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Ludvig Aberg
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Eslov, Sweden
- High School:
- Riksidrottsgymnasium Helsingborg
Bio
AWARDS & ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• The inaugural PGA TOUR U winner, earning his full PGA TOUR card for the remainder of the 2023 season and the entire 2024 season
• Swept all three National Player of the Year Awards (Ben Hogan, Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus) becoming just the seventh player all-time to accomplish the feat
• Leaves Texas Tech with the following records: lowest single season scoring average (68.78), lowest single season to par scoring average (-2.16), lowest score vs. par (-0.99), most single season victories (4; 2023), most overall/career victories (8), most career rounds under par (79), finish percentage (87.6), best par three scoring (2.97), best par four scoring (3.94), best par five scoring (4.52), lowest 54 hole score (196; 2023 Big 12 Championship), lowest 72 hole score (265; 2023 Big 12 Championship)
• The lone player in Tech history with multiple individual wins in three different campaigns
• The first player in the history of the Big 12 Conference to repeat as individual medalist
• Set the all-time scoring mark at the Big 12 Championships by recording a score of 265 (-15)
• Was the only male golfer at the Division-I level during the 2022-23 season to win both his conference and regional championship
• Helped lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA Championships in all three seasons of his career where the championships were held (NCAA Championships were canceled in 2019-20 due to COVID-19)
• Joined John Rahm as the only player to repeat as the winner of the Ben Hogan Award
• Concluded his career as the No. 1 player in the WAGR, GolfStat and PGA TOUR U rankings
• Two-time Ben Hogan Award winner (2022, 23)
• 2023 Big 12 Player of the Year
• Three-time PING All-America First Team (2021, 22, 23)
• Two-time GCAA All-American (2022, 23)
• GCAA All-America Scholar (2023)
• Jack Nicklaus Award finalist (2022)
• Fred Haskins Award finalist (2022)
• Academic All-Big 12 (2022)
• Three-Time First Team All-Big 12 Selection (2021, 22, 23)
• GCAA All-America Scholar (2021)
• All-Nicklaus Team (2021)
• PING All-Central Region (2021)
• Haskins Award Final Watch List (2021)
• Academic All-Big 12 (2021)
• Five-time Big 12 Golfer of the Month
• Ben Hogan Golfer of the Month (Feb. 2021)
• Arnold Palmer Cup Team Championship (2020)
• European Amateur Championship (2021 - Runner-up)
2022-23 (Senior Season):
• Played 38 total rounds, finishing with a scoring average of 68.78 (fifth-best in the country)
• Finished par or better in 27 of his 32 rounds.
• Recorded a top-10 finish in his first nine events, including seven top-five finishes
• Appeared in all four events for the Red Raiders in the fall
• Started the year in style, finishing third at the loaded Frederica Cup after firing a three-round score of 199 (68-66-65)
• Finished tied for fifth at Inverness helping the Red Raiders defend their 2019 title (the tournament was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
• Opened with back-to-back rounds of 69 and 67 helping the Red Raiders to a runner up finish at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invite
• Helped the Red Raiders to the Big 12 Match Play title going 4-1 overall, including a 2UP win over Oklahoma in the Championship Match.
• Kicked off the spring by “threepeating” at The Prestige (Feb. 20-22), finishing first amongst the field of 120
• Fired rounds of 65 and 67 to record his second victory of the spring at the Prestige
• Used the third round 63 to roll to individual medalist honors at the Big 12 Championships for the second consecutive season
• Sandwiched a pair of 67s around a 68 to win the Norman Regional by a shot
• Qualified as an individual for the fourth and final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championships.
2021-22 (Junior Season):
• Played in all 12 events for the Red Raiders including Big 12 Championships, NCAA Regionals (New Haven), and NCAA Stroke play.
• Helped lead the Red Raiders to the Elite 8 for the third time in program history
• Won twice during the 2021-22 season including individual medalist honors at Big 12s
• Earned his best finish of the fall season when he shot -3 overall to finish ninth at the Blessing Intercollegiate
• Began a run of seven straight top-10 finishes when he won the Prestige
• Fired a career low 63 at the Cabo Collegiate Invitational to finish at -11 overall and tied for fifth
• Kept the hot streak going att he Valspar, shooting 67-68-67 to finish tied for third
• Earned runner-up honors at The Aggie Invitational despite finishing three over.
• Ended the regular season by shooting 67-70-6 at the Thunderbird Collegiate to finish sixth
• Fired rounds of 68-71-69 to earn Big 12 individual medalist honors.
• Earned his eighth top-10 finish at NCAA Regionals, when he finished sixth. His performance helped the Red Raiders advance to Grayhawk.
