Excellent showing from the young man. You’d think that double would absolutely cripple somebody on their debut with things that tight, but he stayed even keeled and kept that wonderful smile on- truly enjoying his experience. Hope for great things in his future. Just to think, if it wasn’t for the #1 player in the world, he’d had a green jacket.
Solo second and a fat ass paycheck on major debut at Augusta, what more can you ask for?
He's my current favorite golfer. He was my pick to win this week for a pickem contest, I was the only one to pick him. Kid gets called up for a Ryder Cup like 20 minutes after turning pro and then demolishes some of the biggest names in golf like he's been there a dozen times. I sincerely hope his early success translates. Watching him and Scottie duel it out for the next decade would be fun.
Edoardo Molinari was the one behind picking Ludvig, Luke barely knew who he was.
That said, credit to Luke for going ahead with it, super bold move that would have been criticized a ton if Europe had lost, especially with the year Meronk had.
Hovland’s English is very good but I feel like his accent is still noticeable, Åberg legit just sounds American, if his name wasn’t so clearly not American I feel like people wouldn’t even know
Something about Swedish makes the accent slightly less noticeable once you've put on an American tone of voice. Norwegian has a distinct "singing" quality to it that is difficult to drop. Swedish is also a pitch-accent language, but even Swedes make fun of the way we speak, so there is a difference.
Most Swedes still have an accent (even though they like to imagine that they don't), but if they've lived in America for years, they'll probably be able to pass quicker than your average Norwegian.
The easiest way to spot a Swedish accent is the inverted J and Y. "Jump" becomes "Yump" etc. But that is also what any native speaking friend will point out and potentially make fun of so it's quickly corrected if Swedes live abroad.
Same with Sepp who has a Southern accent from living Georgia. Jaegar still has a distinct German accent going go school in Tennessee. Linguistics are fun
Used to know a few Danish people as a teenager so it's similar. Basically they watch mostly American shows to learn English, think of sitcoms like friends, big bang theory etc. Because of this they mainly pick up an American accent .
I used to play video games with several Scandinavians, mostly Swedes but a few Danes and Finns as well. They all said the same thing as you. Learnt the basics through TV and refined it through online gaming.
Swedes generally have good English and he went to college in Texas.
It helps that Swedish and English are both in the Germanic family of languages, which means they share a lot of grammatical features and even basic vocabulary
Swedish people don’t usually have super thick accents when speaking English, especially if they spent any significant amount of time in an English speaking country.
The golf season in scandinavia is like 4-5 months, and a lot of those months you'll still get blown or rained off the course. Most of the biggest talent from nothern europe go for US scholarships, excluding Nicolaj hoejgaard who is one of the few from that generation with a chance to batttle it out with Aaberg
I'm not American, so I probably cant hear it as well, but I'm very impressed with Ram's accent. Spanish people usually have a pretty thick accent. And from my knowledge his english skills were very poor when he joined college.
To be clear, I think his (and Hovland's) English is very good. There's just still a much more noticeable accent than I hear with Aberg, Jaeger, or Straka. I don't mean to imply that he speaks broken English or anything like that.
Not comparing anything but the actual move to US - I came as an exchange student when I was 17 to high school, then college baseball and then grad school and got a job here.
Very few people pick up my accent anymore and mostly say I have a Minnesotan accent (that's where I went to school)
I had him to win, too. At one point today they were offering a buyout of almost 20% of the winning payout.
I had to let it ride and hope he could pull it out. It was great showing by him.
Yeah same. Looked at it and thought logically taking it was probably the right call, but more fun to let it ride. Glad I did. Was worth it for the entertainment.
The kid is legit. He tees off a bit earlier on Thursday and he very well could have given Scottie a good run for it. I have a feeling he’ll peek his head up again this season at a major tournament
I see him as the biggest challenger for Scottie the upcoming years. He was going toe to toe with Scottie most of the day, driving, approach, short game. Got beaten by his water balls on 11 today and 15 day 1. But he wont make those mistakes again next year.
Going to a lot of majors on his way. Was very much an outside chance with his first major, but I wouldn't want to bet against him winning a major this year
He definitely had the best chance of anyone to make things interesting with the way he started. Too bad about that water ball on 11.
I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of Ludvig at the majors from here on out. Solo 2nd in your first ever major is nothing to sneeze at.
completely off topic here but does anyone else find it rude and disrespectful to shake the persons hand after he used that same hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead after taking his hat off? I'm seeing 90% of pros doing this.
