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In 2024, Swedish golfer Ludvig Åberg made his major championship debut at the Masters—and finished second, four strokes behind winner Scottie Scheffler.
“I didn’t really know what to expect. I didn’t really know what it was going to be like before I put the peg down on the first tee,” he shared on the eve of last year’s tournament at a dinner attended by Town & Country. “It might look like I might be cool, calm, and collected on the outside, but inside, there’s a storm going on at all times.”
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Aberg at the 2025 Masters.
This year, Åberg is making his third Masters start, coming off a T-3 result in the Arnold Palmer Invitational and T-5 in the Players Championship. He’s considered one of the favorites to put on the green jacket this coming Sunday.
“The golf fan inside of me loves it, just loves being a part of playing at Augusta,” he said last year. “The 12-year-old inside of me screaming. But at the same time, I need to focus on the task ahead and actually play really good golf.”
“It is a big event and we’re not trying to shy away from that,” Åberg added. “We do try to embrace it and be okay with everything that comes with it. It’s going to be a lot. It’s going to be very overwhelming at times—and I think the acceptance of that is very important. I try not to push [that pressure] away. I try not to feel like it’s not there, because it is. It’s always going to be sort of hanging over you. There’s always going to be expectations and pressure; that’s what we signed up for when we [decided to] play professional sports. The acceptance of that is a big part of it, and not really trying to push it away but actually try to embrace it and have fun with it.”
Going into the Masters, he revealed: “I can’t control everything. You just try to minimize the mistakes, and then have a lot of acceptance and a lot of patience playing this place.”
Emily Burack (she/her) is the Deputy Digital Editor for Town & Country, where she covers entertainment, celebrities, the royals, and a wide range of other topics. Before joining T&C, she was the deputy managing editor at Hey Alma, a Jewish culture site. Follow her @emburack on Instagram, Twitter, and other social media platforms.