ever recorded on the Chateaux Course at Golf du Médoc (unofficial record as preferred lies were in place due to recent heavy rain). He ended the tournament in second place, two strokes behind Denmark's .[11]

Åberg, the world's third-ranked amateur at the time, received a sponsor's exemption for the 2021 Butterfield Bermuda Championship on the PGA Tour, he was T10 after the first round.[12]

Amateur wins[]

  • 2016 Galvin Green Junior Open, Skandia Junior Open
  • 2017 Fairhaven Trophy
  • 2019 Sun Bowl All-America Golf
  • 2021 Jones Cup Invitational, The Prestige, Thunderbird Collegiate

Source:[13]

Professional wins (2)[]

Nordic Golf League wins (2)[]

No. Date Tournament Winning score Margin of
victory		 Runner-up
1 4 Jul 2020
(as an amateur) 		−10 (67-70-69=206) Playoff Sweden
2 16 Jul 2020
(as an amateur) 		−15 (69-67-68=204) 5 strokes Sweden

Team appearances[]

Amateur

Source:[13]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Men's Rankings". European Golf Association. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. ^ "Ludvig Åberg Player Profile". Eslöv Golf Club. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  3. ^ "2017 European Boys Team Championship" (PDF). European Golf Association. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Ludvig Åberg National Team Player Profile". Swedish Golf Federation. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  5. ^ "Nordea Masters 19th August 2018". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  6. ^ "2019 African Amateur Stroke Play Championship Results". Golf RSA. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  7. ^ "2020-21 Men's Golf Roster: Ludvig Åberg". Texas Tech. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Texas Tech's Ludvig Aberg claims Sun Bowl Marathon All-America title". Golfweek. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Ludvig Åberg Profile". Official World Golf Ranking. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Ludvig Aberg needed a closing birdie to win the Jones Cup and he delivered". Golfweek. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Åberg Breaks Records in Round 2 at Médoc". European Golf Association. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  12. ^ "The First Look: Butterfield Bermuda Championship". PGA Tour. Retrieved 29 October 2021.
  13. ^ a b "Ludvig Aberg". World Amateur Golf Ranking. Retrieved 19 June 2021.

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