Ryder Cup star Ludvig Åberg produced a brilliant late Birdie-Burst to snap a victory with one-shot over Maverick McNealy on PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational.
Yberg entered the last round three strokes from the pace and emerged from strife when McNealy, who started five back, charged the Leaderboard with nine birdies in the first 13 holes.
McNealy bogeyed par-four next and failed to find more birdies over his closing holes when he saw him mapping a final round 64 and put the clubhouse goal of 11 under when Åberg pulled level with three consecutive birdies from the 13th.
ÅBERG missed a chance from inside 10 meters on the 17th and remained tied to the lead on his way to par-five last, where he found the green in two before two-ruting for a winning birdie to secure the other PGA-Turné Title in his Career.
25-year-old’s final round 66 saw him end the week of 12 under and a shot free of McNealy, while the World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler player along with Rory McIlroy-ended tied third with overnight leader Patrick Rodgers after tightening in twice On the way to a six-under 66.
A closer look at the numbers behind Ludvig Åbergs Genesis Invitational Victory
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McNealy had to hollow from 38 meters just to save pairs in the first, and then fired his approach to tap-in ranking on the perfor of the fire next to creating the first of five consecutive birdies to jump to Eight Under.
The 29-year-old added another on par-five ninth to reach the turn in 30 and started his back nine with successive birdies, with McNealy then two-Rutting from 20 meters at par-five 13. To go nine for that day and Temporarily goes three ahead.
McNealy failed to get up and down from a green bunker at par-four next and fell back to 11 below, giving hope to the hunting pack, with the Åberg player to take advantage after getting back after a mixed start.
Yberg saw two birdies over his first three holes canceled with successive bogeys from the fourth, with the Swedish picked up shots at the seventh and ninth before encrypting a pair on the 12th to avoid falling four strokes behind.
Ludvig Åberg went out into the penultimate group along with Tony Finau who finished tied fifth
A two-putt Birdie at the 13th and six-foot win at the 14th was followed by a brilliant 25-foot birdie at the 15th, bouncing Åberg with McNealy before he two-padded from 70 meters by last to close an impressive victory.
The victory is the fourth of five weeks of Europeans on PGA Tour, followed by Sepp Straka, McIlroy and Thomas Detry, while Victory is set to move Åberg as high as fourth in recent world rankings.
Accommodation leader Rodgers faded with back-to-back-bogeys from the 11th during his last round 71 when he saw him ended up nine with Scheffler, while England’s Tommy Fleetwood shared fifth at eight with Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau and Denny McCarthy .
McIlroy’s slim title bid was effectively completed with an opening hole bogey, where the Northern Irish experienced a frustrating day on the green when he stammered to a level pair 72.
ÅBERG celebrates ‘Special’ victory at Tiger’s event
“It was amazing,” ÅBERG told CBS. “It was a great fight. Obviously, the golf course is tough but felt that I had control over the ball flight all day and really proud of the way I finished it was really cool.
“The [par] Putt of 12 was big because I think at the time the lead was 12 years old [under] And it was a putt to live at eight. I made it, which was nice, then made a few birdies.
Ludvig Åberg was presented to the trophy by tournament host Tiger Woods
“It was so fun to get down in the last few holes trying to win a tournament. It’s really a special feeling.”
McNealy, who narrowly missed another PGA Tour -Se victory in seven starts, said, “That [second] is more than I could have asked to start the day.
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Tiger Woods pays an emotional tribute to his mother and thanked the players at Genesis Invitational for their support.
“It was one of those things where I got early on a roll and there were some gettable flags. When you get on a roll, you just won’t go off and i tried to keep it going so long as possible.
“I had a couple of bad shots and an unlucky break or two at the end, but had definitely had a few things go my way early in this round and it was just a tone of fun to be up there to have a chance. Ludvig played amazing “
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