PGA Tour golf: Ryder Cup star Ludvig Åberg snatches Genesis Invitational victory at Torrey Pines | Golf Information

Ryder Cup star Ludvig Åberg produced a superb late birdie burst to grab a one-shot victory over Maverick McNealy on the PGA Tour’s Genesis Invitational.

Åberg went into the ultimate spherical three strokes off the tempo and appeared out of rivalry when McNealy, beginning 5 again, charged up the leaderboard with 9 birdies within the first 13 holes.

McNealy bogeyed the par-four subsequent and failed to seek out any extra birdies over his closing holes, seeing him card a final-round 64 and set the clubhouse goal at 11 beneath, as Åberg pulled stage with three consecutive birdies from the thirteenth.

Åberg missed an opportunity from inside 10 ft on the seventeenth and remained tied for the lead heading to the par-five final, the place he discovered the inexperienced in two earlier than two-putting for a successful birdie to safe the second PGA Tour title of his profession.

The 25-year-old’s final-round 66 noticed him finish the week on 12 beneath and a shot away from McNealy, whereas world No 1 Scottie Scheffler – enjoying alongside Rory McIlroy – completed tied-third with in a single day chief Patrick Rodgers after chipping in twice on his technique to a six-under 66.

How Åberg pipped McNealy to Torrey Pines victory

McNealy needed to gap from 38 ft simply to avoid wasting par on the first, then fired his strategy to tap-in vary on the par-four subsequent to arrange the primary of 5 consecutive birdies to leap to eight beneath.

The 29-year-old added one other on the par-five ninth to achieve the flip in 30 and began his again 9 with successive birdies, with McNealy then two-putting from 20 ft on the par-five thirteenth to go 9 beneath for the day and quickly go three forward.

McNealy didn’t rise up and down from a greenside bunker on the par-four subsequent and fell again to 11 beneath, giving hope to the chasing pack, with Åberg the participant to take benefit after recovering from a blended begin.

Åberg noticed two birdies over his first three holes cancelled out with successive bogeys from the fourth, with the Swede selecting up pictures on the seventh and ninth earlier than scrambling a par on the twelfth to keep away from falling 4 strokes behind.

A two-putt birdie on the thirteenth and six-foot achieve on the 14th have been adopted by a superb 25-foot birdie on the fifteenth, leaping Åberg alongside McNealy, earlier than he two-putted from 70 ft on the final to shut out a formidable victory.

The win is the fourth in 5 weeks by Europeans on the PGA Tour, following on from Sepp Straka, McIlroy and Thomas Detry, whereas victory is ready to maneuver Åberg as excessive as fourth within the newest world rankings.

In a single day chief Rodgers light with back-to-back bogeys from the eleventh throughout his final-round 71, seeing him finish on 9 beneath with Scheffler, whereas England’s Tommy Fleetwood shared fifth on eight beneath with Tommy Fleetwood, Tony Finau and Denny McCarthy.

McIlroy’s slim title bid was successfully ended with an opening-hole bogey, with the Northern Irishman experiencing a irritating day on the greens as he stuttered to a level-par 72.

Åberg celebrates ‘particular’ victory at Tiger’s occasion

“It was superior,” Åberg informed CBS. “It was an important combat. Clearly the golf course is hard however felt like I used to be answerable for the ball flight all day and actually pleased with the way in which that I completed, it was actually cool.

“The [par] putt on 12 was massive as a result of I believe at that time the lead was at 12 [under] and it was a putt to remain at eight. I made it, which was good, then made a few birdies

“It was a lot enjoyable coming down the previous few holes attempting to win a match. It truly is a particular feeling.”

McNealy, who narrowly missed out on a second PGA Tour win in seven begins, stated: “It [second] is greater than I might have requested for to start out the day.

“It was a kind of issues the place I bought on a roll early and there have been some gettable flags. Once you get on a roll you simply do not need to get off it and I attempted to maintain it going so long as attainable.

“I had a number of poor pictures and an unfortunate break or two on the finish however positively had a number of issues go my means early on this spherical and it was only a ton of enjoyable to be up there, to have an opportunity. Ludvig performed superior.”

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