Ludvig Aberg may have fallen short in his bid to make a winning major championship debut but his runner-up finish was the best by a Swede at the Masters and reaffirmed his belief that his day will come.
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Starting the final round three shots back of Scottie Scheffler, the 24-year-old went toe-to-toe with the world No.1 as he tried to reel him in but was ultimately unable to get the job done.
His closing 69 saw him finish at seven-under, four shots back of the two-time Masters champion.
"This being my first major championship, you never really know what it's going to be like until you're there and experience it," said Aberg.
"I think this week has given me a lot of experiences and a lot of lessons learned in terms of those things. It makes me really hungry, and it makes me want to do it again and again."
While some observers may not have been familiar with Aberg before the Masters, he did not come out of nowhere.
He enjoyed a meteoric rise having started 2023 outside the top 3000 in the world rankings and ended the year inside the top 30.
Bidding to become the first Masters rookie to win a Green Jacket since Fuzzy Zoeller in 1979, Aberg's Masters challenge was ultimately crushed by a double bogey at the par-four 11th where his second shot ended up in a pond.
A member of Europe's winning Ryder Cup team last October, Aberg, like any golfer, has his heart set on winning major championships and becoming world No.1 and he said this week had helped get him get one step closer to those dreams.
"It's been that way ever since I picked up a golf club, and that hasn't changed," said Aberg.
"So I think this week solidifies a lot of those things are there, and we just need to keep doing those things and put ourselves in positions to win tournaments."
Australian Associated Press
