Ludvig Aberg Player Profile And What's In The Bag

Article Updated in February 2025

When Ludvig Aberg played at Torrey Pines during the Farmers Insurance Open three weeks ago he shared the 36-hole lead, only to be struck down with a stomach bug that led to him shooting a third round of 79 and falling out of contention.

He made up for it in some style with a final round of 66 to pip Maverick McNealy by a shot to land the Genesis Invitational at the same course for his second PGA Tour title. 

• Player Profile
• Last 10 Events
• Key Stats
• What's In The Bag

The tournament had to relocate to Torrey from Riviera because of the wildfires in Los Angeles.

Aberg said: "It was nice to come here starting to feel like myself again and physically getting there. It means a lot. This is the best feeling in golf, and to be able to do what I did today is definitely going to help me going forward in the future.

"It's very reassuring to know that I can go from where I was a couple weeks ago to winning a tournament in sort of a quick turnaround."

It was a close call for McNealy, who three months ago won for the first time on the PGA Tour. He looked like winning again when he opened with eight birdies in 11 holes and stretched his lead to three. But he had to scramble for par on the 17th after a drive that hit a pole and found a horrible lie in the rough, and then he failed to convert a birdie on the 18th. He still shot 64, but still on the course was the Swede, who was able to get the job done.

"It’s more than I could have asked for at the start of the day," said McNealy, who started five shots behind. "Ludvig played awesome. I knew with that leaderboard it was going to take some great golf to get it done."

Player Profile

Ludvig Aberg was born on October 31, 1999 in Eslov, Sweden, where he learnt to play golf.

He won the Swedish Teen Golf order of merit in 2016 and the leading individual at the European Boys Championship in 2017 and was a member of the winning team at the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship. He won the Fairhaven Trophy in 2017 and was third at the 2018 Junior Golf World Cup.

In 2019 he was runner-up at the African Amateur Strokeplay Championship.

In 2021 he won the Jones Cup invitational in Georgia and became Europe’s top-ranked amateur. He was runner-up at the 2021 European Amateur and made the cut at the Butterfield Bermuda Championship, a PGA Tour event. In 2022 Aberg was named the Ben Hogan Award winner as the best college golfer in the United States and he won it again in May 2023. He also made the cut at the 2023 Dubai Desert Classic and finished tied 24th at the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

He turned professional in 2023 and gained full status on the PGA Tour by finishing on top of the national University Rankings, becoming the first player to earn this advantage. He was the world’s leading amateur at the time.

Aberg made his debut as a professional in June 2023 at the Canadian Open, where he made the cut and finished in a tie for 25th place. In July he finished in a tie for fourth at the John Deere Classic.

His first start on the DP World Tour came at the Czech Masters, where he also finished in a tie for fourth place after a final round 66.

He then went on to win the European Masters, a tournament he started in 186th place in the Race to Dubai and ranked 200th in the world. His win at Crane-sur-Sierre took him to 49th in the Race to Dubai and was enough to convince Luke Donald to give him a wild-card pick for the European Ryder Cup team. He went on to produce a starring role as Europe thrashed the USA.

And his incredible form continued. The week after the Ryder Cup, Aberg finished in a tie for second at the Sanderson Farms Championship and followed it with a tied 13th at the Shriners Children’s Open and tied 10th at the World Wide Technology Championship. And he ended the 2023 PGA Tour season by winning the RSM Classic in only his 12th start on the PGA Tour, securing rookie of the year honours in the process.

His first major start came at The Masters in 2024, where he finished second behind Scottie Scheffler.

His win at the Genesis was his 40th PGA Tour start and took him to the top of the FedEx Cup standings and fourth place in the world rankings. He has missed just five cuts, winning twice, finishing second four times, in the top five nine times and in the top 10 on 13 occasions.

Last 10 Events

The Genesis Invitational - 1st

AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am - WD

Farmers Insurance Open - T42nd

The Sentry - T5th

Hero World Challenge - 6th

The RSM Classic - T17th

Tour Championship (72 Hole Scores) - T19th

BMW Championship - T2nd

FedEx St Jude Championship - T40th

Olympic Men's Golf Competition - T18th

Key Stats

Driving Distance - 308.1 Yards

Driving Accuracy - 47.69%

Greens in Regulation - 68.52%

Sand Saves - 71.43%

Putts Per Round - 28.89

Scoring Average - 70.67

What's In Ludvig Aberg's Golf Bag?

Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 Degrees) With Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X Shaft

3-Wood: TaylorMade Stealth 2 (15 Degrees) With Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 8 X Shaft

Irons: Titleist T100 (4-PW) With KBS Tour 130 X Shafts

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-08F, 54-10S, 60-08M) With KBS Tour 130 X Shafts

Putter: Odyssey White Hot Versa #1

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x