Ludvig Aberg is one of three European Ryder Cup players in the top five at the BMW Championship in what is a welcome boost to Luke Donald and his team.
Aberg has had a very inconsistent 2025 but has come back to life at Caves Valley, carding a fine second round 64 to go into the weekend at eight under and six back of the leader, Robert MacIntyre.
Ahead of Aberg is the world number one Scottie Scheffler.
Scheffler himself has played well but has seen MacIntyre in imperious form ahead of him.
Still, there is more to this fine tournament than just being the outright winner and after Scheffler gave his thoughts on Caves Valley, Ludvig Aberg has now done the very same.
Ludvig Aberg gives honest verdict on Caves Valley
There is no doubting that Aberg’s 2025 has not been what many expected, especially after he won The Genesis back in February.
Missed cuts at The Players, the PGA Championship and the US Open have shown his inconsistencies, with a 7th at The Masters and T8 at the Scottish Open recently highlighting that further.
However, Aberg seems to have kicked into gear at just the right time and after finishing T9 at the FedEx St Jude last week, he’s now well in contention at Caves Valley.
And speaking of the host course of the BMW, Aberg has given his verdict on the course.
“Yeah, it’s a tough course. You’ve got to drive it well. You’ve got to hit fairways. The fairway bunkers are quite penalizing with the big lips. So far I’ve been keeping myself out of those, which has been nice,” Aberg admitted.
“I think overall the greens are rolling nice, quite breaky putts, quite tricky and fast going down the hills, and you’ve got to leave yourself in the right spots, which is the way it’s supposed to be. I’m looking forward to two more good days.”
Ludvig Aberg assesses his current form on the PGA Tour
At such a young age, there is so much to come from Ludvig Aberg in the future that it seems harsh to criticise him for not quite doing what many expected.
However, like most PGA Tour pros, Aberg is honest in his assessment of his own game.
“Yeah. Yeah. Definitely. I’ve kind of gotten away from some bad, poor habits in my swing that I did sort of early spring, early summer which I didn’t really like. Definitely gotten better at that and definitely swinging it better now than I did a couple of months ago, so I’m pleased to see that coming around a little bit. It’s a nice time for it,” Aberg replied when asked what he’d been struggling with.
“All we can do is keep working on it and keep improving and see where that takes us over the next couple days.
“Well, technically I’ve kind of got a little bit of a weak face going in my downswing, and with a weak I can’t really turn with my body so I get unathletic, if you will, and I have to save it with my hands and it gets a lot of exit left and club path is way too much left.
“Worked on that, gotten the face a little bit stronger so I can turn, and it’s been nice to see that improvement, and that’s the way I like to play golf.”
With Aberg now looking like he’s back somewhere near his best, it feels like Team Europe might have got one of their top stars back firing.
And going into Bethpage Black, that can’t be anything but good news.
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