Ludvig Åberg withdraws from Wells Fargo Championship with knee issue | Golf Today | Golf Channel [Video]

0:00 | ON THE PGA TOUR, MEANWHILE,

0:02 | QUAIL HOLLOW CLUB PLAYS HOST TO

0:04 | THE WELLS FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP,

0:06 | THE SIXTH OF EIGHT SIGNATURE

0:09 | EVENTS THIS YEAR.

0:10 | COMPETING FOR A $20 MILLION

0:11 | AND THERE IS NO CUT.

0:13 | AND NEWS ON MONDAY, YOU PROBABLY

0:15 | HEARD THIS, WORLD NUMBER SIX

0:18 | LUDVIG ABERG REVEALED HE’S

0:20 | DEALING WITH A KNEE INJURY AND

0:21 | NEEDED TO WITHDRAW FROM THE

0:22 | SIGNATURE EVENT IN HIS STATEMENT

0:24 | ABERG SAID, AFTER CONSULTING

0:26 | WITH MY DOCTORS, WE THINK IT IS

0:27 | BEST I TAKE SOME ADDITIONAL TIME

0:29 | TO REST.

0:30 | THE 24-YEAR-OLD ADDED HE STILL

0:31 | LOOKS FORWARD TO PLAYING NEXT

0:34 | WEEK’S PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT

0:37 | TODD LEWIS JOINS US FROM QUAIL

0:40 | WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THIS

0:42 | STORY?

0:43 | >> WELL, FIRST OFF, LUDVIG ABERG

0:45 | WAS PLANNING ON PLAYING AT WELLS

0:47 | FARGO CHAMPIONSHIP, AT HOME HE

0:48 | WAS PRACTICING, AND PLAYING,

0:50 | GETTING READY TO COMPETE HERE.

0:53 | AND HE NOTICED THAT HIS LEFT

0:55 | KNEE WAS SWOLLEN.

0:56 | NOW, THE INTERESTING POINT OF

0:58 | THIS, THE FACT THERE WAS NO

0:59 | PAIN.

1:00 | NOW, IT IS HIS LEFT KNEE.

1:02 | AND IF YOU HAVE KNEE ISSUES, THE

1:07 | LEFT KNEE IS THE WORST BECAUSE

1:09 | YOU TURN AND POST UP ON THE LEFT

1:10 | KNEE IF YOU’RE A RIGHT-HANDED

1:12 | BUT NO PAIN ACCORDING TO LUDVIG

1:13 | AND HIS CAMP INVOLVED IN HIS

1:15 | KNEE BUT THERE IS THAT SWELLING.

1:17 | AFTER CONSULTING WITH DOCTORS,

1:18 | LUDVIG AND HIS DOCTORS, MEDICAL

1:20 | TEAM, DECIDED THAT IT IS BEST TO

1:22 | MAYBE REST, TAKE THIS WEEK OFF,

1:25 | APPLY SOME ICE TO THAT KNEE, AND

1:27 | THEN HOPEFULLY IT — THE

1:29 | SWELLING WILL REDUCE AND HE’LL

1:31 | MAKE HIS WAY TO LOUISVILLE,

1:32 | KENTUCKY, FOR THE VALHALLA —

1:35 | FOR THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP AT

1:36 | VALHALLA.

1:37 | BUT THAT IS THE ISSUE.

1:38 | IT IS HIS LEFT KNEE, WITH SOME

1:40 | BUT ACCORDING TO LUDVIG AND HIS

1:43 | CAMP, NO PAIN IN THAT KNEE.

1:44 | SO THAT IS A GOOD SIGN.

1:46 | OF COURSE, ABERG IS HAVING A

1:48 | PHENOMENAL YEAR, OVER THE LAST

1:50 | FOUR STARTS, HE HASN’T FINISHED

1:51 | OUTSIDE THE TOP 15, WHICH

1:53 | INCLUDES A SECOND PLACE FINISH

1:54 | AT THE MASTERS.

