All 12 of Europe’s Ryder Cup players made the cut here. All eyes, however, are on one man. Far from appearing a leap of faith, it would now look ridiculous had Luke Donald not picked Ludvig Åberg as a wildcard for the meeting with the United States in Rome this month.
Eighteen holes stand between this outstanding youngster and the biggest victory of his rocket-fuelled career, at the PGA Championship. Åberg’s seamless adaptation to elite golf emphasises the sense he is, in Donald’s words, a generational talent. Swede dreams are made of this.
