{"id":753337,"date":"2026-08-29T07:20:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/753337\/"},"modified":"2026-08-29T07:20:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-29T07:20:19","slug":"ludvig-aberg-admits-whether-he-actually-enjoys-playing-with-scottie-scheffler-after-tour-championship-pairing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/753337\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludvig Aberg admits whether he actually enjoys playing with Scottie Scheffler after Tour Championship pairing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   <a class=\"fw\" href=\"https:\/\/profile.google.com\/cp\/Cg0vZy8xMWcxajNfc2h3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"28\" height=\"28\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/wp-content\/themes\/grv-media\/img\/google-discover.svg\" alt=\"\"\/> Follow us on Google Discover <\/a>  <\/p>\n<p>Ludvig Aberg played alongside Scottie Scheffler on day two of the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Aberg posted a second-round 68 at East Lake on Friday, while Scheffler carded a 67.<\/p>\n<p>The Swede is three shots adrift of the lead heading into the weekend, while the American is just two back.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/ludvig-aberg\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"99192\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ludvig Aberg<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/topic\/scottie-scheffler\/\" data-type=\"post_tag\" data-id=\"98399\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Scottie Scheffler<\/a> attracted a huge following out on the golf course on day two of the Tour Championship, and it\u2019s little wonder why.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2289803245-1-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ludvig Aberg of Sweden reacts to a putt on the 11th hole during the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship at TPC Southwind\" class=\"wp-image-2605772\" \/>Photo by Ben Jared\/PGA TOUR via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>They are two of the best ball-strikers in the game.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hitc.com\/ludvig-aberg-suggests-what-people-are-doing-to-scottie-scheffler-is-unfair-as-he-leads-the-fedex-st-jude\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Aberg recently said it is unfair how much people expect from Scheffler<\/a> every single week, but the thing is, the world number one expects so much of himself as well.<\/p>\n<p>Aberg spoke to reporters after his second round at East Lake on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The 26-year-old was asked whether he has to prepare differently when playing with Scheffler, having been paired with the world number one on day two in Atlanta.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYeah, maybe,\u201c he admitted.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-2203479864-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Ludvig Aberg and Scottie Scheffler during the third round of the Arnold Palmer Invitational\" \/>Photo by Joe Robbins\/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the main thing that I think about when you\u2019re playing with Scottie is you\u2019re going to see a lot of good golf, which definitely helps. It\u2019s nice to see good shots. It puts some nice pictures in your mind.<\/p>\n<p>MORE TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP STORIES<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe get along great, and I enjoy playing with him. Obviously most of the time he\u2019s playing good golf. Any time you play with him, it\u2019s a good thing. Hopefully we can do that more.\u201c<\/p>\n<p>Ludvig Aberg needs to go low at the Tour Championship this weekend<\/p>\n<p>Aberg will not be paired with Scheffler at East Lake on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The Swede will be fully aware that he needs to go low this weekend, if he is to have any chance of winning the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n<p>There are so many incredible players sitting ahead of him on the leaderboard.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s fair to say that nothing less than a pair of 65s will do for Aberg if he is to win the Tour Championship.<\/p>\n<p>However, with the likes of Scottie Scheffler, Cam Young, Collin Morikawa and Chris Gotterup sitting ahead of him, he will have his work cut out.<\/p>\n<p>Join Our Newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Receive exclusive football transfer news and updates twice a week to your mailbox<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Follow us on Google Discover Ludvig Aberg played alongside Scottie Scheffler on day two of the Tour Championship.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":753338,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[5904,52998,3026,101,11644,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-753337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-golf","tag-golf","tag-ludvig-aberg","tag-scottie-scheffler","tag-sports","tag-tour-championship","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=753337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/753337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/753338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=753337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=753337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=753337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}