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Sunday 16 February 2025PGA TourYear in Review
Åberg wins the Genesis Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California · Thursday 13 to Sunday 16 February 2025 · Ludvig Åberg’s win no. 2 on the PGA Tour · purse $20,000,000 USD · Genesis · relocated from Riviera Country Club to Torrey Pines because of the Los Angeles wildfires
The headline is set by GNN from the record. Reports from the papers of the day are below as they are found.
The weather
10 h 52 m
of daylight on the final day, the sun 44° up at noon, and that night a waning gibbous moon (computed from the date and the place).
- R114°/13°C · wind 35 km/h S, gusts 49 · 20.8 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R215°/12°C · wind 24 km/h W, gusts 40 · 6 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R317°/9°C · wind 16 km/h NW, gusts 31 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
- R419°/10°C · wind 13 km/h WNW, gusts 23 · 0 mm rainERA5 reanalysis at the course Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis
The name over time
Not yet traced: its earlier names, sponsors and courses come with research.
The ones it got away from
- Maverick McNealy USA · 277shot 64 and led by three, but scrambled for par on the 17th after his drive caromed off a pole into the rough and failed to birdie the 18th while Åberg birdied it Ludvig Aberg rallies down the stretch at Torrey Pines to win the Genesis Invitational (AP via KSL)
72 started · cut +4, 54 made it
Same week
PGA Tour event
The Genesis Invitational
Torrey Pines Golf Course (South Course), Torrey Pines Golf Course, San Diego, California
4 of 5 researched
Winner
Ludvig Åberg
Runner-up not yet researched.
From the papers
AP via KSL
16 February 2025
This Sunday is a lot more fun than the last one we had.
AP via KSL
16 February 2025
It's very reassuring to know that I can go from where I was a couple weeks ago to winning a tournament in sort of a quick turnaround
AP via KSL
16 February 2025
It's more than I could have asked for at the start of the day. Ludvig played awesome.
Top 10
| Pos | Player | Rounds | Total | To par |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ludvig Åberg | 74 · 66 · 70 · 66 | 276 | −12 |
| 2 | Maverick McNealy | 75 · 70 · 68 · 64 | 277 | −11 |
| T3 | Scottie Scheffler | 70 · 67 · 76 · 66 | 279 | −9 |
| T3 | Patrick Rodgers | 69 · 71 · 68 · 71 | 279 | −9 |
| T5 | Tony Finau | 76 · 69 · 67 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Patrick Cantlay | 74 · 70 · 68 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Tommy Fleetwood | 75 · 68 · 69 · 68 | 280 | −8 |
| T5 | Denny McCarthy | 68 · 70 · 71 · 71 | 280 | −8 |
| T9 | Akshay Bhatia | 75 · 67 · 73 · 67 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Nick Taylor | 74 · 71 · 69 · 68 | 282 | −6 |
| T9 | Justin Thomas | 73 · 71 · 69 · 69 | 282 | −6 |
The golfer
born 1999-10-31, Eslöv, Sweden; SWE; turned pro 2023; age 25 that week; tour wins to date: 2; majors to date: 0; world No. 6 that week (OWGR rankBefore as stated by OWGR player profile (https://www.owgr.com/playerprofile/ludvig-aberg-23950)).
What’s in the bag
No bag on file yet