Coming off a stretch of three birdies in five holes, Ludvig Aberg addressed the Titleist Pro V1x ball on the par-5 18th hole at Torrey Pines South and unleashed his best drive of the day with a 9-degree Titleist TSR2 driver that soared into the stratosphere and came to rest 318 yards in the middle of the fairway.

Sunday of the WM Phoenix Open averaged 2.9 million, up 21% from 2024. The week before, the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am attracted 3.3 million viewers for Rory McIlroy’s victory, which was the highest-rated non-major until the Genesis.

One week the PGA Tour winner was Ludvig Aberg, a Swede so supremely talented that he played in a Ryder Cup before his first major, entered the top 10 in