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Hope Lives on for Åberg – as He Praises Möregårdh

Ludvig Åberg has seven strokes up to the top, but the hope lives on to fix another Olympic Games medal to Eslöv on Sunday. It will require good golf, but we are ready for the challenge, he says.

» Updated: 05 August 2024, 15:35

» Published: 02 August 2024

Hope Lives on for Åberg – as He Praises Möregårdh
Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT

Ludvig Åberg has put Eslöv on the golf map over the past year, but during an eventful Swedish Olympic Games Friday, he had to settle for standing in the shadow of Truls Möregårdh's sensational performance in table tennis a few miles away.

After Åberg's 70-round, one under par, he found out in the mixed zone that Möregårdh had made it to the Olympic Games final.

He did it? That's really cool, really awesome. I heard from someone in the audience that it was 3–1 in sets when I was on the 12th, says Åberg.

It's awesome that we're a bunch from Eslöv who are here and competing in different sports, and it says a lot about Eslöv as a city. We have Lukas (Sandell) in handball, I in golf, and Truls and the gang in table tennis. It's cool, and the Olympic journey that Truls has made is totally fantastic.

"Can catch up"

On Sunday, both the table tennis final and golf will be decided – and in Eslöv, they have promised to broadcast everything on big-screen TV.

Ludvig Åberg also needs to deliver something fantastic if he is to blend into the battle for Olympic medals at Le Golf National south of Paris. The 24-year-old is four under par total, seven strokes behind the well-known leading trio Xander Schauffele, Hideki Matsuyama, and Tommy Fleetwood.

It's about getting hot out of the starting gates tomorrow, trying to make some birdies and chase, says Åberg.

Seven strokes can be caught up, but it will clearly require good golf. The course is fantastically good, you can make a lot of birdies but also some bigger mistakes.

Double bogey on 15th

During the first round of Ludvig Åberg's Olympic debut, the game from the tee didn't work, but the putting was good. During the second round, the situation was reversed. Åberg fixed more birdie opportunities, but the putts didn't want to fall. And today's most costly miss came on the 15th hole when Åberg hit the approach into the water with a double bogey as a result.

It bothers me a bit, even though it was nice to come back with a birdie on the 16th, says the Swede who shares 19th place.

Alex Norén, who was the best Swedish player after the first day, has an even tougher situation after his heavy 74-round. The Stockholm resident shares 35th place and has ten strokes up to the top trio.

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