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He is one of the most exciting young talents in world golf, so who is Ludvig Aberg’s coach?
The man behind Ludvig Aberg’s swing is coach Hans Larsson, a Swedish golf teacher he met when refining his golf game as a teenager.
Aberg first met Larsson aged 15 when he earned a place at a prestigious boarding school called Filbornaskolan in Sweden.
There, he would work tirelessly at his game alongside Larsson whilst following a regimented school routine.
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Ludvig Aberg’s coach Hans Larsson
Despite being in the early stages of his career, Aberg has already achieved so much – and with swing instructor Hans Larsson by his side throughout.
“Ludvig didn’t stick out at first,” Larsson told The Independent. “He was a good player but he wasn’t top ranked.
“But when he left our school he did stand out. He was next level.
“If you stood next to him and you just listened to him hit a ball, it’s different. It’s not the typical sound.”
Aberg has continued to work with Larsson during his meteoric rise from the amateur ranks in Sweden to making his Ryder Cup debut.
The youngster turned professional in June 2023, and, four months later, was teeing it up in the biennial showdown at Marco Simone.
He graduated from Texas Tech as only the second player in history to win two Ben Hogan awards as the best college player in the US.
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He then impressed on the PGA Tour before heading over to Europe and winning his first pro event, the Omega European Masters at Crans-sur-Sierre.
Greg Sands is the head of golf at Texas Tech, and he was Aberg’s coach before he started playing on the PGA Tour.
“Ludvig is a once-in-a-generation kid,” Sands told the Independent. The long-time coach added: “Quite frankly I don’t know if I’ll ever have another kid like that again.”
And even in such early stages of his career, Aberg boasts a swing that is the envy of many of the game’s elite players.
“I’ve seen a lot of golfers in my time on tour and when you walk up and down the range it’s not often I stop,” Thomas Bjorn, the European vice-captain in 2023 told bunkered.co.uk. “But I do stop for Ludvig. He’s an exceptional talent.”
Larsson, meanwhile, is a former professional golfer himself and plays a major role in working with Swedish golfers.
Among the other talents he’s worked with include LPGA Tour star Madelene Sagström.
Aberg has also been pictured working with Peter Hanson. The pair were spotted working together at The Open and the Masters in 2024.
It’s unclear if Aberg still works with Hanson, a six-time DP World Tour winner, on a regular basis.
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