Swedish PGA Tour professional Ludvig Aberg is thrilled to hit the course again after a knee injury benched him.

Back at the RSM Classic, Aberg is set to defend his title from last year’s standout win, returning after three months out due to surgery. The issue started in April and, post-FedEx Cup playoffs, the 2023 Ryder Cup hero finally got it fixed.

As the PGA Tour wraps up with the RSM this week, Aberg can’t wait to get back into the swing of things. “Yeah, I’ve had some time off, it’s been quite nice,” he told reporters. “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 wore a knee brace throughout the season due to recurring issues. Discussing his decision to finally have surgery, he said: “I felt early in the year this must have been somewhere around April, May, something like that it started to act up a little bit. I didn’t really know what it was. We got it checked out and then I still felt fine, so it didn’t hinder me in terms of my training or my play.

Ludvig Aberg of Sweden plays during the Pro-Am prior to The RSM Classic 2024 at Sea Island Resort

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“So then after consulting with a few doctors, I know, or I knew that I needed to have surgery at some point, but I also felt like I could last throughout the season, obviously playing through the Playoffs, and then after the Playoffs was a good time to kind of deal with it and get it done.”

At just 22 years old, having had an impressive rise since turning professional last summer, Aberg confessed that being sidelined for the first time was a ‘weird’ feeling. “No, that was the first time [having surgery]. It was the first time I hadn’t been able to play golf from that regard,” he claimed.

“So it was a little bit weird. Didn’t really know how to handle it. Ultimately, I felt like I made the right choice in terms of the timing and how we handled it. If I were to doit again, I would do the same thing.”