Ludvig Aberg has one of the prettiest swings in golf.
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Ludvig Aberg is one of the brightest young stars in golf today. Since turning pro in 2023, the 25-year-old has a runner-up finish at the Masters, a win at the Ryder Cup and two PGA Tour victories to his name.
Perhaps his most impressive performance to date came last week at the Genesis Invitational as he registered a come-from-behind victory at Torrey Pines in the Signature Event. With the win, Aberg snapped a winless streak that had stretched to over a year — and reminded the golf world why he has so many people drooling over his potential.
“He’s like the Terminator of golf swings,” says GOLF Top 100 Teacher Jonathan Yarwood. “It’s like he’s a cyborg. He never makes a swing that looks any different.”
In a game where consistency is key, there may be no greater compliment.
On the heels of Aberg’s big win, Yarwood sat down with GOLF.com to breakdown the young Swede’s swing — and explain the moves you should copy for your own game.
Ludvig’s ‘effortless’ speed
Aberg does not have any quantifiable weakness in his game. During the 2024 season, he ranked inside the top 25 in Strokes Gained: Total, Off the Tee and Approach. In his worst strokes-gained category, around the green, he was just about Tour average.
Aberg has the entire package when it comes to a modern skillset, but where he really separates himself from his peers is off the tee. Over the course of his first full season on Tour, he ranked 14th as he gained more than half a shot per round over the field.
Much of this proficiency off the tee can be attributed to his ability to bomb the ball not only far (with an average cluhead speed of 119.7 mph), but straight — and his does so in a manner that looks incredibly simple.
“He just creates effortless speed,” Yarwood says. “When you look at it, everything is so sequenced and harmonized together. All you have to do is look at his finish — how it just snaps to the finish every single time. It’s like a metronome.”
Aberg’s elite sequencing and fluidity are poetry in motion, but the real secret to his “effortless” swing speed is the way he uses the ground.
According to Yarwood, Aberg sways a bit more off the ball than typical Tour pros, which shifts the mass and pressure into his trail foot. From this position, he’s created plenty of resistance and potential energy which he unleashes in the downswing.
“He then shifts hard to the left with both his upper and lower body, pushing down into his left foot,” Yarwood says. “As he hits, he pushes out of the ground and his lead side extends beautifully — his body opens up at just the right time, with controlled violence, almost like a punch from Ali or Tyson. It’s a very sophisticated movement with a lot of physics, but it looks like ballet. It’s amazing to watch.”
You can see this move in action in the video below.
How you can copy Aberg
Hoping to swing exactly like Aberg may be a fool’s errand, but that doesn’t mean you can’t copy certain movements and apply them to your own game. However, exactly what type of movement you can apply depends on your ability.
High-handicap players
For higher handicap players with less athletic ability, you shouldn’t try to copy the entirety of Aberg’s sequencing. Instead, copy just his move off the ball and load into the trail foot.
“A lot of people try to keep their heads still, but his head moves, and his mass shifts into the right foot,” Yarwood says. “For less athletic players, you can still shift your lower body and keep your head back on the downswing. This will raise your attack angle.”
With a higher attack angle, you can hit up on the ball more and generate much more power off the tee than you normally would.
Low-handicap players
If you’re a little more technically advanced and athletic golfer, you can try to incorporate more of Aberg’s sequencing moves into your own. You’ll still want to load your pressure into the trail foot, but to initiate the downswing, you’ll want to “bump” into your lead side.
“A more sophisticated move, like he does, is to bump into the right side,” Yarwood says. “Then shift back to the left and push into the ground, which will move the head back and increase the attack angle.”
This move is much more sophisticated — but if you can successfully master it, you will generate tons of clubhead speed just like Aberg does.
Zephyr Melton is the associate game-improvement editor for GOLF.com and GOLF Magazine, crafting instruction content for digital and print verticals alongside the Top 100 Teachers in America. Prior to joining the team at GOLF, he studied at the University of Texas at Austin, followed by stops with the Texas Golf Association, Team USA, Green Bay Packers and PGA Tour. He can be reached at zephyr_melton@golf.com.
