Ludvig Åberg

In March, he received a sponsor exemption to the Arnold Palmer Invitational, where he finished in tied-24th place.

In April, Åberg broke the scoring record at the Big 12 Men's Golf Championship, to become the first golfer to retain the individual title, and in May he won the Ben Hogan Award for a second time.

He made the cut and finished in a tie for 51st place.

In the spring of 2022, Åberg turned down a 2-year-contract worth US$2.5 million from the newly established LIV Golf League.

He won The Prestige for a second time in February, and in April he won the individual title at the Big 12 Men's Golf Championship.

Åberg was named in May the Ben Hogan Award winner, as the best college player in the United States.

In September, he represented Sweden at the 2022 Eisenhower Trophy, where his team were runners-up and he tied for 7th individually.

He rose to number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for the first time in September 2022.

Through leading the PGA Tour University rankings, Åberg earned an invitation to compete in the Hero Dubai Desert Classic on the European Tour in January 2023.

He held a share of the lead after the first round.

In February, he won The Prestige for a third consecutive year.

Ludvig Noa Åberg (born 31 October 1999) is a Swedish professional golfer.

He is a member of the PGA Tour and the DP World Tour.

Before turning professional in June 2023, Åberg had been ranked number one in the World Amateur Golf Ranking for a total of 29 weeks.

He won the Ben Hogan Award as the best collegiate player in the United States in both 2022 and 2023, and finished on top of the 2022–23 PGA Tour University rankings to earn membership on the tour.

Within five months of turning professional, Åberg achieved his first tournament victories on both the DP World Tour and the PGA Tour, and was a member of the winning European team in the 2023 Ryder Cup.

Åberg was born on 31 October 1999 in Eslöv, Sweden, to parents Mia and Johan.

He has an elder sister named Linnea.

He was introduced to golf at age eight at the local club Eslöv Golf Club by his father, who was a keen golfer.

He initially was not fond of the game, but his father encouraged him by offering him ice cream if he stayed an extra hour at the course.

Åberg also played football until focusing on golf at the age of 13.

When he was 15, Åberg earned a place at Filbornaskolan, a sports-specialised boarding school in Helsingborg.

He was in the same year group at the school as future Solheim Cup players Maja Stark and Linn Grant.

In 2016, Åberg was awarded the Annika Sörenstam Trophy after winning the Swedish Teen Tour Order of Merit.

He was individual leader at the 2017 European Boys' Team Championship, and won the 2017 Fairhaven Trophy.

He finished third individually at the 2018 Toyota Junior Golf World Cup, and made his European Tour debut at the 2018 Nordea Masters, where he made the cut and finished tied 34th.

In 2019, Åberg was runner-up at the African Amateur Stroke Play Championship, and was a member of the winning Swedish team at the 2019 European Amateur Team Championship.

Later in the year, he started college at Texas Tech on a golf scholarship, joining the Red Raiders golf team.

He ended 2019 with a win at the Sun Bowl Marathon All-America Golf Classic.

As the 2020 collegiate season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Åberg returned to Sweden and competed on the Swedish Golf Tour.

In July, he recorded his first victory in a professional tournament, at the Katrineholm Open.

The following week, Åberg won again on the Swedish Golf Tour.

He birdied five of his closing six holes to win the Barsebäck Resort Masters by five strokes.

In December, he represented the International Team at the 2020 Arnold Palmer Cup.

He went in his matches, as the Internationals won by a score of 401⁄2–191⁄2.

In February 2021, Åberg won the Jones Cup Invitational.

He was co-champion at The Prestige later that month, and also the co-champion at the Thunderbird Collegiate in April.

In June, he was runner-up at the European Amateur.

Åberg was awarded a gold medal in September by the European Golf Association as the top-ranked European amateur golfer of the season, having topped the rankings since March.

He made his debut on the PGA Tour in October, as a sponsor's exemption at the Bermuda Championship.