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Ludvig Åberg Loses More Than $700,000 After Masters Collapse — How On Earth Do You Sleep After This?

April 13, 2025

I understand he’s already rich, but losing nearly a million dollars has gotta make you feel sick regardless.

When it comes to the 2025 Masters, the spotlight is on Rory McIlroy, and understandably so considering he won the legendary tournament after nearly choking it away on multiple occasions. The victory gave McIlroy the career grand slam. With that being said, there’s something not being talked about that should be, and it’s regarding Ludvig Åberg.

While it appeared McIlroy was collapsing on the back nine hitting a bogey (14th hole) and double-bogey (13th), Åberg got put into a three-way tie for the No. 1 spot with McIlroy and Justin Rose. At that point, all three’s scores were 10-under-par.

Here in 2025, $4.2 million went to the first-place golfer, who was McIlroy. The second-place golfer, Rose, landed $2.268 million after losing to McIlroy on the first playoff hole.

Having a score of -10, Åberg didn’t qualify for the playoff with McIlroy and Rose having a -11 tally, but he could’ve sealed the deal on a third place finish that would have paid him a nice $1.428 million. (RELATED: Jose Luis Ballester Outright Admits He Peed In Augusta National’s Rae’s Creek During 2025 Masters)

The mission was simple: Make par on the 17th and 18th holes and get almost $1.5 million. Unfortunately, Åberg completely tanked, hitting a bogey on the 17th and things got even worse on the final hole.

He ended up driving the ball right into a fairway bunker, and when he tried to get it out, that also went bad. Hitting the bunker’s lip. the ball rolled right back to where he was standing. On the next shot, the problems continued as he knocked the ball into the greenside bunker. It was dismal play at that point for Åberg.

But that wasn’t all, he also saw a shot fly over the green that ultimately turned into a triple-bogey, this after needing two putts to make it happen.

As a result, Åberg’s 10-under score shot down to 6-under, putting him out of the three way-tie for the spot in the Masters. And not just that, but he dropped all the way down to seventh. Ouch. With this being the case, Åberg was paid a little over $700,000, which isn’t bad, but it is when you consider that he would have been paid $1.428 million if he didn’t collapse.