1:55 | WE’LL SEE HOW THAT KNEE

1:57 | PROGRESSES OVER THE NEXT FEW

1:58 | DAYS AND IF IT WILL BE A FACTOR

2:00 | AT THE PGA CHAMPIONSHIP NEXT

2:03 | >> SPEAKING OF THINGS THAT WERE

2:04 | GOING TO BE MISSING AT QUAIL

2:06 | HOLLOW, CERTAINLY GOING FORWARD,

2:07 | THE SPONSOR WELLS FARGO IS

2:09 | DRAWING TO A CLOSE IN TERMS OF

2:11 | ITS RELATIONSHIP WITH THE

2:12 | HAVE YOU GOT ANY INFORMATION YET

2:14 | IN TERMS OF WHAT WE’RE LOOKING

2:15 | AT GOING FORWARD FOR THIS EVENT?

2:18 | >> WELL, FIRST OFF, LET’S NOTE

2:20 | THAT WELLS FARGO HAS BEEN THE

2:22 | TITLE SPONSOR FOR THIS

2:23 | TOURNAMENT HERE IN CHARLOTTE IN

2:25 | MORE THAN TWO DECADES.

2:27 | THIS IS A STAPLE HERE IN THE

2:29 | CHARLOTTE AREA, THIS TOURNAMENT.

2:31 | IT IS SUPPORTED, OF COURSE, BY

2:32 | FANS FROM NORTH CAROLINA AND

2:34 | SOUTH CAROLINA.

2:35 | YOU EXPECT LARGE CROWDS HERE

2:37 | THIS WEEK.

2:38 | BUT WELLS FARGO IS NO LONGER

2:40 | GOING TO BE THE SPONSOR AFTER

2:41 | THIS TOURNAMENT.

2:42 | NOW, THE PRICE TAG TO BE THE

2:45 | TITLE SPONSOR FOR A SIGNATURE

2:46 | EVENT ON THE PGA TOUR IS $25

2:48 | MILLION.

2:49 | NOW, WELLS FARGO AND THE PGA

2:52 | TOUR DID NEGOTIATE LAST YEAR,

2:53 | BUT WELLS FARGO DID NOT QUITE

2:55 | MEET THAT $25 MILLION REQUEST

2:57 | FROM THE PGA TOUR.

2:59 | AND SO BOTH SIDES PARTED WAYS.

3:01 | SO, NOW, THE PGA TOUR IS

3:03 | SEARCHING FOR A NEW SPONSOR HERE

3:04 | IN CHARLOTTE.

3:05 | AND THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS

3:06 | THAT THIS TOURNAMENT MAY

3:08 | ACTUALLY MOVE OUT OF CHARLOTTE,

3:09 | BUT THE PGA TOUR SEEMS TO HAVE

3:11 | FOUND A SPONSOR.

3:13 | IT IS TRUIST BANK.

3:14 | TRUIST IS A CHARLOTTE-BASED

3:17 | AND IT IS A STAPLE HERE IN THE

3:19 | COMMUNITY.

3:20 | AND IT SEEMS TO BE THAT THAT

3:21 | ANNOUNCEMENT IS GOING TO BE IN

3:25 | MAY, TRUIST BANK LOOKS TO BE THE

3:27 | TITLE SPONSOR HERE FOR THIS

3:28 | TOURNAMENT MOVING FORWARD.

3:30 | JOHNNY HARRIS, THE PRESIDENT OF

3:32 | QUAIL HOLLOW WHO IS A FIXTURE

3:34 | HERE IN CHARLOTTE, IS GOING TO

3:35 | MAKE SURE THAT THIS TOURNAMENT

3:38 | LOOKS LIKE TRUIST BANK IS THE

3:40 | NEW TITLE SPONSOR.

3:42 | THAT ANNOUNCEMENT NOT HAPPENING

3:43 | THIS WEEK WITH RESPECT TO WELLS

3:45 | THEY WANT TO CELEBRATE THE CLUB

3:47 | AND THE PGA TOUR WANTS TO

3:48 | CELEBRATE WHAT WELLS FARGO HAS

3:50 | DONE HERE OVER 22 YEARS.

3:52 | BUT TRUIST BANK IS GOING TO BE

3:54 | THE NEW TITLE SPONSOR IT LOOKS

3:55 | LIKE FOR THE PGA TOUR SIGNATURE

3:57 | EVENT HERE IN CHARLOTTE.

