A few days after Viktor Hovland dispelled LIV Golf rumors while also taking PGA Tour management to task, the Norwegian’s Ryder Cup teammate has shot down interest in the upstart circuit.
Ludvig Aberg, who has received offers from LIV Golf in the past, says he denied another offer from the Saudi Arabian-backed league following his breakout rookie season on the PGA Tour.
“When I look back, I am super confident in my decision,” Aberg told SVT Sport via a Google translation. “I will never try to chase money, what I do is to compete. I did the right thing.”
“I want to play against the best, because I am a competitive person and like to compete against the best players,” Aberg said. “Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like that at the moment, it’s a bit more fragmented.”
“When I look at the PGA Tour and the competitions there, there is so much history around all the competitions,” he added. “And that’s what I like, that’s what I go for. But then you have to respect everyone’s decisions.”
The 24-year-old rising Swedish star was the first player to earn his PGA Tour card via PGA Tour University and ran with his opportunity. Aberg missed just one cut in 11 starts, finished inside the top 25 eight times including a runner-up at the Sanderson Farms Championship and his first win at the season-ending RSM Classic. A month before his win at Sea Island, Aberg earned his first professional victory at the DP World Tour’s Omega European Masters. As a Ryder Cup rookie, Aberg compiled a 2-2 record, including an impressive 2-1 showing alongside Hovland.
LIV is still trying to fill its teams for the 2024 season, which begins in less than two months in Mexico. Aberg and Hovland joined Tony Finau as the high-profile PGA Tour players who have rejected the league in the wake of Jon Rahm’s departure.