• Helped the Red Raiders advance to the programs third Elite 8 by finishing tied for 11th in the stroke play portion of NCAAs
• Closed his season with a 1Up victory over Cole Sherwood of Vandy in the NCAA Elite 8.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020-21)
• Earned All-America honors after finishing his sophomore season with a 70.57 scoring average and having top-10 finishes in 9 of 11 stroke play events
• Won two tournaments, The Prestige (-4) and Thunderbird Collegiate (-12)
• Secured All-America honors by finishing 8th at the NCAA Championship during stroke play where he finished 1-under-par through four rounds
• Aberg shot a season-low 65 at the George Hannon Collegiate and Cabo Collegiate
• He finished third at the George Hannon in Austin and fifth at the Cabo which was played in San Antonio
• Aberg started his sophomore season by finishing 10th at the Colonial Collegiate where he shot 3-over
• Finished fourth at the Big 12 Championship at 1-under in the four-round tournament • Shot in the 60s in 14 of 35 rounds
• Ranked No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking at the end of the collegiate season
• Won the Jones Invitational prior to the start of the collegiate season.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019-20)
• Aberg began his collegiate career with an impressive freshman season where he competed in eight tournaments during the shortened season
• Aberg, who earned a selection to the Arnold Palmer Cup International Team, is at No. 39 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after a win at the Sun Bowl Classic
• He finished the season with his top finish by earning eighth place at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas
• At the event that proved to be the final tournament of the collegiate season, Aberg shot 73-68-71 – 212 for the top-10 showing
• He also finished 21st at the Amer Ari Invitational and claimed 29th at The Prestige during the spring season
• Aberg helped Texas Tech to the Big 12 Match Play Tournament with a 2-1-2 record in Houston
• He finished his first season at Tech with a 72.17 scoring average.
Prior to Texas Tech:
• Arrived at Tech ranked No. 37 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking with a 70.02 scoring average
• Advanced to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur Championship after rolling through stroke play with a 68-73 - 141 scorecard and also the Round of 16 in the British Amateur
• Member of the Swedish National Team and the top-ranked player in the WAGR... Recorded a seventh-place finish at the Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass and was sixth at the PING Invitational at Karsten Creek
• In 2017, Aberg won the Fairhaven Trophy and stroke play at the European Boys Team Championship in La Manga, Spain.
Personal:
• Son of Mia Aberg and Johan Ungesson
• Has one sibling, Linnea Aberg.
• The inaugural PGA TOUR U winner, earning his full PGA TOUR card for the remainder of the 2023 season and the entire 2024 season
• Swept all three National Player of the Year Awards (Ben Hogan, Fred Haskins and Jack Nicklaus) becoming just the seventh player all-time to accomplish the feat
• Leaves Texas Tech with the following records: lowest single season scoring average (68.78), lowest single season to par scoring average (-2.16), lowest score vs. par (-0.99), most single season victories (4; 2023), most overall/career victories (8), most career rounds under par (79), finish percentage (87.6), best par three scoring (2.97), best par four scoring (3.94), best par five scoring (4.52), lowest 54 hole score (196; 2023 Big 12 Championship), lowest 72 hole score (265; 2023 Big 12 Championship)
• The lone player in Tech history with multiple individual wins in three different campaigns
• The first player in the history of the Big 12 Conference to repeat as individual medalist
• Set the all-time scoring mark at the Big 12 Championships by recording a score of 265 (-15)
• Was the only male golfer at the Division-I level during the 2022-23 season to win both his conference and regional championship
• Helped lead the Red Raiders to the NCAA Championships in all three seasons of his career where the championships were held (NCAA Championships were canceled in 2019-20 due to COVID-19)
• Joined John Rahm as the only player to repeat as the winner of the Ben Hogan Award
• Concluded his career as the No. 1 player in the WAGR, GolfStat and PGA TOUR U rankings
• Two-time Ben Hogan Award winner (2022, 23)
• 2023 Big 12 Player of the Year
• Three-time PING All-America First Team (2021, 22, 23)
• Two-time GCAA All-American (2022, 23)
• GCAA All-America Scholar (2023)
• Jack Nicklaus Award finalist (2022)
• Fred Haskins Award finalist (2022)
• Academic All-Big 12 (2022)
• Three-Time First Team All-Big 12 Selection (2021, 22, 23)
• GCAA All-America Scholar (2021)
• All-Nicklaus Team (2021)
• PING All-Central Region (2021)
• Haskins Award Final Watch List (2021)
• Academic All-Big 12 (2021)
• Five-time Big 12 Golfer of the Month
• Ben Hogan Golfer of the Month (Feb. 2021)
• Arnold Palmer Cup Team Championship (2020)
• European Amateur Championship (2021 - Runner-up)
2022-23 (Senior Season):
• Played 38 total rounds, finishing with a scoring average of 68.78 (fifth-best in the country)
• Finished par or better in 27 of his 32 rounds.
