Prior to the competition, Åberg was in 14th place in the Fedex Cup ranking and needed to stay among the 50 best of the 70 starters to reach the BMW Championship.
He managed that without problems – despite a shot in the bunker on the last hole.
After nine holes, Åberg was on par, but found his touch between holes 12 and 14. There he made three straight birdies, which took him up to a shared 13th place.
He is five strokes behind the leading American Akshay Bhatia, who tops the leaderboard at eight under par.
BMW Championship, which takes place on August 14-18, is a competition Åberg has fond memories from with a second place last year.
The winner of the tour final receives 10 million dollars, equivalent to almost 100 million kronor in prize money.
