Ludvig Åberg appears to need a miracle this weekend to be part of the top struggle in this year's second golf major, the PGA Championship.
If he even gets there.
The Swede was on red numbers before the first day and had a hang on the leaders, but after a worse second round, it's not certain that he will clear the cut.
On Friday, the Eslöv native went four over par, which means a total score of +3.
"Can't play golf"
I swung badly. It was something that made everything leak right, especially from the tee. It cost me today, it cost me dearly. There were too many gross misses, says Åberg to Viaplay and continues:
Generally, it's too bad, it's no talk about it. There are some real misses, like on seven or eight, and you can't play golf.
Åberg had problems mainly on "the green mile" which holes 16 to 18 on the Quail Hollow course are called.
It is recognized as one of the toughest in the world and last time a major was played on Quail Hollow, 2017, the total score for all players over the three-hole stretch ended up at 488 strokes over par. The prognosis for this year's competition looks to become even darker.
And during Friday's round, Ludvig Åberg was one of those who really felt how tough it was. The Swede made bogey on the 16th and double bogey on both the 17th and 18th.
"Extremely frustrating"
The 25-year-old seemed to have bounced back somewhat after the nightmare holes, but finished heavily with additional bogeys. The Swede will now have to wait and see where the qualifying limit ends up.
It's clear that it's extremely frustrating, he says.
Currently, when half the field has come a good way into their rounds, the limit is drawn at +1, which means Åberg misses. But it's expected to become higher than that, the question is just whether it becomes high enough.
Alex Norén, who was tied for ninth after a round (–3), teed off at 18.47.