• Recorded a top-10 finish in his first nine events, including seven top-five finishes
• Appeared in all four events for the Red Raiders in the fall
• Started the year in style, finishing third at the loaded Frederica Cup after firing a three-round score of 199 (68-66-65)
• Finished tied for fifth at Inverness helping the Red Raiders defend their 2019 title (the tournament was not held in 2020 or 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic)
• Opened with back-to-back rounds of 69 and 67 helping the Red Raiders to a runner up finish at the Ben Hogan Collegiate Invite
• Helped the Red Raiders to the Big 12 Match Play title going 4-1 overall, including a 2UP win over Oklahoma in the Championship Match.
• Kicked off the spring by “threepeating” at The Prestige (Feb. 20-22), finishing first amongst the field of 120
• Fired rounds of 65 and 67 to record his second victory of the spring at the Prestige
• Used the third round 63 to roll to individual medalist honors at the Big 12 Championships for the second consecutive season
• Sandwiched a pair of 67s around a 68 to win the Norman Regional by a shot
• Qualified as an individual for the fourth and final round of stroke play at the NCAA Championships.
2021-22 (Junior Season):
• Played in all 12 events for the Red Raiders including Big 12 Championships, NCAA Regionals (New Haven), and NCAA Stroke play.
• Helped lead the Red Raiders to the Elite 8 for the third time in program history
• Won twice during the 2021-22 season including individual medalist honors at Big 12s
• Earned his best finish of the fall season when he shot -3 overall to finish ninth at the Blessing Intercollegiate
• Began a run of seven straight top-10 finishes when he won the Prestige
• Fired a career low 63 at the Cabo Collegiate Invitational to finish at -11 overall and tied for fifth
• Kept the hot streak going att he Valspar, shooting 67-68-67 to finish tied for third
• Earned runner-up honors at The Aggie Invitational despite finishing three over.
• Ended the regular season by shooting 67-70-6 at the Thunderbird Collegiate to finish sixth
• Fired rounds of 68-71-69 to earn Big 12 individual medalist honors.
• Earned his eighth top-10 finish at NCAA Regionals, when he finished sixth. His performance helped the Red Raiders advance to Grayhawk.
• Helped the Red Raiders advance to the programs third Elite 8 by finishing tied for 11th in the stroke play portion of NCAAs
• Closed his season with a 1Up victory over Cole Sherwood of Vandy in the NCAA Elite 8.
SOPHOMORE SEASON (2020-21)
• Earned All-America honors after finishing his sophomore season with a 70.57 scoring average and having top-10 finishes in 9 of 11 stroke play events
• Won two tournaments, The Prestige (-4) and Thunderbird Collegiate (-12)
• Secured All-America honors by finishing 8th at the NCAA Championship during stroke play where he finished 1-under-par through four rounds
• Aberg shot a season-low 65 at the George Hannon Collegiate and Cabo Collegiate
• He finished third at the George Hannon in Austin and fifth at the Cabo which was played in San Antonio
• Aberg started his sophomore season by finishing 10th at the Colonial Collegiate where he shot 3-over
• Finished fourth at the Big 12 Championship at 1-under in the four-round tournament • Shot in the 60s in 14 of 35 rounds
• Ranked No. 3 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking at the end of the collegiate season
• Won the Jones Invitational prior to the start of the collegiate season.
FRESHMAN SEASON (2019-20)
• Aberg began his collegiate career with an impressive freshman season where he competed in eight tournaments during the shortened season
• Aberg, who earned a selection to the Arnold Palmer Cup International Team, is at No. 39 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking after a win at the Sun Bowl Classic
• He finished the season with his top finish by earning eighth place at the Southern Highlands Collegiate in Las Vegas
• At the event that proved to be the final tournament of the collegiate season, Aberg shot 73-68-71 – 212 for the top-10 showing
• He also finished 21st at the Amer Ari Invitational and claimed 29th at The Prestige during the spring season
• Aberg helped Texas Tech to the Big 12 Match Play Tournament with a 2-1-2 record in Houston
• He finished his first season at Tech with a 72.17 scoring average.
Prior to Texas Tech:
• Arrived at Tech ranked No. 37 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking with a 70.02 scoring average
• Advanced to the Round of 16 at the U.S. Amateur Championship after rolling through stroke play with a 68-73 - 141 scorecard and also the Round of 16 in the British Amateur
• Member of the Swedish National Team and the top-ranked player in the WAGR... Recorded a seventh-place finish at the Junior Players Championship at TPC Sawgrass and was sixth at the PING Invitational at Karsten Creek
• In 2017, Aberg won the Fairhaven Trophy and stroke play at the European Boys Team Championship in La Manga, Spain.
Personal:
• Son of Mia Aberg and Johan Ungesson
• Has one sibling, Linnea Aberg.
Weidemeyer post round interview
Sunday, September 21
NCAA Championship Rd. 3 Highlights
Sunday, May 25
Greg Sands post-round interview (Rd. 3 NCAA Championships)
Sunday, May 25
NCAA Championship Rd. 1 Highlights
Friday, May 23
