Miami: Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg fired eight birdies in a crisp eight-under par 63 on Thursday to take a one-stroke lead in the US PGA Tour RBC Heritage, where world number one Scottie Scheffler was five off the pace.
“Anytime you are bogey free and you make eight birdies, it’s a good day,” said Aberg, who said solid work with his irons was key to his bogey-free effort at Harbour Town Golf Links at Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
“(I) Felt like I was hitting the flights I was trying to do,” he said. “I was on the correct side of the flags, those kind of things that I really like to see. Then a few putts went in on the back nine that I didn’t really do on the front.” Three-under through the first eight holes, Aberg kickstarted a back-nine surge with a nine-foot birdie at the 10th. “It was a tricky read, kind of up and over, double breaker, and that was really nice,” said Aberg, who got up and down for par at 11 before another birdie at 12. That was followed by a 22-foot birdie putt at the par-three 14th, and back to back birdies at 16 and 17. “It was nice to see the putt on 14 go in,” he said. “It was the longest putt I made today, I think. Obviously hit the right shot, short left, and then a good putt to end it off.”
