Already in his first season, he won his first title at the RSM Classic and qualified for the European Ryder Cup team. In 2024, he achieved a second-place finish at the US Masters in his first major appearance, a huge success for a newcomer. And the successes have continued, with a second win at The Genesis Invitational in February at the prestigious Torrey Pines.
In his home country of Sweden, the successes have not gone unnoticed. Ludvig has become the big talk on all of Sweden's over 500 golf courses. A large number of golf courses for a country near the Arctic Circle with just under 10 million inhabitants, meaning one golf course per 20,000 inhabitants, more per capita than the USA. In Sweden, you can usually only play golf for six to eight months a year, as the rest of the year is too cold or snowy.
Ludvig Åberg grew up in small Eslöv, far south in Sweden, with a slightly longer season.
Now that the golf courses are opening up for a new season, it seems to be more chaotic than usual on Sweden's golf courses. At Årstafältet, you have to queue for a long time to get one of the over 100 tee times. To get a spot on the course, you sometimes have to book weeks in advance. In the 70s and 80s, people talked about Björn Borg hysteria when everyone wanted to start playing tennis. Is it time to start talking about a Ludvig Åberg hysteria with even more traffic jams on Swedish golf courses?
Ludvig Åberg has had a slight dip in form in recent weeks, but when he gets back in shape, there's no doubt that golf is facing a huge upswing in Sweden. And like the aftermath of Björn Borg fever on Swedish tennis, with world dominance in the 80s and 90s, when we saw Swedish greats like Mats Wilander, Stefan Edberg, and Anders Järryd reach the top of the world rankings.
If Ludvig Åberg continues his journey to the top of the world, we can expect a new era of Swedish dominance in golf. The influx of young boys into golf has increased dramatically in 2024, and it will likely continue.
