Tag: Ludvig Aberg

The favorite, three who could challenge and dark horses for the 2023 NCAA Men’s Golf Championship

Starting Friday, the NCAA Men’s Golf Championships gets underway from Grayhawk Golf Club.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — With one tournament left on the calendar, it’s time for the stars to shine.

Thirty teams and six individuals will battle it out, beginning with four rounds of stroke play, starting Friday and concluding Monday when an individual champion will be crowned. Then the top eight teams will advance to match play, which begins Tuesday, and the finals will be Wednesday, when the team champion will be crowned.

Ahead of the first round of competition, Golfweek takes a look at some of the players to watch, including the favorite, those who could challenge for the individual crown and some dark horses who could make a run.

Golfweek/Sagarin rankings: Men’s team | Men’s individual

Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg wins 2023 Ben Hogan Award, joins Jon Rahm as only two-time winner

Aberg also won the award in 2022.

Texas Tech senior Ludvig Aberg won the 2023 Ben Hogan Award, it was announced Monday.

Aberg also won the award in 2022. He becomes only the second golfer ever to win the Ben Hogan Award twice, joining Jon Rahm.

The annual award – which honors the top men’s college golfer based on collegiate, amateur and professional events over the previous 12 months – was announced Monday at a dinner at Colonial Country Club in Fort Worth, Texas.

Aberg won the Big 12 Conference Championship for the second straight year, becoming the first golfer in conference history to accomplish the feat. He also captured the Norman Regional last week, making him the only player in Division I golf to win both a conference and regional title this season.

He claimed the Big 12 individual title at Prairie Dunes in Kansas by eight shots with a tournament-record 15-under score of 265. He also grabbed college wins this season at the Valspar Collegiate and The Prestige. On the year, he finished among the top 10 in all nine tournaments and had a 68.46 stroke average.

Aberg was voted the winner by a selection committee made up of nearly three dozen leaders and experts in college, amateur and professional golf. In addition, all past award winners were eligible to vote in the final round, casting a ballot to rank the three finalists.

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Haskins Award: Final watch list for 2022-23 men’s college golf season

Check out who’s in the running for player of the year in men’s college golf in 2023.

The postseason is underway in men’s college golf, and after the NCAA Regionals, the NCAA Div. I Men’s Golf Championship field is set for May 26-31 at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

With that, the race for the 2023 Haskins Award presented by Stifel is starting to heat up.

A handful of players have made their case throughout the season as front-runners for the Haskins Award, which honors the player of the year in men’s college golf, as selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media.

If you fit one of the listed criteria, use this link to cast your vote.

Players on the Haskins Award Watch List were selected by a panel of Golfweek and Golf Channel writers. The players are listed alphabetically.

Golfweek/Sagarin rankings: Men’s team | Men’s individual

Top college golfer in PGA Tour U standings to get extra year of PGA Tour status

The top players in the PGA Tour U standings continue to get better benefits.

The top players in the PGA Tour U standings continue to get better benefits.

The PGA Tour announced Monday it was continuing to update its criteria for the program, and it makes the incentives even better for top men’s collegiate golfers, including the No. 1 finisher. This year’s top player following the NCAA Championships will receive PGA Tour status for the rest of 2023 and 2024 and will be subject to reshuffles in the category with the DP World Tour’s Race to Dubai and Korn Ferry Tour points list.

Additionally, that player would not have to compete in Q-School at the end of the year to keep his status. Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg, with three wins this season including the Big 12 Championship, is the top-ranked player in the PGA Tour U standings with two events remaining.

More changes include the one-and-a-half-year PGA Tour exemption for any players satisfying PGA Tour Accelerated, the points system for underclassmen. Also, Nos. 2-5 in the final PGA Tour University ranking will be able to accept unlimited PGA Tour sponsor exemptions for the rest of 2023 and 2024.

Vanderbilt sophomore Gordon Sargent is closest to achieving a Tour card through Accelerated. He owns 13 of the required 20 points and can move past that threshold by nabbing postseason awards.

If Aberg were to hold on to the top spot, he would make his debut at the RBC Canadian Open in June.

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Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg has record-setting day in Big 12 Conference Championship at Prairie Dunes

Aberg’s round was one for the record books.

On a cool and windy day at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kansas, Ludvig Aberg had the round of his life.

