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Ludvig

• 1. Professional career

Ludvig Noa Åberg is a Swedish professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour and the European Tour. He was formerly number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking. He won the Ben Hogan Award as the best collegiate player in the United States in both 2022 and 2023, becoming the first since Jon Rahm to win the award twice.

Professional career

Åberg made his debut as a professional in June 2023 at the RBC Canadian Open on the PGA Tour, where he made the cut and finished in a tie for 25th place. In July, at the John Deere Classic, he recorded his first top-10 on the tour; a final-round 63 put him in a tie for fourth place, three strokes behind winner Sepp Straka.

Towards the end of August, Åberg travelled to Europe to compete on the DP World Tour. At the D+D Real Czech Masters, he finished in a tie for fourth place after a final-round 66. The following week at the Omega European Masters, he recorded his first win as a professional. He birdied four of the closing five holes in his final round of 64 to finish two strokes ahead of fellow countryman Alexander Björk. Two weeks later, at the BMW PGA Championship, he held a two-stroke lead after 54 holes, before a final round 76 saw him finish in a tie for 10th place.

Following his victory at the European Masters, on 4 September 2023, Åberg was announced by European captain Luke Donald as one of his six captain's picks for Team Europe at the 2023 Ryder Cup. He became the first player to be selected for a Ryder Cup before having played a major championship, and the second, after Sergio García, to make a Ryder Cup team during the same year as turning professional.