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Nightmare hole sinks Åberg - but victory chance remains

Ludvig Åberg lost the lead during the third round of the US Open golf. The Swede made, among other things, a triple bogey on one of the course's easier holes. The chance of winning still remains – but then it requires something extra from the 24-year-old when the major tournament is decided late this evening.

» Updated: July 16 2024

» Published: June 16 2024

Nightmare hole sinks Åberg - but victory chance remains
Photo: Frank Franklin II/AP/TT

Ludvig Åberg lost the lead during the third round of the US Open golf.

The Swede made, among other things, a triple bogey on one of the course's easier holes.

The chance of winning still exists – but then something extra is required of the 24-year-old when the major tournament is decided late this evening.

Ludvig Åberg finished the second round of the US Open in North Carolina in the lead.

A US Open should be tough. It should be tricky and it should challenge all parts of your game, said Åberg after the second round.

On Saturday, it was Åberg's turn to be properly challenged by the notoriously tough Pinehurst no 2.

Ended up in the bunker

Initially, things were going well for Åberg, a birdie on the third hole was followed by a bogey on the fourth – and then the opposite on the ninth and tenth.

When the Swede, ranked sixth in the world, arrived at the 13th hole – a relatively uncomplicated par-four hole, ranked among the day's easiest – he was thus level par. Then the problems began.

After the ball ended up in the bunker, several strokes were required to get out of it, and Åberg incurred a triple bogey. He finished the day on 73 strokes, three over par, and is thus two under par after three played rounds.

This means that Ludvig Åberg, who on Friday was scenting victory, now lies in a shared fifth place.

DeChambeau leads

Meanwhile, his playing partner Bryson DeChambeau sailed through with a round of three under par. The American now leads going into Sunday's fourth and final round, with a total of seven under par. He is followed by a trio who all lie on four under par: Matthieu Pavon, Rory McIlroy and Patrick Cantlay.

Åberg has made a success of his first year on the PGA Tour. He finished second in the US Masters in April and is now chasing his first major win.

Only one Swedish male player has previously won a major (one of golf's four biggest tournaments), Henrik Stenson in the British Open in 2016.

Ludvig Åberg tees off in the final round at 19.59 this evening alongside Japanese player Hideki Matsuyama.

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