PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. – Ludvig Aberg’s putter was hot from the get-go on Friday at Pebble Beach Golf Links.
The 24-year-old Swede sank a 42-foot birdie putt at the first and rolled in a 36-foot eagle putt from off the green at the second and hardly slowed down – he drained a 28-footer at the fourth – en route to carding a bogey-free 7-under 65 in the second round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am.
“I don’t remember the last time I did that,” he said of draining two bombs to start a round. “So, obviously that’s a little bonus.”
Aberg improved to 11-under 133 and tied for the 36-hole lead with world No. 1 Scottie Scheffler (64) and first-round leader Thomas Detry, who shot 2-under 70 at Spyglass Hill Golf Course.
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Aberg, who had a four-putt from four feet a week ago at the Farmers Insurance Open and finished T-9, led the field in Strokes Gained: Putting on Friday, holing more than 120 feet of putts.
“I felt like over these last couple of weeks it’s been quite streaky,” he said of his putting. “It’s been a little bit a lot of good and a lot of bad. We just checked a little bit of alignment, a little bit of setup yesterday and try to keep it inside the frame.”
It paid quick dividends as he added a nine-foot uphill birdie at 11 and a tap-in two-putt birdie from long range at the par-5 14th. Aberg is making his debut in this event, but he played here twice in college for Texas Tech in the Carmel Cup.
“I never played well here actually,” he said with a smile. “I never did.”
Apparently, he’s a quick learner.
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