He's quite quiet, he's certainly not someone three or four months into his professional career that is going to be talking up and being a leader like that. 'If he wasn't going to play this one, he was going to play the next eight Ryder Cups, that's how good I think he is.'ĭonald added of Åberg on Tuesday: 'He seems very unfazed.

He is a generational player, he's going to be around a long time and he's going to do amazing things. 'I really do have a lot of faith and belief in Ludvig. 'You look at what he did in those four years and the only comparables really were Viktor Hovland and Jon Rahm. Ryder Cup rookie Ludvig Åberg made it five consecutive birdies on his way to an opening round of 68 at the BMW Championship at Wentworth 'We obviously knew what he was doing in the college scene,' Donald said after making Åberg one of his captain's picks for this year's matches at Marco Simone Golf and Country Club. Topping the inaugural PGA Tour University standings saw him earn an exemption on the North American professional circuit for 2024 too and Europe Ryder Cup captain Luke Donald, who played with Åberg at this year's Rocket Mortgage Classic, has long been impressed by the Swede's ability. Those four years included Åberg becoming the first player to win back-to-back Big 12 conference championships, while he completed the clean sweep of the three national accolades for college player of the year by being honoured with the Ben Hogan, Jack Nicklaus, and Fred Haskins Awards. Highlights from Ludvig Åberg's triumph in the fourth round of the Omega European Masters at the Golf-Club Crans-sur-Sierre in SwitzerlandĪfter completing his education in Sweden, he followed a well-trodden path of European players to play college golf in America, enrolling at Texas Tech and rapidly made a name for himself on the US circuit.

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