Who Is Ludvig Aberg's Caddie?

Swedish star Ludvig Aberg has enjoyed a stunning start to his professional career, including victory at the Omega European Masters on the DP World Tour, another win at the RSM Classic on the PGA Tour and his maiden Ryder Cup appearance.

However, there was a surprise announcement in December 2023 when it was revealed that he had parted ways with the caddie who had been alongside him for that initial success, Jack Clarke, to team up with Rickie Fowler's former looper, Joe Skovron.

The new partnership was seen for the first time at The Sentry. That didn’t work out quite as the pair would have liked, with Aberg struggling to a T47. However, there’s no doubt Skovron has the experience to help Aberg realise his apparently limitless potential.

Before teaming up with Fowler, Skovron had been caddying for his friend Brendan Steele, but, as he explained when a guest on GOLF.com’s Subpar in 2020, it hadn’t been a full-time role.

He said: “I would just do it for fun because I was coaching and I was actually trying to run a clothing company at the same time.”

However, that all changed in 2009 when the possibility of teaming up with a player earmarked for greatness, Fowler, arose. He continued: “Rickie asked me to come do the Columbus event, and I was scheduled to do Omaha and Columbus for Brendan.

“I had to make the phone call to Brendan and say ‘Hey, would you have an issue with this? Is this cool?’ Brendan was unbelievable about it. He said, ‘No you’ve got to go do it,’ because I said ‘I don’t know if this is a trial to do this full-time.'”

The rest is history, and Skovron caddied for Fowler for the next 13 years, a period that included five PGA Tour wins and 12 top-10 finishes in Majors for the American.

In 2014, with Skovron at his side, Fowler also became just the third player along with Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods to finish in the top-five in all four Majors in a calendar year. He also reached a career-high of World No.4 two years later, cementing their partnership as one of the most successful in the game.

Finally, after a slump in form, Fowler and Skovron split in August 2022, leaving the looper to join forces with another of the game’s promising talents, Tom Kim.

Success soon followed, with Kim impressing at that year’s Presidents Cup and claiming PGA Tour victory at the Shriners Children’s Open.

Now, Aberg will be hoping Skovron can repeat the trick as his own career begins to take off.