3:59 | >> TODD LEWIS REPORTING FROM

4:00 | QUAIL HOLLOW.

4:01 | MUCH MORE FROM HIM IN THE NEXT

4:04 | HOUR AS WELLS FARGO’S

4:06 | SPONSORSHIP COMES TO A CLOSE.

4:07 | HOW CRITICAL IS THAT A ROBUST

4:09 | SPONSOR TAKE HOLD OF THIS EVENT.

4:11 | THIS IS A STAPLE OF THE PGA

4:14 | I’VE BEEN FORTUNATE TO COVER IT

4:15 | ABOUT A HALF DOZEN TIMES AND

4:17 | FROM THE BEGINNING, IT ALWAYS

4:18 | KIND OF FELT LIKE A BIT OF A

4:19 | MINI MASTERS, JUST IN TERMS OF

4:21 | THE QUALITY OF THE GOLF COURSE.

4:23 | TALKING ABOUT EVERY BLADE OF

4:25 | GRASS, YOU KNOW, IN PERFECT

4:28 | PLACE.

4:29 | HOW THE WIVES AND THE CADDIES

4:30 | WERE TAKEN CARE OF, AND THE

4:33 | THIS IS GOLF COUNTRY.

4:34 | THIS IS AN IMPORTANT STOP ON THE

4:36 | PGA TOUR.

4:37 | >> IF YOU GO TO ANY OTHER

4:38 | COMMUNITY ON THE PGA TOUR

4:40 | SCHEDULE, YOU PROBABLY HEAR THE

4:42 | SAME STORY, THE TOURNAMENTS

4:43 | MATTER IN THE COMMUNITIES THAT

4:46 | THEY’RE IN.

4:47 | AND CERTAINLY WHENEVER YOU’RE

4:48 | TALKING ABOUT THE NEW SYSTEM

4:49 | THAT EXISTS ON TOUR, WITH

4:52 | SIGNATURE EVENTS, THERE BECOMES

4:54 | A VERY SIGNIFICANT FINANCIAL

4:56 | ONUS ON SPONSORS.

4:57 | AND LET’S BE CLEAR HERE, THE PGA

4:59 | TOUR DIDN’T CREATE THIS

5:02 | SITUATION.

5:03 | PLAYER GREED CREATED THE

5:04 | SITUATION, YOU CAN GO TO LONG

5:05 | TIME SPONSORS, WHO HAVE GIVEN SO

5:08 | MUCH TO THIS GAME, AND TO THEIR

5:10 | COMMUNITIES AND TO THE TOUR AND

5:11 | IN THIS CASE FOR 20 YEARS, AND

5:15 | YOUR $20 MILLION ISN’T ENOUGH,

5:16 | WE WANT MORE.

5:17 | THAT’S WHY THE SPONSORS AREN’T

5:18 | IT IS THE PLAYERS AND THE GREED

5:20 | OF PLAYERS.

5:21 | SO, THE PLAYERS ARE IN NO

5:24 | POSITION AT ANY POINT IN THIS

5:25 | PROCESS TO POINT FINGERS AT

5:27 | EITHER SPONSORS OR TOURNAMENT

5:30 | ORGANIZERS OR TOUR EXECUTIVES

5:31 | AND SAY YOU ARE ERODING THE

5:34 | SPONSOR BASE HERE.

5:35 | THE SPONSOR BASE IS PERILOUS

5:38 | BECAUSE MORE HAS BEEN ASKED OF

5:39 | THEM TO SATISFY THE GREED OF

5:41 | PLAYERS.

5:42 | >> IS THERE NO GOING BACK?

5:44 | IS THE JOO GENIE OUT OF THE BOT

5:48 | IN TERMS OF THE NUMBERS AND

5:50 | SAYING WE’RE DOING JUST FINE OR

5:52 | IS IT TOO LATE IN THIS ONE ONCE

5:55 | BATTLE AND NOW NEGOTIATION AND

5:59 | TOUR AND LIV.

6:00 | >> THERE IS A GOING BACK IF WE

6:01 | GET TO THE POINT WHERE SPONSORS

6:04 | SAY THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT

6:06 | DESERVE THAT LEVEL OF INVESTMENT

6:08 | THAT IT IS IN EACH SPORT.

