Oh, what a distinction a day could make.
On Thursday, Ludvig Åberg posted a 3-over 73 on day one of many RSM Traditional, which included a number of pulls and pushes off the tee. He even made a triple-bogey seven on the tenth gap. Then, on Friday, a cold and windy day on the Georgia coast, Åberg proved why he’s presently a top-5 participant on the earth.
He shot an 8-under 64 on the Plantation Course, which included a tap-in eagle on the par-5 eighth—his seventeenth gap of the day. The Swede made no birdies and as a substitute made six birdies to go together with his late-round eagle.
“Very completely different. It was a little bit bit simpler at present, it felt like,” Åberg stated of his spherical.
“Although [on Thursday] the rating wasn’t excellent, I nonetheless felt like there have been some good issues in there. So I saved holding onto that final night time and this morning and got here out at present and performed so much higher golf.”
That he did.
Now, Åberg sits at 5-under for the championship and trails 36-hole chief Patrick Fishburn by six photographs going into the weekend. Contemplating he posted a pair of 61s over the weekend at this event final yr, no deficit is out of attain for Åberg.
However better of all, it seems that Åberg has knocked the rust off, as this week marks his first begin for the reason that Tour Championship in late August. He had surgical procedure to restore a torn meniscus in September. Higher but, Åberg feels 100% on the halfway level of the championship.
“It’s nice,” Åberg stated of his knee.
“It’s been feeling good now for a few weeks, and I’m actually excited to be again enjoying.”
Åberg will start his third spherical on Saturday at 10:05 a.m. ET with Individuals Will Gordon and Joe Highsmith. If he continues to play like he did on Friday, be careful for the Swede to come back again and threaten a repeat victory in Sea Island.
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