PGA Tour star Ludvig Aberg completely baffled by reporter's question

In case you missed it earlier in the week, the PGA Tour has approved controversial proposals that will significantly alter field sizes and the number of exempt members on the North American circuit. 

The policy board, which comprises of Tiger Woods, Jordan Spieth, Webb Simpson, Patrick Cantlay, Peter Malnati and Adam Scott, all voted on the changes ahead of the final event of the FedEx Cup Fall season. 

The changes will be implemented from the start of the 2026 season. 

In short, the top 100 players in the FedEx Cup keep their full status (compared to 125 previously), there will be smaller fields for regular season events, fewer graduates from the Korn Ferry Tour and in some cases the elimination of Monday qualifiers altogether. 

It's big news, and a number of players aren't happy at all. 

Just look at what Lucas Glover had to say about it all. 

Matthew Fitzpatrick, who is a relatively laid back individual, also accused the PGA Tour of not dealing with the pace of play issue. 

All this, though, was news to Ludvig Aberg. 

The defending champion of the RSM Classic met with reporters ahead of his defence on Tuesday. 

This week marks his first professional event since undergoing surgery on his right knee after the Tour Championship. 

A fit and healthy Aberg was asked by Golf Digest's Shane Ryan what his view of the aforementioned changes were. 

Here's the full exchange:

Q. Ludvig, can I get your thoughts on the PGA TOUR changes in format that went through yesterday? 

Aberg: I didn't know that. 

Q. Really? 

Aberg: No, I didn't know. What was that? 

Q. So there's going to be smaller field sizes, so these were proposals that happened in late October that went through yesterday. 

Aberg: Okay.

Q. Smaller field sizes, fewer Tour cards, fewer entries when the KFT Tour, et cetera. This is news to you? 

Aberg: This is actually news to me, I'm sorry, I did not know that.

Talk about living in a bubble. 

One could argue that these changes aren't likely to affect Aberg over the next few years. 

In a relatively short space of time, the Swede has risen to the top five of the Official World Golf Ranking since turning pro in the middle of 2023. 

And you wouldn't be forgiven for thinking that a major title could be on the cards for Aberg in 2025. 

The RSM Classic begins on 21 November. Aberg has been handed an opening round tee time of 2.23pm GMT alongside Matt McCarty and amateur star Luke Clanton.

Injury update

Aberg went under the knife a week after the Tour Championship. 

The issue had been bothering him for a while, but he did not want to miss crucial events to have surgery. 

He told reporters he's 100 per cent healthy now. 

During his time off, he also purchased his first house in Ponte Vedre and will be living there with his girlfriend Olivia Peet over the next few years.

"So I had about four weeks off from golf," he said.  

"The first two weeks I did not miss it at all, I'm not gonna lie, but last couple of weeks it's been itching in my fingers quite a bit. 

"So it's been nice to get back into practicing, playing a lot more at home."

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