On a cool and windy day at Prairie Dunes in Hutchinson, Kansas, Ludvig Aberg had the round of his life.
The senior at Texas Tech, Aberg shot 7-under 63 in the third round of the Big 12 Championships on Tuesday, four shots better than any other golfer in the field. Seven birdies, no bogeys and a new Texas Tech program record for low round in the Big 12 Championship.
The round also tied the Big 12 Conference Championship record set back in 2016 by Grant Hirschman of Oklahoma. Hirschman shot a 9-under round of 63 at Whispering Pines.
If Aberg, at 14 under overall with a seven-shot lead, were to win on Wednesday, he would be the first player in Big 12 history to capture back-to-back conference titles.
Oklahoma State’s Jonas Baumgartner is in second at 7 under. Texas’ Brian Stark and Oklahoma’s Patrick Welch and Drew Goodman round out the top five and only players under par through three rounds.
In the team competition, Oklahoma is the only team under par (-2) and has an 11-shot lead over second-place Texas Tech.
