The PGA Tour’s West Coast swing has come to a close. We’re three signature events into the season with the Players Championship only a month away. After an awesome finish Sunday as Ludvig Åberg birdied four of the final six holes to win at Torrey Pines,

Changes to PGA Tour University already were in the works, and a month later the No. 1 senior went from access to the minor leagues (Korn Ferry Tour) to a full card on the PGA Tour. Aberg, a senior at Texas Tech, became the first player to take that direct path.

Sunday of the WM Phoenix Open averaged 2.9 million, up 21% from 2024. The week before, the final round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am attracted 3.3 million viewers for Rory McIlroy’s victory, which was the highest-rated non-major until the Genesis.

There is something eerie about the spot where Ludvig Åberg made his birdie putt from that won him the 2025 Genesis Invitational. It’s a familiar place to golf fans everywhere, to those old enough to remember the 2008 U.

Ludvig Åberg won the Genesis Invitational by one shot over Maverick McNealy at Torrey Pines Golf Club. McNealy led for much of the tournament but bogeyed the 14th hole and couldn't recover. Ludvig Åberg finally has a follow-up PGA Tour hit, and it was a huge one.