The senior at Texas Tech, Aberg shot 7-under 63 in the third round of the Big 12 Championships on Tuesday, four shots better than any other golfer in the field. Seven birdies, no bogeys and a new Texas Tech program record for low round in the Big 12 Championship.

The round also tied the Big 12 Conference Championship record set back in 2016 by Grant Hirschman of Oklahoma. Hirschman shot a 9-under round of 63 at Whispering Pines.

If Aberg, at 14 under overall with a seven-shot lead, were to win on Wednesday, he would be the first player in Big 12 history to capture back-to-back conference titles.

Oklahoma State’s Jonas Baumgartner is in second at 7 under. Texas’ Brian Stark and Oklahoma’s Patrick Welch and Drew Goodman round out the top five and only players under par through three rounds.

In the team competition, Oklahoma is the only team under par (-2) and has an 11-shot lead over second-place Texas Tech.

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Haskins Award: First spring watch list for 2022-23 men’s college golf Player of the Year

Check out who’s in the running for men’s college golfer of the year.

With every passing week, the men’s college golf season creeps closer to the NCAA Championship at Grayhawk Golf Club in Scottsdale, Arizona.

The Haskins Award announced Friday its first spring watch list, featuring 15 of the best men’s college golfers this season. Gordon Sargent, a sophomore at Vanderbilt who has risen to No. 2 in the World Amateur Golf Ranking, is having a stellar season, but there are plenty of other big names in contention.

The Haskins Award honors the player of the year in college men’s golf, as selected by college golfers, coaches and members of the college golf media. The players are listed alphabetically. Players on the Haskins Award Watch List were selected by a panel of Golfweek and Golf Channel reporters.

Golfweek/Sagarin Rankings: Men’s team | Men’s individual

2022 Golfweek Awards: Male amateur of the year

The 2022 Golfweek Award winner for Male Amateur of the Year goes to …

It was a splendid year across the board for men’s amateur golfers.

There was an NCAA champion and a U.S. Amateur champ. There were college transfers leaving their mark and others just beginning their story.

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As far as making a decision for Golfweek’s Male Amateur of the Year, that wasn’t easy. You had champions and multiple-time winners. You had golfers who broke out and became stars. All in all, a banner year for men’s amateur golfers made it difficult to make this decision. But ultimately, it came down to who was the best when it mattered most.

The 2022 Golfweek Award winner for Male Amateur of the Year goes to …

Players to watch: Predicting 10 first-time PGA Tour winners in 2023

Keep an eye on this mix of veterans and rising stars in 2023.

After taking a nearly two-month holiday hiatus, the PGA Tour will return to action the first week of January with the 2023 Sentry Tournament of Champions in Hawaii.

The last time we saw the boys in action, Adam Svensson earned his first win on Tour at the RSM Classic in November. Tom Kim earned his second career win a month before at the Shriners Children’s Open.

There were 12 first-time winners on Tour in 2022. Golfweek predicted two of them, while four won on other tours. So who do we have our eyes on for next year? From veterans to rising stars from the amateur ranks, here are 10 players who we predict will hoist a trophy on Tour for the first time in 2023.

College golf notebook: Vanderbilt, Oklahoma duel at Frederica Cup, Oakland women win in coach’s debut

It has been a busy first week of college golf.

If the first week of college golf is any indication, we’re in for a doozy of a season.

Rose Zhang and Stanford dominated in the Carmel Cup at Pebble Beach. Teammates at Holy Cross recorded albatrosses on the same hole in the same group. In an inaugural event, the Frederica Cup, multiple team scoring records were set and even an NCAA record was broken.

Nevertheless, college teams are back in action across the country for the fall season with plenty of big tournaments slated for the remainder of the calendar year, as well.

Golfweek takes a loop around the country to update you on all the latest news in the college game.

Men

Haskins Award: Preseason watch list for 2022-23 season

Vanderbilt had a season-opening win to remember.

In the Frederica Cup at Frederica Golf Club in St. Simons Island in Georgia, which counted the five best scores from six golfers (as opposed to the normal four-count-five scoring format), top-ranked Vanderbilt blistered the field to the tune of 69 under to record a victory at the inaugural event, winning by three shots against No. 9 Oklahoma. William Moll won the individual title at 19 under, beating teammate Cole Sherwood by one stroke.

