PGA Tour golfer Ludvig Aberg told by former Tiger Woods ally: You are overhyped!

Tiger Woods' former coach Hank Haney has suggested PGA Tour golfer Ludvig Aberg isn't all he's cracked up to be. 

Aberg has rapidly ascended the golf ranks since he turned professional in June 2023 following an outstanding collegiate career at Texas Tech. 

He clinched his first victory at the European Masters three months after his first start which earned him a spot on Luke Donald's Ryder Cup team. 

Aberg contributed two points to the winning total in Rome - which included a 9&7 shellacking of World No.1 Scottie Scheffler - and he has since added his first PGA Tour victory at the RSM Classic. 

His Masters debut in 2024 represented his first major championship start and he finished solo second to the aforementioned Scheffler. 

Aberg drew plaudits over how he managed the occasion at Augusta National, particularly after his charge was derailed by a double bogey at the par-4 11th in the final round after pulling his approach into the water.

He was filmed cackling to his caddie Joe Skovron, taking the gut-wrenching moment firmly on the chin.

Elsewhere, Aberg missed cuts at The Open and the PGA Championship and finished in a tie for 12th at the U.S. Open. 

The 25-year-old now sits comfortably inside the top-10 of the Official World Golf Ranking. 

But despite his career so far, Haney isn't convinced. Yet. 

"This Ludvig Aberg, they keep pumping him up," he told his podcast.

"Every couple of years, you get a guy from Europe, and they say he is the new sliced bread. This guy could be it. He could be the sliced bread. 

"But the way they pump him up… let's see him win something."

"I know he played good at the Masters last year and played well in some majors. He has a great golf swing.

"He finished 42nd at Torrey Pines, finished 35th in strokes, gained tee to green, finished 40-something in approach shots to the green, 20-something in greens in regulation, and 56th in putting. 

"And he is going to be the next great player?"

Haney was referencing Aberg's most recent start at the Farmers Insurance Open. 

He briefly held lead after racing out of the blocks with a sizzling 63 in round one. 

But he came down with a sickness bug and looked visibly uncomfortable on the course over the next three rounds. 

A final round of 79 saw him finish in a tie for 42nd. 

Aberg's first appearance of 2025 saw him finish in a tie for fifth at The Sentry, 11 strokes behind champion Hideki Matsuyama. 

This is not the first time Haney has offered his unfiltered opinion on a player and it likely won't be the last. 

Haney usually takes aim at Rory McIlroy and his theories about why the Ulsterman is yet to break his major drought or what he needs to change in his golf swing are never in short supply. 

In the wake of McIlroy's U.S. Open defeat to Bryson DeChambeau, Haney criticised the Northern Irishman's caddie Harry Diamond. 

Haney suggested that had McIlroy had Woods' former looper Steve Williams on the bag then he would have got over the line at Pinehurst No.2. 

He later stressed what he said was taken out of context, writing on X: "I never said he wasn’t great for Rory, I said they made a mistake on 15 at the U.S. Open. 

"I actually am a big fan of friend caddie's, anyone can make a mistake."

For his part, McIlroy brushed off what Haney said. "Certainly wouldn't go to Hank Haney for advice," he previously said.

"Someone said to me once, you would never—if you would never take advice from these people, you would never take their criticisms, either."

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