Watch second Ludvig Aberg’s driver head comes off | EUROtoday

But as Aberg and his enjoying companions Adam Scott and Davis Thompson had been baffled when cheers got here roaring 300 yards away by the inexperienced as his ball hit the financial institution earlier than meandering down onto the dance flooring to depart himself an eagle putt.

The 24-year-old simply missed the 12-foot effort and tapped in for birdie as he carded a three-under opening 9.

This is just not the primary time Aberg has surprised followers. He achieved his first win on the DP World Tour on the Omega Masters simply 4 months after making the soar in June from faculty into the skilled ranks.

His kind earned him a shock call-up into Luke Donald’s European Ryder Cup group final 12 months and Aberg recorded his first PGA Tour win, on the Sanderson Championship, per week after Team Europe’s victory in Rome.

‘The perfect physique to play this game’

After getting into the world’s high ten, it will likely be no shock if defending champion Jon Rahm slides the inexperienced jacket onto Aberg subsequent week on the Masters. If he does, the Swedish sensation could be the primary since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979 to prevail at Augusta on debut.

“He’s my dark horse,” stated former Ryder Cup captain and present TV commentator Curtis Strange stated of the world No 9.

“In the last week some of my researchers at ESPN asked how he can be a dark horse? I said, ‘Well, he’s never played in a major before’. He’s only 24. He’s burst onto the scene so quickly.

“He dominated the college scene. He’s dominated whenever he’s played throughout his whole life, which is very short. He has a swing to envy. He has the size. Looks like the perfect physique to play this game.

“I think the world of his game, and we have a couple of guys like that now on tour. He’s a rookie, but he certainly could play well and, if he won there [Augusta] it wouldn’t surprise anybody, I don’t think.”

However, if Aberg’s driver is unfixable it will not be the best preparation earlier than a significant with the massive stick being a robust a part of his recreation and Augusta is just not the place you wish to be attempting to get the texture again with a brand new or repaired one.