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Aberg tipped to be in the driving seat

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Vincent
Published date06 April 2024
Publication titleHuddersfield Daily Examiner
Fuzzy Zoeller was the last player to triumph at Augusta National on their tournament debut in 1979, 20 years before Aberg was born

Dan Pohl lost a play-off to Craig Stadler in 1982 and there have also been runners-up finishes for Jordan Spieth, Jonas Blixt and Sungjae Im, but Aberg faces a tall order to make history despite a brilliant start to his career.

After turning professional in June, Aberg won the final Ryder Cup qualifying event in Switzerland to earn a wild card from captain Luke Donald and helped Europe regain the trophy in Rome, one of his two wins a 9&7 thrashing (with Viktor Hovland) of Scottie Scheffler and Brooks Koepka.

The 24-year-old also won the RSM Classic on the PGA Tour and heads to Augusta for his first major appearance ranked ninth in the world.

"He's my dark horse," ESPN analyst and former Ryder Cup captain Strange said.

"In the last week some of my researchers at ESPN said how can he be a dark horse? I said, 'Well, he's never played in a major before'. He's only 24. He's come on the scene so quickly.

"He dominated the college scene. He's dominated whenever he's played throughout his whole life, which is very short. He has a swing to envy. He has the size. Looks like the perfect physique to play this game.

"It looks...

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