Ludvig Aberg Seeks Thrilling PGA Tour Clash for Second Victory!
Ludvig Aberg has not lived up to the hype early in his young career. The 26-year-old Swedish superstar was touted as the next generational talent in the sport just three years ago.
Photo by Ben Jared/PGA TOUR via Getty Images Ludvig Aberg has not lived up to the hype early in his young career. The 26-year-old Swedish superstar was touted as the next generational talent in the sport just three years ago. He was selected to play in the Ryder Cup by Luke Donald before he ever played a major championship, which was the first time that had ever happened.
He then finished second at The Masters in his first-ever major. He’d already won a PGA Tour event, and it seemed that the sky was the limit for Aberg. Little did we know that he’d win just once more on the PGA Tour over the next two seasons.
This week at TPC Sawgrass, Aberg looked certain to claim the biggest victory of his career with a Players Championship title. Instead, he collapsed on the back nine, and the win was taken by Cameron Young. This is becoming a concerning trend for Aberg, as he follows in the footsteps of another player who was once dubbed the next Tiger Woods, Rickie Fowler.
Photo by Jorge Lemus/NurPhoto via Getty Images Why Ludvig Aberg is following in the footsteps of Rickie Fowler After his incredible amateur career, the golfing world expected Fowler to take the professional game by storm. He was the number one-ranked amateur in the world for 36 consecutive weeks between 2007 and 2008, and he was the first freshman to ever win the Ben Hogan Award, given to the best college player in the United States. He played on two winning U.