One is a thunder-and-lightning driving, ball-pounding, 6-foot-3, 210-pound, 24-year-old phenom.
The other is a hustling, grinding, precision-hitting, 5-foot-9, 155-pound, 35-year-old mini-tour legend.
And together, Ludvig Aberg (first-paragraph dude) and Eric Cole (second-paragraph dude) are your top two players through 54 holes at the RSM Classic, with Aberg leading Cole by a shot heading into Sunday’s final round at Sea Island Golf Club. They’re also part of the final grouping, along with Mackenzie Hughes. But, as you can see, the similarities mostly end there.
Mostly.
Both are seeking PGA Tour win No. 1. Both are saying the moment won’t be too big for them.
Said Aberg on Friday: “Obviously there’s a lot of — it’s nervous, it’s nerve wracking, but it’s something that you want to do and something that I’ve been wanting to do for a very long time. You know, fortunate for me I’ve had a few of those experiences now and hopefully I’ll be able to keep doing that and kind of learn from them and see where that takes me.”
Said Cole on Friday: “Any chance I get to compete on the PGA Tour is something that I’m thankful and grateful for. It’s also exciting to play in a PGA Tour event.”
With that, here are the complete round-four pairings for Sunday. Golf Channel coverage starts at 1 p.m. ET.
2023 Bermuda Championship round 4 tee times (all times ET)
Tee No. 1
9 a.m. — Patton Kizzire, Cameron Young, Matt Kuchar
9:10 a.m. — William McGirt, Akshay Bhatia, Brendon Todd
9:20 a.m. — Nico Echavarria, Chris Kirk, Matt Atkins Coming soon
9:31 a.m. — Taylor Montgomery, Harris English, Tano Goya
9:42 a.m. — Fred Biondi, Adam Svensson, Kelly Kraft
9:53 a.m. — Luke List, Davis Thompson, Adam Schenk
10:04 a.m. — Ben Kohles, Thomas Detry, Nick Hardy
10:15 a.m. — Will Gordon, Charley Hoffman, Nicholas Lindheim
10:26 a.m. — Robert Streb, Peter Kuest, Austin Eckroat
10:37 a.m. — Alex Noren, Vince Whaley, Matthew NeSmith
10:48 a.m. — Denny McCarthy, Kevin Tway, Ryan Moore
10:59 a.m. — Tyler Duncan, Sam Ryder, Greyson Sigg
11:10 a.m. — Ludvig Åberg, Eric Cole, Mackenzie Hughes
Tee No. 10
9 a.m. — J.J Spaun, Jacob Solomon, Cody Gribble
9:10 a.m. — Stephan Jaeger, Wesley Bryan, Corey Conners
9:20 a.m. — Harry Higgs, Alex Smalley, Russell Henley
9:31 a.m. — Ben Griffin, Kramer Hickok, Austin Smotherman
9:42 a.m. — Tommy Gainey, Brandon Wu, Scott Piercy
9:53 a.m. — Russell Knox, Stewart Cink, Carl Yuan
10:04 a.m. — Camilo Villegas, Ricky Barnes, Brian Gay
10:15 a.m. — Brian Harman, Ben Crane, J.T. Poston
10:26 a.m. — Aaron Baddeley, Maverick McNealy Brent Grant
10:37 a.m. — Chesson Hadley, Ben Carr, Kevin Kisner
10:48 a.m. — K.H. Lee, Curtis Thompson, Cameron Champ
10:59 a.m. — Andrew Novak, Si Woo Kim, Justin Suh
