Ludvig Åberg commits to UAE double-header

Swedish sensation Ludvig Åberg has confirmed he will make his Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship and DP World Tour Championship debut in November.

The 24-year-old is currently preparing for the final PGA Tour event of the season at East Lake, where he will start the Tour Championship five strokes behind World No.1 Scottie Scheffler.

Instead of putting the clubs away for a few months following a grueling year, which has seen him play 19 events so far in 2023, Åberg revealed he would finish the season in the UAE, where he is set to make his first start at both Yas Links and Jumeirah Golf Estates.

"I'm probably going to kick my feet up quite a bit, make sure that I've got some time to recover, got some time to work on a few things," said the Ryder Cup winner when asked his plans following the PGA Tour’s finale.

"I'll definitely go play the DP World Tour in Abu Dhabi and Dubai. Those are my plans right now. It might change. But that's where I'm at right now."

The World No.4 is currently seventh on the Race to Dubai Rankings ensuring he has already all but secured his spot in both events, which now form the new DP World Tour Play-Offs.

The top 70 players in the standings qualify for the Abu Dhabi HSBC Championship, while the top 50 advance to the season-ending DP World Tour Championship.

Åberg only turned professional in June 2023, but has quickly established himself as one of the game’s premier players.

He secured status on the PGA through through the 2024 season after finishing on top of the 2022-23 PGA TOUR University rankings, before winning a maiden DP World Tour title at the 2023 Omega European Masters.

The day after that triumph, he received a Captain's Pick for Luke Donald's Ryder Cup side, making history as the first player to play at a Ryder Cup before making an appearance in a Major Championship.

In Rome, he formed a formidable partnership with fellow Scandinavian Viktor Hovland at Marco Simone as they won both their foursomes matches, including a record 9&7 defeat of Scheffler and five-time Major winner Brooks Koepka.

He has enjoyed another superb year in 2024, finishing runner-up in his first start at the Masters Tournament, making his Olympic Games debut and finishing inside the top ten a total of eight times on the PGA Tour.

That has helped him climb to fifth on the FedExCup standings, and he will have the opportunity to win the season-long title if he is to emerge victorious at this week’s Tour Championship, where the winner will bank $25 million.