Ludvig Åberg is in the close battle in the major general rope in Scotland.
Despite some unlikely bad luck.
One of his shots made the entire golf world completely drop its jaw.
– It’s among the sickest things I’ve seen, says Peter Hedblom in Viaplay’s broadcast.
Ludvig Åberg has not only quickly grown to become one of Sweden’s most popular athletes right now. He has also become one of the golf world’s great favorite players, and it is easy to understand after the year he had.
Good start to the genre rope
Just over a year ago, the Swede chose to become a professional, and since then things have gone very quickly. Åberg impressed greatly in the Ryder Cup, and in his major debut at Augusta National in April this year, he was sensationally second, only beaten by the ridiculously superior world number one Scottie Scheffler. But it is not only thanks to the way Åberg hits the ball that he has become so popular.
Åberg has been highly praised for the way he tackles every competition he takes part in, as he always takes everything – even adversity – with a smile. Right now Åberg is in Scotland for the Scottish Open, which is always played the week before the last major competition of the year, The Open. Åberg is well in the lead in the competition, despite the fact that he suffered a bit of unimaginable bad luck on the eighth hole. His teammate Collin Horikawa had already hit the green and near the hole when Åberg hit his second shot towards the flag.
“Among the sickest things I’ve seen”
Åberg’s shot was really good and in 999 cases out of 1000 had ended up in a dream position for birdie near the flag. But what happened instead made the commentators in Viaplay, and the entire golf world, drop their jaws.
– It is among the sickest things I have seen, says commentator Peter Hedblom.
The battle also went viral on social media, where many said they had never seen anything like it before. But what actually happened?
Despite any number of square meters to land on, Ludvig Åberg’s ball landed straight on (!) fellow player Collin Morikawas. Instead of a good birdie chance near the flag, Åberg’s ball therefore bounced away from the green. Collin Morikawa’s ball also bounced a good distance away, but according to the rule book, the American had to place his ball where it lay. Ludvig Åberg didn’t manage to save par after the enormous misfortune, but could still be happy to enter at six under par, which is enough for a shared third place after the first day’s play.
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