Swedish ‘stud’ Ludvig Aberg dreamed of enjoying for Liverpool, is a generational Swedish expertise like Zlatan Ibrahimovic and able to mild up Ryder Cup

Ludvig Aberg solely turned skilled earlier this 12 months and now he is taking part within the Ryder Cup.

Group Europe captain Luke Donald determined that the younger Swede was prepared, and all eyes shall be on him.

The 23-year-old’s rise has been so speedy and so much is anticipated of him in Rome.

Aberg was born in Eslov, Sweden in October 1999.

He first picked up a set of golf equipment on the age of eight together with his father, Johan,

Aberg wasn’t initially a fan of the sport, however he remained as a result of his father loved spending high quality time with him.

On the similar time, he performed soccer and dreamed of playing at Anfield for Liverpool till he opted to deal with golf.

As an novice, Aberg displayed an enormous number of expertise and simply progressed via the ranks, successful quite a few tournaments.

He turned skilled in June 2023 on the RBC Canadian Open and completed in a good joint twenty fifth place earlier than coming fourth at July’s John Deere Traditional.

The Swede quickly adopted that with a primary rating win within the European Masters.

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And that was sufficient for Donald, who chosen him as considered one of six captain’s wildcard picks.

Aberg is about to turn out to be the primary man to play within the Ryder Cup, having not featured in at the very least one Main.

However he is somebody who the remainder of his teammates clearly consider in.

Viktor Hovland is a giant fan.

Speaking about Aberg, he stated: “He is a stud, and he will do nicely in Italy in a few weeks.”

This reward has been backed up by his captain.

Talking to the press, Donald stated: “He is simply getting on his street. He is simply beginning to write his historical past. I believe he is a generational expertise.

“They’ve a sure expertise that you just see them hit golf balls and also you’re blown away, simply by the totally different strike, the sound, the trajectory.”

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For Donald to say that Aberg is a ‘generational expertise’, he should actually really feel that the Swede goes to be golf’s subsequent large title.

However statements like that hardly assist the 23-year-old and most undoubtedly put extra stress on him.

Regardless of being so younger, he is already been in comparison with fellow Swedish icons ABBA and Zlatan Ibrahimovic.

He was even requested about ABBA in a current press convention and coolly shut it down.

He said: “I might not put myself in the identical sentence as Abba. All I attempt to do is play golf, and I attempt to hit as few pictures as I can each event I play in.”

So Aberg is attempting to brush off the growing stress on his shoulders.

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However given his lack of expertise, he wants to pay attention to the struggles that previous European rookies have had on the Ryder Cup.

For instance, 2016 noticed six rookies included in Group Europe, and the vast majority of them misplaced their respective battles throughout the weekend.

This exhibits it may be an unforgiving setting, so given all of the hype, Aberg goes to be underneath intense stress to ship.

However Aberg seems calm and unflappable in every thing he does, so we could possibly be about to witness the start of somebody very particular.

The 2023 Ryder Cup tees off in Rome this Friday and we’ll have full commentary on talkSPORT 2 from 6am