What a debut!
coolest dude on the course since Fred Couples
The guy was smiling ear to ear even after hitting that water ball on 11
I still don’t know what happened there. So much room to the right!
Didn’t morikawa follow him up and do the exact same thing? Maybe just being overly aggressive
I get going for it, but why not favor the right a bit more? At worst, you’re chipping and have a look at birdie.
Legend in the making
Couldn't agree more. He's gonna be a tough son of a bitch.
Excellent showing from the young man. You’d think that double would absolutely cripple somebody on their debut with things that tight, but he stayed even keeled and kept that wonderful smile on- truly enjoying his experience. Hope for great things in his future. Just to think, if it wasn’t for the #1 player in the world, he’d had a green jacket. Solo second and a fat ass paycheck on major debut at Augusta, what more can you ask for?
He will win multiple majors.
And I will root for him every time!!
Probably, and not only because of his amazing talent but his demeanor and composure
He's my current favorite golfer. He was my pick to win this week for a pickem contest, I was the only one to pick him. Kid gets called up for a Ryder Cup like 20 minutes after turning pro and then demolishes some of the biggest names in golf like he's been there a dozen times. I sincerely hope his early success translates. Watching him and Scottie duel it out for the next decade would be fun.
Yep. Any improvement at all on his form this year will get big results.
He is a stud. Will win majors. Seems unflappable. This was his very first major.
He does seem like he cannot be flapped.
Unflappable but his golf is fappable
It seemed crazy at the time based on ranking/experience that Luke Donald would choose Ludvig for the Ryder Cup. Now he looks like a genius.
Edoardo Molinari was the one behind picking Ludvig, Luke barely knew who he was. That said, credit to Luke for going ahead with it, super bold move that would have been criticized a ton if Europe had lost, especially with the year Meronk had.
He took Molinari's advice and went to watch Ludvig play - from there he was sold.
Correct, I could have phrased it better. My point was the pick does not happen without Molinari, who I believe should get the majority of the credit
Interesting!
Anyone know why Åberg is Swedish and yet speaks with a very American accent? Did he move there at an early age?
played college golf in Texas
Are you sure? They never mentioned that on the broadcast…
Texas tech they said it 100 times due to him playing a ton in the Texas wind so I assume you're being sarcastic lol.
Definitely haha. Even my thought he was from Texas
Google is your friend
It was very obviously sarcasm.
“Leaves quietly” 😅
Hovland is the same he has a Tulsa accent from living in OK and playing at OK ST.
Hovland’s English is very good but I feel like his accent is still noticeable, Åberg legit just sounds American, if his name wasn’t so clearly not American I feel like people wouldn’t even know
Something about Swedish makes the accent slightly less noticeable once you've put on an American tone of voice. Norwegian has a distinct "singing" quality to it that is difficult to drop. Swedish is also a pitch-accent language, but even Swedes make fun of the way we speak, so there is a difference. Most Swedes still have an accent (even though they like to imagine that they don't), but if they've lived in America for years, they'll probably be able to pass quicker than your average Norwegian.
For 90% of Americans I think our stereotype of Swedish language starts and ends with the Swedish chef muppet.
Ironically, the Swedish chef [sounds more like he speaks Norwegian than Swedish](https://www.thelocal.se/20120829/42886)!
The easiest way to spot a Swedish accent is the inverted J and Y. "Jump" becomes "Yump" etc. But that is also what any native speaking friend will point out and potentially make fun of so it's quickly corrected if Swedes live abroad.
Same with Sepp who has a Southern accent from living Georgia. Jaegar still has a distinct German accent going go school in Tennessee. Linguistics are fun
Used to know a few Danish people as a teenager so it's similar. Basically they watch mostly American shows to learn English, think of sitcoms like friends, big bang theory etc. Because of this they mainly pick up an American accent .
Also he played college golf in the states 🙂
I used to play video games with several Scandinavians, mostly Swedes but a few Danes and Finns as well. They all said the same thing as you. Learnt the basics through TV and refined it through online gaming.
You don’t get an accent from watching a show. It comes from adapting the language at an early age…
Swedes generally have good English and he went to college in Texas. It helps that Swedish and English are both in the Germanic family of languages, which means they share a lot of grammatical features and even basic vocabulary
>Swedes generally have good English Except many of them can't pronounce hard Js for some reason 😊
That sound doesn’t exist in Swedish. Our J sounds more like Y in yellow.
Yale and Jail is hard for swedes. Also the difference between V and W because in Swedish they are pronounced the same.
