The 22-year-old, who is painted one of the few Swedish hopes for a new good era for Swedish men's golf, really took the chance on Bermuda.
The Swede was sniffing at a close position of four under par after 12 holes played.
Then came two bogeys and the darkness.
The competition was blown off due to darkness when Åberg had time to play 17 holes.
He is currently in 15th place in two under par, four strokes behind leading duo Brandon Hagey and Chad Ramey.
Third in the world
Åberg is ranked third in the world as an amateur and through good games in college has now got the chance on the PGA Tour.
He competes for Texas Tech and a victory in the Jones Cup competition earlier this year qualified Åberg for the PGA Tour competition on Sea Island in Georgia in November, but that the debut instead takes place already this weekend is a bit of a coincidence.
Åberg met a representative of an agency this summer, said that he would like to test the big stage - and suddenly the opportunity arose.
- I was just trying to be nice, haha.
There is quite a lot of work behind the scenes that the agencies do and they put a good word to me.
It ended with "TD" (tournament director) got in touch and asked if I wanted to play here, Åberg told TT yesterday.