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Ludvig Aberg suffered dramatic weight loss after Torrey Pines illness but returned to claim huge win in front of Tiger Woods
Nothing was going to stop Ludvig Aberg on Sunday. Not even a stomach bug that caused him to lose eight pounds in two days. Aberg was able to come from behind on the back-nine to claim his second PGA Tour win of his career at the Genesis InvitationalGetty Aberg won the Genesis Invitational after a scorching back-nine that saw him chase down Maverick McNealy to claim victory. Aberg finished at -12, one stroke ahead of McNealy’s -11. It was the Swede’s second career PGA Tour win. And he did it coming off an illness that took a significant bite out of him. It began at the Farmers Insurance Open and led to him withdrawing from the Pebble Beach Pro-Am after the first round two weeks ago. He spoke on Saturday about the illness for the first time. “Yeah, it was rough for a while,” Aberg said. “It started – round one was fine, round two was fine and I sort of woke up in the middle of the night, I guess this must have been Friday night because we started Wednesday, going into the third round and I started throwing up and I started all these things and it wasn’t very enjoyable. “And then it sort of was OK for a couple days and then at Pebble it kind of shifted to like feverish and almost like body aches and shivering. “First I was really hot, then I got really cold.” Tiger Woods (left) and Aberg (right) celebrated the Swede’s victory together “Lost about eight pounds total in two days, so that’s not the right way to lose weight.” If you didn’t know what Aberg was dealing with the last couple of weeks, you wouldn’t have been able to tell. He stayed hot in his final round and was rewarded with a $4 million purse. And he did it in front of an emotional Tiger Woods, who didn’t participate in his event due to the recent passing of his beloved mother, Kultida Woods, but was still there to support his fellow golfers. ‘Congratulations to Ludvig Åberg on winning The Genesis Invitational,’ Woods posted on X after the tournament. ‘Thank you to @GenesisUSA and all the players who participated this week. To the City of San Diego, thank you for the hospitality at Torrey. ‘My @TGRLiveEvents and @tgrfound teams had a short runway to relocate the event and I’m proud of what they were able to accomplish with the help of many. ‘Our support continues to go out to those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. See you next year at Riviera for the 2026 Genesis Invitational.’ In Aberg’s last 40 PGA Tour starts, he now has two wins, 10 top five finishes, 24 top 25 finishes and was the runner-up at the Masters last year. “It was nice to get a week off last week and sort of just eat as much as I could to get back to training as normal, working out is normal,” Aberg said. “I’m still trying to build the weight up a little bit, I’m not quite where I started say Wednesday at Farmers. “Probably got a couple pounds left to gain but getting there.” Aberg may have to think twice if he actually wants to put that weight back on.
Nothing was going to stop Ludvig Aberg on Sunday.
Not even a stomach bug that caused him to lose eight pounds in two days.
Aberg won the Genesis Invitational after a scorching back-nine that saw him chase down Maverick McNealy to claim victory.
Aberg finished at -12, one stroke ahead of McNealy’s -11.
It was the Swede’s second career PGA Tour win.
And he did it coming off an illness that took a significant bite out of him.
It began at the Farmers Insurance Open and led to him withdrawing from the Pebble Beach Pro-Am after the first round two weeks ago.
He spoke on Saturday about the illness for the first time.
“Yeah, it was rough for a while,” Aberg said.
“It started – round one was fine, round two was fine and I sort of woke up in the middle of the night, I guess this must have been Friday night because we started Wednesday, going into the third round and I started throwing up and I started all these things and it wasn’t very enjoyable.
“And then it sort of was OK for a couple days and then at Pebble it kind of shifted to like feverish and almost like body aches and shivering.
“First I was really hot, then I got really cold.”
“Lost about eight pounds total in two days, so that’s not the right way to lose weight.”
If you didn’t know what Aberg was dealing with the last couple of weeks, you wouldn’t have been able to tell.
He stayed hot in his final round and was rewarded with a $4 million purse.
And he did it in front of an emotional Tiger Woods, who didn’t participate in his event due to the recent passing of his beloved mother, Kultida Woods, but was still there to support his fellow golfers.
‘Congratulations to Ludvig Åberg on winning The Genesis Invitational,’ Woods posted on X after the tournament.
‘Thank you to @GenesisUSA and all the players who participated this week. To the City of San Diego, thank you for the hospitality at Torrey.
‘My @TGRLiveEvents and @tgrfound teams had a short runway to relocate the event and I’m proud of what they were able to accomplish with the help of many.
‘Our support continues to go out to those affected by the Los Angeles wildfires. See you next year at Riviera for the 2026 Genesis Invitational.’
In Aberg’s last 40 PGA Tour starts, he now has two wins, 10 top five finishes, 24 top 25 finishes and was the runner-up at the Masters last year.
“It was nice to get a week off last week and sort of just eat as much as I could to get back to training as normal, working out is normal,” Aberg said.
“I’m still trying to build the weight up a little bit, I’m not quite where I started say Wednesday at Farmers.
“Probably got a couple pounds left to gain but getting there.”
Aberg may have to think twice if he actually wants to put that weight back on.
