“That was a cool day for us watching” - Ludvig Aberg shares being inspired by LIV Golfer’s Open Championship win at Royal Troon

The Open Championship starts next week and Ludvig Aberg will play in the Major for the first time, at Royal Troon. Aberg was asked how excited he was for the event, in a press conference. He replied that he has followed the tournament for a long time and Henrik Stenson’s 2016 triumph inspired him. Stenson currently plays on the LIV Golf circuit.

“Absolutely the open is a tournament that I've watched for a very long time. Especially the last time it was at Troon, when Henrik won and that was a cool day for us watching. And it'll be a very cool experience and looking forward to it a lot,” Ludvig Aberg said. (1:02)

In another interview, Aberg described his experience of watching Henrik Stenson win and what it meant for him as a Swede watching another Swedish golfer win.

“I definitely remember watching it as it happened, I was in high school at the time. And it was a cool day for Swedish golf. Obviously what he's done for Swedish golf is amazing. And I've never talked to him about it but hopefully we can share a conversation about that.” (3:40)

That year, Stenson knocked out Phil Mickelson by two strokes and took the cup at the Open Championship.

Besides Ludvig Aberg, which golfers will be at the Open Championship?

The field of the Open Championship includes top-tier golfers from the PGA like Rory McIlroy, Xander Schauffele, Wyndham Clark, Scottie Scheffler, Viktor Hovland, besides Ludvig Alberg. Here's the full list of golfers at the Open Championship:

Ludvig Aberg

Byeong Hun An

Abraham Ancer

Mason Andersen

Christiaan Bezuidenhout

Akshay Bhatia

Alexander Bjork

Denwit Boriboonsub

Dan Bradbury

Keegan Bradley

Daniel Brown

Dean Burmester

Sam Burns

Jorge Campillo

Laurie Canter

Patrick Cantlay

John Catlin

Alex Cejka

Stewart Cink

Wyndham Clark

Darren Clarke

Dominic Clemons (a)

Eric Cole

Corey Conners

Sean Crocker

John Daly

Jason Day

Santiago de la Fuente (a)

Joe Dean

Bryson DeChambeau

Matthew Dodd-Berry (a)

David Duval

Austin Eckroat

Ernie Els

Nacho Elvira

Harris English

Ewen Ferguson

Jaime Montojo Fernandez (a)

Darren Fichardt

Tony Finau

Matt Fitzpatrick

Tommy Fleetwood

Rickie Fowler

Ryan Fox

Lucas Glover

Ben Griffin

Emiliano Grillo

Adam Hadwin

Todd Hamilton

Brian Harman

Padraig Harrington

Tyrrell Hatton

Michael Hendry

Russell Henley

Angel Hidalgo

Daniel Hillier

Ryo Hisatsune

Tom Hoge

Nicolai Hojgaard

Rasmus Hojgaard

Max Homa

Billy Horschel

Sam Horsfield

Rikuya Hoshino

Viktor Hovland

Mackenzie Hughes

Sam Hutsby

Sungjae Im

Aguri Iwasaki

Stephan Jaeger

Dustin Johnson

Zach Johnson

Matthew Jordan

Masahiro Kawamura

Yuto Katsuragawa

Tom Kim

Si Woo Kim

Minkyu Kim

Ryosuke Kinoshita

Chris Kirk

Kurt Kitayama

Kazuma Kobori

Brooks Koepka

Gun-Taek Koh

Romain Langasque

Thriston Lawrence

Min Woo Lee

Justin Leonard

Charlie Lindh

Shane Lowry

Joost Luiten

Robert MacIntyre

Matteo Manassero

Luis Masaveu (a)

Hideki Matsuyama

Denny McCarthy

Jack McDonald

Rory McIlroy

Tom McKibbin

Maverick McNealy

Adrian Meronk

Phil Mickelson

Guido Migliozzi

Francesco Molinari

Taylor Moore

Collin Morikawa

Keita Nakajima

Joaquin Niemann

Liam Nolan (a)

Vincent Norrman

Andy Ogletree

Thorbjorn Olesen

Jacob Skov Olesen (a)

Louis Oosthuizen

C.T. Pan

Yannik Paul

Matthieu Pavon

Victor Perez

.J.T. Poston

David Puig

Jon Rahm

Justin Rose

Gordon Sargent (a)

Xander Schauffele

Scottie Scheffler

Adam Schenk

Adam Scott

Shubhankar Sharma

Marcel Siem

Jordan Smith

Cameron Smith

Elvis Smylie

Sebastian Soderberg

Younghan Song

Matthew Southgate

Jordan Spieth

Henrik Stenson

Sepp Straka

Jasper Stubbs (a)

Jesper Svensson

Nick Taylor

Sahith Theegala

Justin Thomas

Davis Thompson

Brendon Todd

Sami Valimaki

Altin van der Merwe (a)

Ryan Van Velzen

Matt Wallace

Jeung-Hun Wang

Gary Woodland

Tiger Woods

Cameron Young

Will Zalatoris