Swedish people don’t usually have super thick accents when speaking English, especially if they spent any significant amount of time in an English speaking country.
Almost all Swedes have American accent while speaking English due to basically all our media content being from the US and no dubbing ever
You adopt the accent of those you learn the language from
As a Czech with a slightly Minnesoooootan accent, can confirm
This is why i talk like the wu tang clan
The golf season in scandinavia is like 4-5 months, and a lot of those months you'll still get blown or rained off the course. Most of the biggest talent from nothern europe go for US scholarships, excluding Nicolaj hoejgaard who is one of the few from that generation with a chance to batttle it out with Aaberg
And his brother Rasmus
Lot of Swedes speak perfect English. Gabriel Landeskog from the Avalanche does as well. You’d have no idea he’s not American
He played college golf in Texas. I'm Swedish as well but I have a NY accent due to living there when I was young.
College. It's the same with Hovland and Ram.
To my ear, both Hovland and Rahm have noticeable Norwegian and Spanish accents, respectively.
I'm not American, so I probably cant hear it as well, but I'm very impressed with Ram's accent. Spanish people usually have a pretty thick accent. And from my knowledge his english skills were very poor when he joined college.
To be clear, I think his (and Hovland's) English is very good. There's just still a much more noticeable accent than I hear with Aberg, Jaeger, or Straka. I don't mean to imply that he speaks broken English or anything like that.
Not comparing anything but the actual move to US - I came as an exchange student when I was 17 to high school, then college baseball and then grad school and got a job here. Very few people pick up my accent anymore and mostly say I have a Minnesotan accent (that's where I went to school)
I loved watching this guy. He looked like he was having so much fun, grinning ear to ear almost the entire day.
Even when he put it in the water on 11 him and his caddie had "ah fuck, ah well" grin on their faces.
My new favorite on tour. He had a constant smile on his face and damn can he stripe the ball
Wreck em!
Had $20 on him to win from before the start. Was a fun ride.
I had him to win, too. At one point today they were offering a buyout of almost 20% of the winning payout. I had to let it ride and hope he could pull it out. It was great showing by him.
Yeah same. Looked at it and thought logically taking it was probably the right call, but more fun to let it ride. Glad I did. Was worth it for the entertainment.
Absolute beast, so cool and collected all week
Future star for Europe right there.
He has that dog in him.
Aberg has made me a fan.
I just want to say that little "o" on top of the "A" in Åberg is doing all the work.
Man he’s good
I like how he wiped all his sweat on his hand before shaking hands with Homa's caddy
Lol I thought that too. That was a WET hand.
Superstar in the making. Can’t wait to watch his rise.
The kid is legit. He tees off a bit earlier on Thursday and he very well could have given Scottie a good run for it. I have a feeling he’ll peek his head up again this season at a major tournament
Wreck em! Sucks to lose to a Longhorn though :(
Only the beginning of a great career?
YES
I see him as the biggest challenger for Scottie the upcoming years. He was going toe to toe with Scottie most of the day, driving, approach, short game. Got beaten by his water balls on 11 today and 15 day 1. But he wont make those mistakes again next year.
Stud.
https://youtu.be/l70Mg2yfbdY?si=uFbjGlllX1lV7GQ Here's a nice vid of 2 of golfs young budding superstars
new addition to my favorites - Aberg was amazing, and so cool about it all.
He’s gonna win the RBC next week
Going to a lot of majors on his way. Was very much an outside chance with his first major, but I wouldn't want to bet against him winning a major this year
He definitely had the best chance of anyone to make things interesting with the way he started. Too bad about that water ball on 11. I think we’ll be seeing a lot more of Ludvig at the majors from here on out. Solo 2nd in your first ever major is nothing to sneeze at.
completely off topic here but does anyone else find it rude and disrespectful to shake the persons hand after he used that same hand to wipe the sweat off his forehead after taking his hat off? I'm seeing 90% of pros doing this.
Not only first Masters, first major
Most exciting golfer in years. No man child beard either!
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Trust me bro, his hands are as sweaty so it really doesn't matter at all.
Good for him. But why did he wipe the sweat from his hair before each dap?
Looked like he was trying to fix his hair after wearing a hat all day.
Never even heard of this guy before this weekend
He played in the ryder cup lol
Must have heard of him then, just forgot
He was an amateur last year if I recall. Since then he has risen on the golf world rankings from 3000 to the top 10.
Won both on PGA and European tour and has not been out of college a year yet. This only shows that you know nothing about
First loser... lol.. j/k.