Ludivg Aberg's response to PGA Tour changes speaks volumes as Saudi deal looms
The PGA Tour has made a whole host of changes ahead of the 2025 campaign, but when one of the circuit's top players in Ludvig Aberg was quizzed, he was none the wiser
World No. 5 golfer Ludvig Aberg admitted he was unaware of the major changes being implemented by the PGA Tour ahead of the 2025 campaign.
Ahead of the final event of the FedEx Cup fall season, the PGA Tour announced a vote had been passed by the circuit's policy board that will see a number of alterations heading into 2025. Most notably, the Tour has changed the number of players that will keep hold of their cards based on their final finish in the FedEx Cup standings.
Previously, and in this campaign, the top-125 players on Tour have held their playing rights for the following season, however heading into next year this number will change to 100.
Elsewhere, Jay Monahan and co have opted to reduce the number of Monday Qualifying events throughout the season, whilst also cutting the amount of Tour cards on offer to the Korn Ferry Tour from 30 to 20. Field sizes will also be altered too, with the majority of regular season events being handed smaller entry lists.
On the back of the Tour's announcement of its new rules, one of the circuit's leading players in Aberg was quizzed, but he was seemingly unaware. For the most part, these changes only really effect the players further down the standings. Asked by a reporter at the RSM Classic about the changes, Aberg replied: "I didn’t know that." He then later added: "No, I didn’t know. What was that?"
Having been explained what the changes entailed, the young Swede added: "This is actually news to me, I’m sorry, I did not know that. Talk about blocking out the noise!" Aberg is competing in his first event since the Tour Championship in August, having recently undergone surgery on a knee injury, and returns this week as defending champion.
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"Yeah, I've had some time off, it's been quite nice. I had surgery on my knee, so I had about four weeks off from golf. 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.
"Now actually bought a house as well, kind of getting old and getting a lot of grownup points in that space. It's nice to be back playing tournaments again. You miss it when you're not out here." Aberg's lack of knowledge over the Tour's changes may have come as surprise to many, but the Swede has for the most part kept out of the off-course politics that have dominated the sport in recent years.
Most notably the proposed deal with their LIV Golf rivals, with the PGA Tour continuing to negotiate with the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. Earlier this month, a report from The Sun claimed that the civil war between the two tours was 'over', in a deal worth a whopping £1 billion.
Since then though, claims of any official agreement have been played down, including from a member of the ongoing talks in Rory McIlroy. "Yeah, it's the first that I've heard of it," McIlroy said in recent weeks. "I know Jay was in Saudi Arabia last week at the FII and was having some meetings.
"But no, I think I would have heard if there was. I know he's briefing the transaction committee tonight. So maybe some news comes out of that. But as far as I'm aware, I haven't heard a thing."
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