Column: Ryder Cup Is the Ultimate Test for the Unflappable Swedish Rookie Ludvig Aberg
U.S. News & World Report The comparisons with Sergio Garcia are inevitable and appropriate based on the sheer skill and rapid rise. Just don't look for Ludvig Aberg to be sprinting and strutting and leaping into the arms of his teammates at the Ryder Cup.
It was like a walk in the park for him, Luke Donald said in describing the moment the Swede effectively played his way onto the European team as one of his six captain's picks.
That moment was Sunday when Aberg, some three months removed from his senior year at Texas Tech, made four straight birdies down the stretch to surge past former U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick and win the European Masters in Switzerland.
He's a cool customer, Donald said.
Texas Tech coach Greg Sands saw it when Aberg was 18 and playing his first European tour event at the Scandinavian Masters. He was among the last on the course, knew what the cut would be and made it without dropping a shot or breaking a sweat.
Everybody falls in love with the physical side of things, how efficient he is and all those things visually you get to see up close, Sands said Tuesday. To me, it's his ability to compartmentalize a moment. He keeps things simple. He doesn't let distractions get him off.