There was a weather delay with three holes to play, and the teams were tied at 67 under. Then Vanderbilt pulled away once play began again.

Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg, the 2022 Ben Hogan Award winner, finished in third at 17 under, and Oklahoma freshman Jase Summy shot 15 under, along with teammate Drew Goodman and Mississippi State’s Ford Clegg.

Meanwhile, Wright State picked up right back where it left off last season. The Raiders won the Earl Yestingsmeier Invitational, the second straight season Wright State has won the event. Mikkel Mathiesen won the individual title after a playoff.

At the Fighting Irish Classic, Florida came away with the victory but mid major Georgia Southern finished only a stroke behind the Gators. Ben Carr, who finished runner-up at the 2022 U.S. Amateur, finished in solo fourth at 8 under. Teammate Mason Williams was a shot better at 9 under in third.

Colorado’s Dylan McDermott captured the title in a playoff, finishing at 10 under and tied with North Carolina’s David Ford.

Missouri won both the team and individual titles at the Tiger Turning Stone Intercollegiate. The Tigers defended their title from last year with the 11-stroke victory over runner-up, Stetson, and Jack Lundin finished at 13 under to win the individual crown.

Women

ANNIKA Award: Preseason watch list for 2022-23 season

Sarah Burnham got off to a great start in her head coaching career at Oakland.

In her first tournament as coach, Oakland captured the A-Ga-Ming Invitational in Kewadin, Michigan. Oakland won by three strokes over host Central Michigan. Freshman Bridget Boczar tied for first at 4 over but lost in a playoff to Eastern Michigan’s Alyssa DiMarcantonio. Paige Scott finished tied for third at 5 over for Oakland.

Western Kentucky freshman Sydney Hackett earned her first collegiate win in her first start for the Hilltoppers at the USA Intercollegiate at Magnolia Grove Crossing Golf Course in Mobile, Alabama. The freshman fired a school-record 10-under 206 for her 54-hole total, including a final-round 4-under 68, to claim the championship.

It is the first time a Lady Topper has taken home an individual championship since Megan Clarke won the Little Rock Golf Classic in Fall 2018.

Arkansas State won the event at 14 under par, beating South Alabama by five strokes.

On Monday, the ANNIKA Intercollegiate gets underway in Lake Elmo, Minnesota, right outside of St. Paul. The 54-hole event features some of the top women’s college golf teams in the country, including Wake Forest, Oregon and defending champion South Carolina.

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PGA Tour University announces numerous changes ahead of 2022-23 season

The path for elite men’s college golfers to get to the PGA Tour is being upgraded.

The path for elite men’s college golfers to get to the PGA Tour is being upgraded.

PGA Tour University announced Wednesday enhanced performance benefits to the top college seniors before the start of the 2022-23 season.

Entering its third year, PGA Tour U will increase the number of graduates who earn tour membership. It also reaffirmed those players will receive exemptions into a new PGA Tour Q-School, and it will also be more advantageous for players who take PGA Tour exemptions the summer after graduation.

There are now 20 total graduating spots, up from 15 in the first two years. The grads will also be split into three groups, earning benefits based on their final position in the standings.

The first team, which is spots 1-5, will be exempt on the Korn Ferry Tour for its current season and exempt on an international tour the following season. For the second team, spots 6-10, they also earn conditional KFT cards. They will play out of the PGA Tour U category and get into tournaments through one of those allotted slots if any of the top players decide not to play. The sixth in the rankings would have first priority, and so on. The players could also earn more status through the points list. Nos. 6-10 are also exempt for that summer’s Canada season and the following Latinoamerica season. The third team, the remaining 10, receive full Canada status for the current season and full Latinoamerica status the following season.

There are also changes coming to PGA Tour Q school, where Nos. 1-5 will be exempt into the final stage of Q school. Nos. 6-20 will be exempt into the second stage.

Additionally, the top-20 finishers will compete against each other for future eligibility. The three players with the highest combined point total in events played on the then-current PGA Tour and KFT seasons will be exempt on the Korn Ferry Tour for the following season.

Florida’s Fred Biondi is the top-ranked player in the PGA Tour U rankings to begin the season. Texas Tech’s Ludvig Aberg is second, Texas A&M’s Sam Bennett, the U.S. Amateur champion, is third, with North Carolina’s Austin Greaser and Texas’ Travis Vick rounding out the top five.

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