6:10 | IT CAN’T POSSIBLY DELIVER THE

6:11 | MARKETING RETURN BEYOND WHAT WE

6:13 | AGREED TO SIGN UP FOR INITIALLY,

6:15 | KNOWING WHAT WE WERE GETTING.

6:16 | CERTAINLY IF YOU DON’T SEE THE

6:17 | BEST PLAYERS COMPETE OFTEN

6:19 | ENOUGH AND SEE THEM PLAY WELL,

6:20 | THEN THE SPONSORS ARE GOING TO

6:22 | AS FANS DO OCCASIONALLY QUESTION

6:26 | THE PRODUCT AND WHY AM I NOT

6:28 | GETTING THE SATISFACTION I WANT.

6:29 | THE ONUS IS ON PLAYERS.

6:31 | THERE IS A NEW SPONSOR LINED UP

6:32 | HERE FOR CHARLOTTE.

6:33 | SO, YOU CAN TURN AROUND AND SAY,

6:35 | OKAY, THE TOUR HAS DONE ITS JOB,

6:36 | YOU WANTED MORE MONEY, WE HAVE

6:38 | SOMEBODY TO COME IN AND DO IT.

6:39 | WHAT ARE YOU DELIVERING FOR THE

6:41 | THE REALITY AS WE MOVE THROUGH

6:43 | WHAT THE NEW TOUR IS GOING TO

6:44 | LOOK LIKE, PARTICULARLY WITH THE

6:46 | STRATEGIC SPORTS GROUP PRIVATE

6:49 | EQUITY INVESTMENT, PLAYERS ARE

6:50 | OUT OF THEIR MIND IF THEY THINK

6:51 | THAT THEY’RE NOW GOING TO GET

6:53 | PAID PURELY FOR PLAYING GOOD

6:55 | GOLF FOR FOUR DAYS OR MAKING THE

6:56 | CUT.

6:57 | A LOT MORE IS GOING TO BE ASKED

6:59 | OF THEM IN TERMS OF FAN EN

7:01 | ENGAGEMENT AND SPONSOR

7:02 | INTERACTION.

7:03 | THE OLD WAY OF DOING IT WHERE

7:04 | YOU JUST GOT PAID TO PLAY

7:07 | DOESN’T ACTUALLY APPLY ANYMORE.

7:09 | IT IS NOT GOING TO APPLY GOING

7:10 | FORWARD AND THE SPONSORS ARE

7:12 | ENTITLED TO ASK FOR A LITTLE BIT

7:13 | MORE OUT THERE.

7:14 | THIS IS WHY YOU SEE SO MUCH

7:16 | TENSION ON TOUR THESE DAYS IN

7:17 | THE LOCKER ROOM AMONG THE HAVE

7:23 | YACHTS AND HAVE-NOTS.

7:24 | THE GUYS IN FIELDS LIKE THIS,

7:26 | AND YOU SEE TWO BOARD MEMBERS

7:28 | ADAM SCOTT AND WEBB SIMPSON

7:29 | HAVING GOTTEN THEIR FOURTH

7:31 | SPONSOR INVITATION THIS YEAR TO

7:33 | A $25 MILLION PURSE AND THAT

7:35 | DOESN’T SIT WELL WITH A LOT OF

7:36 | GUYS IN THE LOCKER ROOM WHO ARE

7:39 | BEING TOLD AND FACING THE

7:41 | REALITY THEIR PLAYING

7:42 | OPPORTUNITIES ARE GOING TO

7:43 | THEY HAVE A CARD BUT YOU DON’T

7:46 | HAVE MUCH PRIORITY RANKING OUT

7:47 | THERE ARE ALL OF THESE KIND OF

7:49 | COMPETING AGENDAS OUT ON THE

7:50 | TOUR THESE DAYS BETWEEN THE RANK

7:52 | AND FILE MEMBERS AND THE ACTUAL

7:54 | ELITE PLAYERS.

7:56 | AND RIGHT NOW, THE FANS ARE

7:57 | STARTING TO FEEL SQUEEZED.

7:58 | THE SPONSORS ARE STARTING TO

8:00 | FEEL SQUEEZED.

8:01 | AND IT IS ALL DU

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