Ludvig Åberg is again.
After having surgical procedure to restore a torn meniscus in his left knee in September, an damage that had bothered him since earlier than the PGA Championship in Could, Åberg will return to defend his title at this week’s RSM Traditional in Georgia. It can mark his first aggressive begin because the Tour Championship in August, when he completed solo sixteenth. The Tour Championship additionally marked his nineteenth occasion of 2024, his first full season on the PGA Tour.
Earlier than making his East Lake debut, Åberg posted a T-2 on the BMW Championship in Colorado, the place he completed one stroke behind Keegan Bradley. That marked his third runner-up of the season, because the younger Swede additionally posted eight prime 10s regardless of his left knee bothering him for the higher a part of six months. He even completed solo second at Augusta Nationwide in his first main begin.
However he couldn’t recover from the hump and win, not like final yr when he confirmed his PGA Tour stardom with an emphatic—and historic—win on the RSM Traditional.
He set the match file by posting a 72-hole rating of 29-under-par, an unimaginable determine solely seven gamers have surpassed in PGA Tour historical past. The younger Swede shot a pair of 9-under 61s on Saturday and Sunday to win by 4, thus affirming European Captain Luke Donald’s resolution to incorporate him within the Ryder Cup, even earlier than he teed it up in a serious.
How he’ll play stays to be seen. However instantly after his surgical procedure in September, Åberg introduced that it “went effectively” on Instagram, so it’s a must to presume that he’s able to play. He has spent the higher a part of two months resting and recuperating and can now check his knee to see the way it fares. Ought to every little thing go easily this week, and so long as he has no setbacks, Åberg will start the 2025 season beaming with confidence. He additionally arrives in Georgia because the overwhelming betting favourite, in accordance with FanDuel.
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